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The Christian Church (Look up all the scriptures)
” On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have power over it” (Learning Bible, CEV, Matthew 16.15-18). Because Jesus is the Son of God, Satan can never prevail against those who are His own. Peter’s true confession of faith about Jesus is the bedrock of the church. It seems best to take this truth Peter recognized, that Jesus is God’s Son, as the reality which serves as the foundation for His church (Bible Reader’s Companion 618). Consequently, everyone who makes that truth the foundation of their life, becomes a member of Jesus’ church (New Kings James Acts 16.31). From the Oxford Universal English Dictionary, “church” comes from the Old English word “cirice” and…show more content… On the Feast of Pentecost, the Holy Spirt, that was promised, came rushing in and poured its power upon 120 people who had been waiting and praying. Because of this power, Peter boldly proclaimed the gospel to the multitude on Pentecost. People of every nation and tribe, were able to hear the gospel in their own tongue. The book of Acts records that three thousand souls were gained to the Lord on that day and was growing daily (Acts 2.41-47). With the tremendous growth of new believers, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the disciples to attend to the needs of the people. Acts 6 states that the apostles were worried about the wellbeing of the church if they were unable to pray and minister in the Word. Culturally, it was important for this new-age church to organize, in such a way, as to meet the needs of all believers, Jew and Gentile alike. This organization had to be done judiciously for the mandate of the Great Commission to be carried forth. Even though, the organization of the local churches, whether developed or undeveloped, proved there was a ministry that existed in all these New Testament churches (Thomas Lindsay 50). Subsequently, for the New Testament church to be effective in its mandate, the church needed to teach and develop aspects of church leadership, church discipline, church counseling; and a plan in how the church would respond to the government of their era. The Lord was very clear in His Word how He wants His church organized and
Timothy 4:11-15
First Timothy 4:11-15 was written by the Apostle Paul to Timothy. He writes this letter after he leaves Timothy and goes to Macedonia during his fourth missionary. At the time of these letters, Timothy was serving as pastor of the local church in Ephesus. Timothy was a native of Lystra, a Roman colony in the province of Galatia. He was a pastor who accompanied Paul on his second and third missionary. He seemed to become Paul’s protégé, and Paul spoke of himself as Timothy’s “father” and
the Church when he posted his 95 Theses on the door of a German church and started the reformation. Deriving from this act, the 5 Solas of the reformation were formed. The Solas rewrote the way churches were to present the salvation of Christ to the congregation by striping down centuries of tradition to return to a form of early Christianity. Of the 5 Solas, Sola Scriptura, by Scripture alone, is arguably the most important to the whole reformation movement. Reformers taught that scripture, being
The United Methodist Church’s Book of Discipline states, “Wesley believed that the living core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illuminated by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by reason”. This statement outlines the concept of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral. Interestingly, John Wesley never actually used the term “quadrilateral” and the American Methodist scholar, Albert C. Outler, who later stated that he regretted doing so as it has been misconstrued, named
says that for Christians, the Holy Bible is the rich mixture of writings of various kinds, written over many centuries in many different settings collected together in the Hebrew Bible, and the New Testament; and by calling this collection of writing “Scripture” we are marking it off from other writings that come from the same places and times and claiming that is has some kind of special status and authority within the community of Christian faith. (Messer p5)
One way for Christians to ask the “how”
death of Christ, the church joined the deliberation to demonstrate the answer to all of life’s questions. The church accomplished this, with numerous trials, by defining and defending the Christian worldview demonstrated through creeds. While the church has suffered its heretical trials, the early church fathers left their legacy of truth within creeds.
The Controversy
The apostolic fathers—men believed to have known an apostle—were early theologians and leaders of a Christian audience. They played
about during the Christian Reformation 16th and 17th century. Martin Luther opposed the Roman Catholic Church, Huldrych Zwingli led the protestant reformation in Switzerland, and this led to more radical reform in Switzerland led by Conrad Grebel with Anabaptists. One of the main causes of the reformation was individuals looking at the church and scriptures and seeing where things did not line up biblically. There was a distinct difference between the views of the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant
of many Christians around the country. Many took to social media and with the terror and panic of Chicken Little cried, “The sky is falling”, while others lashed out in hateful speech towards the lawmakers and the homosexual community that celebrated their newly given liberty. As Christians begin to look toward the future with a new definition of marriage put into effect before the country, many begin to question what this will mean for the next generation of believers and for the church moving
collection of inspired books of the Bible into the Canon during the fourth century; however, there had been earlier attempts to list the acceptable books. The Muratorian Canon had listed all the books of the Bible except for 1 John, 1 and 2 Peter, Hebrews and James around A.D. 180, and the Syriac Version of the Canon lists all of the books except Revelation in the third century. The apocryphal writings were seen as less than inspired by the fourth century, and many of the books previously held in high regard
known as Christian humanists. The Christian humanists emphasized the structure of the early Christian Church which was much different than the Roman Catholic Church in this point in history. In the sixteenth century, the Christian humanists’ influence finally took a toll on the Roman Catholic Church by sparking the Protestant Reformation. The desire of the Christian humanists was responsible for the Protestant Reformation because it caused them to question the principles of the Catholic church, take
The Sacred Scripture and Cosmogony of Islam and Christianity
In every religion around the world, there are very important scriptures and beliefs on how the universe came into being. Christianity and Islam are no different than any other religion in those aspects. They have similar thoughts on things in the sacred scriptures they have, and they also have opposing views. Also, these two religions have different views on the creation of the universe, both of these topics will be discussed here. It