CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTHS

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 1 – THE CHURCH IS GOD’S DESIGN

Question: What is God’s design for the church?

Answer: The church is to be built upon the foundation of Christ.

John 14:6 (NIV) 6  Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 2 – THE CHURCH PRAYS

Question: How should the church view prayer?                    

Answer: The church should always pray and not give up.

Luke 18:1 (NIV) 1  Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 3 – THE CHURCH HONORS THE SABBATH

Question: How should the church view the Sabbath?            

Answer: The church should rest on the Sabbath in obedience to the command.

Luke 23:56 (NIV) 56  Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 4 – THE CHURCH HONORS GOD WITH THEIR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

Question: How should the church view their tithes and offerings?

Answer: The church should honor God by bringing in their tithes and offerings.

Proverbs 3:9-10 (NIV) 9  Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; 10  then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 5 – THE CHURCH IS A FAMILY

Question: How should the church view its members?            

Answer: We should accept one another as God accepts us.

Matthew 12:49-50 (NIV) 49  Pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. 50  For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 6 – THE CHURCH IS AGAINST ABORTION

Question: How should the church view life?                          

Answer: Every life is sacred and God chooses where and when a person is to be born.

Acts 17:26 (NIV) 26  From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 7 – THE CHURCH HONORS MARRIAGE

Question: How should the church view marriage?                  

Answer: Marriage is a sacred institution that God expects us to honor.

Hebrews 13:4 (NIV) 4  Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 8 – THE CHURCH IS AGAINST GAMBLING

Question: How should the church view gambling?                

Answer: Gambling is the sin of greed and there should not be even a hint of greed in a Christian’s life.  

Ephesians 5:3 (NIV) 3  But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 9 – THE CHURCH SUFFERS FOR CHRIST

Question: How should the church view suffering?                  

Answer: God uses sufferings to mold us and we will suffer for Christ on this earth.  

Philippians 1:29 (NIV) 29  For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him,

CHURCH GOVERNMENT LIFE TRUTH # 10 – THE CHURCH PREPARES FOR CHRIST’S RETURN

Question: How should the church prepare for Christ’s return?

Answer: The church should always be ready for no one knows the day or the hour of Christ’s return.   

Matthew 24:44 (NIV) 44  So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

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