March 2022
Individual Apostasy
What is individual apostasy? The term means “standing away” from God. Refers to abandoning what one has previously believed and experienced in Christ. Personal apostasy involves a disowning of Christ and departure from the body of Christ and the Christian faith. Apostasy is the consequence of a deliberate and willing choice to depart from the …
Inspiration and Authority of Scripture
Today, scripture refers to the authoritative writings of both the Old Testament and the New Testament, which is the Bible. They are God’s original and only infallible revelation of Himself and His saving activity for all people. All scripture is by the inspiration of God and is the very life of the Word of God. …
Bible Training for Christians
The church has the opportunity to protect the original apostolic doctrine found in scripture and commit it without compromise and corruption. It implies the necessity of Biblical instruction within the church. The Bible gives the following reasons for Biblical or theological training, whether in-home, church, or school. The goal is to entrust the gospel of …
Parents and Children
It is the solemn obligation of parents to give their children the instruction and correction that belong to a Christian upbringing. Parents should be examples of Christian life and conduct, caring more for their children’s salvation than for their jobs, professions, ministry in the church, or social standing. According to Ephesians chapter six verse four, …
Ministry Leadership: Teachers
New Testament teachers are gifted spiritual leaders alongside apostles and prophets who had a special God-given gift for clarity, expound and proclaiming God’s Word with effectiveness and power to build up the body of Christ.The unique task for teachers is to guard the gospel entrusted to them with the Holy Spirit’s help. They are faithfully …
Ministry Leadership: Pastors
Pastors are those individuals calling, and ministry gifts cause them to devote themselves to shepherding, overseeing, and caring for the spiritual needs of a local congregation. In the New Testament, pastors are called “elders” and “bishops.”The task of pastors is to help believers grow up into Christ the head by teaching God’s Word and exercising …
Ministry Leadership: Evangelist
In the New Testament, evangelists are those God-called individuals who, like Phillip in Acts chapter eight, are specifically gifted, anointed, and commissioned to proclaim the gospel of Christ and His kingdom to cities and unsaved individuals to awaken faith. The blessing of these godly people provides the opportunity for the gospel to carry with it …
Ministry leadership: Prophets
Prophets in the New Testament were those gifted spiritual leaders who uniquely received and communicated direct revelation from God by the Holy Spirit. One of their main concerns was the spiritual life and purity of the church. Under the new covenant, they were raised and empowered by the Holy Spirit to bring the message from …
Ministry Leadership: Apostles
The title “apostle” applies to ordained leaders in the New Testament. “To send” commonly refers to individuals specifically called commissioned and given authority by the Lord Jesus Christ to be His representative in proclaiming the gospel and establishing the church. The title apostle used by the Son of God Himself in Hebrews chapter three verse …