Your Choice: Fulfillment Or Frustration
Moving To Fulfillment
Real Church
The Pattern In Scripture
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Your Choice: Fulfillment Or Frustration
Moving To Fulfillment
Real Church
The Pattern In Scripture
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Real Christianity Full Maturity God's Way Fulfillment God's way. God's Plan for Building Full Glory Through the Church Define Church Define Evangelical strengths and weaknesses Church Government The Pattern in Scripture Church in Scripture Church's Foundation Church Unity & Maturity Gifts, Offices, Ministries Counterfeited? Scripture unpopular You can't pick and choose pastors, elders and deacons purposes of the church What happened to the church? forbidding people to partake great babylon church organizations
Is there really any pattern in Scripture for the Church? Yes. Most people don't like it.God has a pattern for the Church, and that pattern is in Scripture. His pattern is important to Him. Exodus 25:40 And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been showed thee in the mount Exodus 25:9 According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it. 1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple , and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat; Numbers 8:4 And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work: according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. Hebrews 8:5 who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount. God has a pattern, and that pattern is in Scripture. Here are some examples: The Body of Christ is built up by that which every joint supplies. Apostles equip the believers until total unity and the fullness of the stature of the measure of Christ. Apostles cannot send themselves. There are no autonomous apostles. Authoritative doctrine, the interpretation of Scripture, comes from the apostles. There is only one apostles' doctrine. There is no chief apostle other than Jesus. There is no pope or other human office over the apostles. Local elders shepherd the local church. There is no chief elder other than Jesus. There is no local pastor (shepherd) over the elders. The church service is according to 1 Corinthians 14. Gifts of the Spirit are given by the laying on of hands of the presbytery. Not just anyone can lay hands on and give personal prophecy. Apostles have authority over local churches.
It seems that the church has some room for dying to self and living to God. There is far too much living to self and dying to God. There are far too many money-changers in the temple. There is far too much division, speculation, and materialism. There are far too many precepts of men. There is far too little holiness and spiritual power.
Author/Compiler: Bob Stenson (unless otherwise noted) Last updated: 2010-08-03 14:40:22 
John 10:35b the Scripture cannot be broken, Human theology and reasoning is not necessarily correct, but the Bible is. The Bible can only be understood by revelation, and revelation is given by the Spirit of God. God does reveal in His own way. But we only know in part. If we think we know any thing, we do not know it as we ought. We are instructed, by God, to keep seeking Him. The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth. The truth sets us free. Lies bind us. Whoever seeks Jesus does find Him. Jesus is the truth. 
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