Are you accountable to anyone

as a called ordained preacher?

Yes.

The Lord, The Pastor, and The Church

What is preaching?

a. Spoken communication from God to man through man with a view of persuasion.

b. To proclaim the message of God under divine impulse.  

c. The proclamation of God’s redemptive

activity in and through Jesus Christ.

What is conversion?

Conversion is turning to God

from sin with an expression

of faith in Christ Jesus.

 Are all human beings born

 natural sinners or with the

 capacity to commit sin?

Yes.

Ps. 51:5; Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Romans 3:9-12

⁹ What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

¹⁰ As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

¹¹ There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

¹² They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not on

How are we saved?

a. By Faith through grace.

b. Confession of Christ as Savior with our mouth and believing it in our hearts.

c. Through Prayer, Calling on the name of the Lord and asking God to save us from our sins.

Name three scriptures of references that give’s knowledge for obtaining Salvation.

John 3:16,  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting.

Romans 10:9, That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be.

Romans 10:13, For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Can a person know for

sure that they are saved?

Yes. I John 5:11-13  MSG
God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son. So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion. And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening. And if we're confident that he's listening, we know that what we've asked for is as good as ours.

Can a saved person ever be lost again?

No,

John 10:28-29

²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

²⁹ My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

What is Grace?

Grace is unmerited favor God

bestows upon sinful mankind.

Eph. 2:4-5

What is Justification?

Justification is a judicial act of God, in which He declares, on the basis of the righteousness of Jesus Christ, that all the claims of the laws are satisfied with respect to the sinner. Justification is more than being pardon. The Bible says, they who are justified have “peace with God, assurance of salvation.”

What is Sanctification?

That gracious and continuous operation of the Holy Spirit, by which He delivers the justified sinner from the pollution of sin, renews his whole nature in the image of God, and enables him to perform good works.

a. The mortification of the old man, the body of sin. Romans 6:6, Gal. 5:24

b. The quickening of the new man created in Christ Jesus unto good works.

Romans 6:11, Romans 6:4-5, Col. 2:12; 3:1-2

What is Regeneration?

What is the meaning of the term Trinity?

The term Trinity is not found in the Bible. The term Triune God also refers to the Trinity. The Godhead consists of three personalities, the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. John 14:25-26, Jn. 10:30; Matt. 3:13-17.

What is the Church?

In New Testament Greek, the word which we translate into the word church, is the word ekklesia, meaning the called ones. The church is composed of all those in the age of grace who have been born of the spirit, and thus placed into the body of Christ. I Cor.

12:12-13, Eph. 4:16.

a. The ideal usage of “church” The New Testament describes the church as the “Body of Christ.”

b. The Institutional Usage of “Church” the church is viewed as a local congregation.

c. The church can be defined as both an Organism and an Organization

How many ordinances

are there in the church?

Two;

The Lord’s Supper and Baptism.

Who owns the Church?

God;

Acts 20:28

Who is the founder

(builder, organizer) of the Church?

Jesus Christ;

Matt. 16:18

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

What is the mission of the Church?

The mission of the church is to go and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ as a witness, seeing to win/convert others to Christ and thus making disciples. Mathew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15.

Does the Baptist Church believe in

the baptism of infants or toddlers?

Why?

No,

a person must be able to discern between right and wrong, able to answer questions for themselves about Christ and state their desire to be in the family of God and to be baptized.

Can anyone or another organization

tell a Baptist Church what to do or

dictate its policy and action?

No,

each Baptist Church has its own power within itself;

no one or any organization, outside the church can dictate its action.

This is known as the autonomy of the local church.

What are the ways one can

become a member of the Church?

a. As a Candidate for baptism expressing a faith in Jesus Christ, confession that they are sinners and repentance of their sins

b. Letter of Recommendation to receive them from another church

c. Statement of Christian Experience

What is the biblical method for financing the church?

Tithes and offering.

Mal. 3:8

Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

How many scriptural officers

are there in the Church?

2,

Pastor and Deacons

Who is the head of the Church?

Christ;

Eph. 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.

What is the meaning of the word

pastor in the Church?

Overseer or Shepherd.

Who made the pastor overseer

of the Church?

The Holy Spirit,

Acts 20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

What areas of the Church

does the Pastor have scriptural authority to oversee?

All Areas,

Acts 20:28

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

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