Worship in the Bible is the due
response of rational creatures to the self-revelation of their Creator. It is an honoring and glorifying of God by gratefully
offering back to him all the good gifts, and all the knowledge of his greatness and graciousness, that he has given. it involves
praising him for what he is, thanking him for what he has done, desiring him to get himself more glory by further acts of
mercy, judgment, and power, and trusting him with our concern for our own and other's future well being.
Fellowship of the church
exists in, through, and because of Jesus Christ. Thus it is a distinctive Christian reality. The New Testament assumes that
all Christians will share in the life of a local church, meeting with it for worship, accepting its nurture and discipline,
and sharing in its work of witness.
Prayer is the unique form
of two-way conversation between God and us. God made us and has redeemed us for fellowship with himself, and that is what
prayer is. God speaks to us in and through the contents of the Bible, which the Holy Spirit opens up and applies to us and
enables us to understand. We then speak to God about himself, and ourselves, and people in his world, shaping what we say
as response to what he has said.
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Civil government is a means ordained by God for ruling over communities. It is one of a number of such means, including ministers
in the church, parents in the home, and teachers in the school. Each such means has its own sphere of authority under Christ,
who now rules the universe on his Father's behalf, and each sphere has to be delimited by reference to the others. In
our fallen world these structures of authority are institution of God's "common grace", standing as a bulwark
against anarchy, the law of the jungle, and the dissolution of ordered society.
 When Christ comes again and history is completed,
all humans of all ages will be raised for judgment and will take their place before Christ's judgment seat. the event
is unimaginable, no doubt, but human imagination is no measure of what a sovereign God can and will do. At the judgment all
will give account of themselves to God, and God through Christ "will give to each person according to what he or she
has done". The judgment will demonstrate, and so finally vindicate, the perfect justice of God. |
The Christian concept of Discipline signifies
the whole range of nurturing, instructional, and training procedures that disciple-making requires. Jesus instituted church
discipline by authorizing the apostles to bind to loose and to declare sins remitted or retained. The "keys of the kingdom,"
first given to Peter and defined as power to bind and loose, have usually been understood as authority to formulate doctrine
and impose discipline, an authority now given by Christ to the church in general and to commissioned pastors in...
Mission means 'sending',
every church and Christian is sent into the world to fulfill a definite, defined task. Jesus has issued marching orders. Individually
and corporately, all God's people are now in the world on the king's business. it is the work of worldwide witness,
disciple-making, and church-planting. Jesus Christ is to be proclaimed everywhere as God incarnate, Lord, and Savior and His
authoritative invitation to find life through turning to Christ in repentance and faith is to be delivered to all mankind.
| The family is the oldest and most basic of human
institutions. The Bible stresses its importance as a spiritual unit and a training ground for mature adult character. the
family has a built-in authority structure whereby the husband is leader to the wife and the parents are leaders to the children.
All leadership is a form of ministry rather than of tyranny, and these domestic leadership roles must be fulfilled in love. | EVERYONE LIVES IN THE POWER OF THE
GOD's WORD!! |
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