Wednesday, August 02, 2006
A Biblical Church Member is...
Ted Christman, Pastor of Heritage Baptist Church, in Owensboro, KY, recently finished preaching a series of messages on the subject of "Biblical Churchmanship." Mark was kind enough to share the following list on Where the Redfern Blogs, and I thought it worthy of attention:
A Biblical Church Member is...
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A Biblical Church Member is...
- Cheerfully committed to the membership of the church
(Mt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:41,47) - Humbly submissive to the leadership of the church
(Heb. 13:17) - Conscientiously affirming the confession of the church
(Jude 3) - Increasingly delighting in the sabbath of the church
(Exodus 20:8-11, Is. 58:13-14) - Consistently attending the services of the church
(Heb. 10:24-25) - Vigorously engaged in the worship of the church
(John 4:23-24, Eph. 5:19) - Faithfully observing the ordinances of the church
(Mt. 28:19, Luke 22:19) - Sacrificially involved in the ministries of the church
(1 Pet. 4:8-11) - Actively participating in the fellowship of the church
(Acts 2:42-47) - Hopefully concurring with the discipline of the church
(Mt. 18:15-20, 1 Cor. 5) - Passionately burdened for the mission of the church
(Psalm 67) - Joyfully supporting the finances of the church
(2 Cor. 9:7) - Eagerly seeking the unity of the church
(Eph. 4:1-6)
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Comments:
Out of curiosity, is Bethel sabbatarian, in the sense of believing any type of work (e.g. housework, employment) or buying/selling (e.g. going out to eat) on Sunday is wrong?>
Ah. Thanks. Most reformed baptist churches I'm familiar with are sabbatarian, pretty strictly so (it's actually part of their confession -- 1689 LBC), which is why I was wondering if Bethel's position had shifted that way as well. :-)>
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