In the last set of Lessons “Back To The Basics, The Bible” we learned that the Bible is our standard of authority in knowing and living for God. The Bible is the Christian’s map, in it we learn how to be saved, how to live after we become children of God, and we learn how to worship God the way He commands.

As we study the Old Testament we find that God gave Noah specific instructions on how to build and what to take into the ark, and Noah was pleasing to God because he followed God’s directions. (Genesis 6:13-22) God gave Noah the pattern and he followed it just as God commanded!

God has always given His people instructions on how they can be pleasing to Him. He has never left people who love Him to guess on how or what they need to do to be right before Him. Read the later part of Exodus beginning with chapter 20.

    You will find that:

        God gave His chosen children (the Jews/Israelites) the 10 commandments (Ex. 20:1-17).

        He told them how to build the alter to sacrifice burnt offerings on (Ex. 20:22-26).

        He gave laws concerning servants, violence, and animals in Exodus 21.

        In Exodus 22 you will find responsibility for property, moral principals…

        Continue right on through and He tells them how to build the tabernacle, the ark, what garments o be worn by the priests and so on.

God gives us His pattern in all things, if we want to be pleasing to Him we must following His instructions.

QUESTIONS:

(Please give scripture to prove your answers)

1. Name all the things that you do in worship with your church? Give scripture showing this is acceptable to God?

2. What name does the church you attend wear? Give book chapter and verse that says this is a biblical name and not man made.

3. Will all churches go to heaven? Back your answer with scripture.

4. Do you believe that scripture is important? Why?

5. Who has all authority over/in the church today?

6. Who does the church belong to?

7. If the church belongs to a certain One, then should it not bear that one's name?

8. Should we have book, chapter, and verse for anything we do pertaining to religion?

9. When a woman marries a man she is considered his ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.

    (a.)  What does Rev. 21 refer to the church as?

    (b.)  Did you take the name if your husband after marriage?

    (c.)  After obeying the Gospel and being added to the church, who do you belong to?

    (d.)  So what name should the church wear?

10. Quote Rev. 22:18-19.

    (a.)  What will happen to those who do not abide by these verses?

11. Read John 14:15 and tell what this verse says to you?

12. God gave His Son for our sins (John 3:16). Christ gave His blood for the church (Acts 20:28). Do you love Christ and how will you show your love for Him?

13. Tell me how you know or where you find the teachings of Christ?

    (a.)  Are you following only His teachings not having anything added to them or taken from them?

    (b.)  Are you following His teachings just the way the early church did?

14. How many ways are there?

    (a.)  How many churches did Christ build?