1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 10:24-25
Uniting together as a Local Church (Acts 2:37-47)
THEME: “God unites Christians in the church to help them stay faithful and grow in their walk with God.”
“Having been led by the Holy Spirit to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour and on profession of our faith in Him, having been baptized by immersion in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, we do now most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another as one body in Christ.”
I. The Prerequisites for Membership
A. Salvation
1. The Pricking of the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-8)
2. The Response of the Holy Spirit
B. Baptism
1. An Identification of new birth
2. A reenactment of our immersion into Christ
II. The Seriousness of Membership
A. Solemness
1. In Commitment
2. In Fear (Acts 5:9-11; Acts 9:31)
B. Joyfulness (Deuteronomy 29:9)
III. The Unity in Membership
A. Many Member (1 Corinthians 12:12-18, 25)
B. One Body (Philippians 1:27-2:4)