III. Church Doctrine

Question 1

1. How do you know that you are saved?

Answer 1

1) The book of Romans 10:9,10 states: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead then you will be saved.

Question 2

2. What is an ordinance?

Answer 2

2) An ordinance is the outward rites that we practice in obedience to the commands of Jesus Christ.

Question 3

3. What is an article of faith?

Answer 3

3) An article of faith is a statement regarding God that we believe to be true against biblical witness.

Question 4

4. What do ordinances and articles together create?

Answer 4

4) Ordinances and articles together create doctrine.

Question 5

5. What is a doctrine?

Answer 5

5) A doctrine is an authoritative group of beliefs about God and related concepts.

Question 6

6. What are two ordinances of the church?

Answer 6

6) Two ordinances of the church are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Question 7

7. What kind of ordinance is baptism?

Answer 7

7) Baptism is an ordinance of obedience.

Question 8

8. What kind of ordinance is The Lord’s Supper?

Answer 8

8) The Lord’s Supper is an ordinance of remembrance.

Question 9

9. What are the items used in administering the Lord’s Supper?

Answer 9

9) The items used in administering the Lord’s Supper are bread, which is symbolic
of Christ’s broken body and wine which is symbolic of His shed blood.

Question 10

10. Why do we baptize by immersion?

Answer 10

10) Throughout Biblical history baptism was done in bodies of water and we baptize in the same manner as Christ.

Question 11

11. Why do we baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost?

Answer 11

11) The three are one. Christ commanded that we baptize in this manner.

Question 12

12. What word proves to us that Jesus commanded baptism by immersion?

Answer 12

12) The word “baptize” proves to us that Jesus commanded baptism by immersion
because baptize means to immerse.