LTC 3

Question 1

John 7:38-39*

Answer 1

“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Question 2

Col 1:18*

Answer 2

He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

Question 3

1 Cor 12:13*

Answer 3

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Question 4

Rom 12**

1 Cor 12**

Answer 4

Christians are members of the Body of Christ and therefore members of one another. This is the basis for interdependence and involvement with other Christians.

Question 5

1 Cor 14**

Answer 5

Due to chaotic disruptions in corporate meetings, women in the Corinthian church were instructed to keep quite. This is not an absolute ban on women speaking in church, cf. 1 Cor 11

Question 6

1 Pet. 2:4-10**

Answer 6

The mission of the church is to serve as a race of priest-kings who proclaim the excellencies of God (not the NIV translation “declare the praises of him”)

Question 7

Eph 4:11-16**

Answer 7

The proper functioning of the body of Christ: Under the headship of Christ, not only are there leaders who equip other members (the saints) but saints themselves do the “works of service,” by “speaking the truth to one another”

Question 8

2 Cor 5:19-20*

Answer 8

God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation… Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Question 9

Matt 28:18-20*

Answer 9

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

Question 10

1 Tim 3**

Answer 10

Character requirements for leaders (elders: above reproach, one-woman man, level headed, self controlled, well ordered, hospitable, able to teach, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, gentle, peaceable, not greedy, manages own household well, not a new convert, having a good reputation with those outside; additional requirements for deacons: respectable, not double tongued, not fond of sordid gain, holding fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience, tested first and proven un-reproachable, not slanders, faithful in all things, temperate)

Question 11

Titus 1**

Answer 11

Character requirements for leaders (above reproach, self controlled, hospitable, not addicted to wine, not self willed, not quick tempered, not pugnacious, manages own household well, loving what is good, just, devout)

Question 12

Rom 12:1*

Answer 12

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Question 13

Heb. 13:15-16

Answer 13

New Testament “sacrifices” include thanksgiving and praise AS WELL AS serving others and sharing what we have.

Question 14

Rom 3:23*

Answer 14

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

Question 15

Rom 6:23*

Answer 15

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

Question 16

John 3:16*

Answer 16

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

Question 17

John 1:12*

Answer 17

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name…

Question 18

Col 2:13, 14*

Answer 18

When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Question 19

Eph 2:8, 9*

Answer 19

For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast

Question 20

Heb. 10:24,25

Answer 20

and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

Question 21

Eph 4:14-16**

Answer 21

As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

Question 22

Col 2:19*

Answer 22

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God.

Question 23

1 Cor. 12:21

Answer 23

And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

Question 24

1 Pet. 1:22

Answer 24

Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart

Question 25

Mat 18:15-18**

Answer 25

Jesus’ prescribed process of church discipline escalating from a private one-on-one confrontation to bringing the individual before the church

Question 26

1Cor. 5**

Answer 26

Passage on the man sleeping with his mother, church discipline

Question 27

Gal. 6:1

Answer 27

Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted.

Question 28

2 Thess 3:6

Answer 28

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

Question 29

2 Tim. 2:2*

Answer 29

The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Question 30

Eph. 4:11-13**

Answer 30

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.

Question 31

Gal. 6:6,10*

Answer 31

Share with teachers and with all men, especially believers

Question 32

Lk. 10:25-37**

Answer 32

Parable of the good Samaritan

Question 33

Mat. 25:31-45**

Answer 33

If you did it to the least of these, you did it to me

Question 34

Rom. 10:14*

Answer 34

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

Question 35

Rom. 15:20**

Answer 35

And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man’s foundation [importance of frontier missions]