Walking Worthy of Our Vocation
Bible Study Course

Lesson One: How Can I Identify A Church Of The New Testament?

Read each scripture reference, study the question, and then mark the correct answer.

1. Acts 8:36-39. After the eunuch was baptized, did he go on his way rejoicing?

2. Mk. 16:16. When the eunuch believed, he was saved.

3. Mark 16:16. When the eunuch believed and was baptized, was he saved?

4. Acts 2:47. Does the Lord add all saved to the church?

5. Acts 2:47. Since the eunuch was saved, did the Lord add him to the church?

NOTE: The word church is used in two ways in the New Testament.

NOTE: "Church" may refer to the entire body of saved people. Mt 16:18.

NOTE: "Church" may refer to Christians meeting in "one" place. I Cor. 1:1,2..

6. Ac. 20:7. The disciples came together on the 1st day of the week to break bread.

7. Acts 20:7. Does every week have a first day?

8. Acts 20:7. They came together upon the first day of every week to break bread.

9. I Cor. 16:1,2. The Corinthians laid by in store on the seventh day of the week.

10. I Cor. 16:1,2. The Corinthians laid by in store on the first day of every week.

11. Acts 20:7. Did Paul preach to the disciples?

12. Eph. 5:19. Were they to sing and make melody in their heart to the Lord?

13. Eph. 5:19. Does this verse say to use mechanical instruments of music?

14. Acts 2:41,42. Did baptized believers pray?

15. Do you understand scriptural worship to consist of five acts: (1) Lord's Supper on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7), (2) laying by in store on the first day of the week (I Cor. 16:2), (3) studying the word (Acts 20:7), (4) singing spiritual songs, and (5) praying?

16. Acts 8:39. When the eunuch went on his way rejoicing, would he need to find a church doing these things?

17. Phil. 1:1. Did Paul address the bishops (elders), deacons, and saints?

18. Acts 14:23. Did they ordain elders in most churches?

19. Acts 14:23. They ordained elders in every church.

20. I Peter 5:1-3. Elders are to tend the flock of God among them.

21. Acts 20:28. Elders are to take heed to the flock over which the Holy Spirit made them overseers.

22. Acts 20:28. The Holy Spirit made them elders over several churches.

23. Acts 20:28. The Holy Spirit made them elders over one church.

24. Phil. 1: 1. When a church is fully organized it will have bishops (elders) to oversee, deacons to serve under the elders, and saints (Christians).

25. I Pet. 5:1-3. Each church is independent of all other churches.

26. Mk. 16:15. The apostles were to preach the gospel in all the world.

27. I Tim. 3:15. Is the church the pillar and ground of the truth?

28. II Cor. 11:8,9. A missionary society sent wages to Paul.

29. II Cor. 11:8,9. Churches sent wages to Paul.

30. Phil. 4:15. Did the church in Philippi send to Paul?

31. Acts 8:3,4. The people went everywhere preaching the word.

32. Eph. 4:16. Is the body to be edified?

33. Eph. 4:11-12. Are the saints to be perfected?

34. I Cor. 14:12. Each Christian is to seek to edify the body of Christ.

35. Acts 6:1-6. Did the church in Jerusalem take care of its poor widows?

36. Acts 11:27-30. Did the church in Antioch help brethren in Judea by sending to the elders?

37. Is it your understanding that the work of the church is evangelism, edification, and benevolence?

38. I Tim. 5:16. There are things with which the church should not be charged.

39. I Cor. 12:13. Were the Corinthians baptized into the body of Christ?

40. Eph. 1:22,23. The church and the body are not the same.

41. Is it your understanding that one is baptized into the church?

42. Romans 16:16. In the first century churches were called denominations.

43. Romans 16:16. In the first century churches were called churches of Christ.

REVIEW:

1. List the five acts of worship:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)

2. When a church is fully organized it has:
(1)
(2)
(3)

3. The church engages in three works. They are:
(1)
(2)
(3)

4. List the things a person must do to become a member of the church.

5. What were churches called in Romans 16:16?