The Church Is Subject Unto Christ

  1. What do the following passages have in common?

    All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18)

    And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. (Ephesians 1:22-23)

    And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. (Colossians 1:20)

  2. What does the following passage have to do with these verse?

    And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. (Colossians 3:17)

  3. How do we know what Christ would have us to do, or not do?

  4. How do the following verses give us authority?

    Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of he Son, and of the Holy Ghost. (Matthew 28:19)

    A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34-35)

  5. How do the following verses give us authority?

    And upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. (Acts 20:7)

    Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let everyone of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. (I Corinthians 16:1-2)

  6. How do the following verses give us authority?

    Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25)

    Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in yoiur heart to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:19)

  7. How much authority can we find in:
    1. Tradition?
    2. Creeds of men?
    3. Personal preference?
    4. Popularity with people?

  8. How do the following examples relate to the issue of authority?

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. (Genesis 6:22)

    And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaon, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the lord, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. (Leviticus 10:1-20)

    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. (Joshua 1:7)

    For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. (Hebrews 7:14)

    By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. (Hebrews 11:4)

  9. Some, who claim to be members of the Church of Christ, are saying that we need to change the way we interpret the Bible. They say we should not look at it as a "Blue Print," or "Pattern" that has to be followed. They say we should just look at it as a love letter, and be more tolerant of others. How do the following answer those statements?

    Where does the Bible say that we should just look at it as a love letter?

    Was Jesus being intolerant when He said:
    1. If ye love me, keep my commandments? (John 14:15)
    2. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21)
    3. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. (John 12:48)
    Was Paul being intolerant when he wrote:
    1. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:8)
    2. Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. (I Corinthians 1:10)