The Biblical Doctrine of the Church

Jerald Finney
© October, 2009
All articles on this blog may also be accessed from the following link: http://churchandstatelaw.com/gpage8.html

Have you ever done an in depth study of the biblical doctrine of the church? Every Bible believer, and especially every pastor, should have done such a study. Every Bible institute and college should give priority to such a study. Did not Christ “love the church and give himself for it?” Included in that study should be a study of the application of the doctrine of the church. In other words, a scholarly spirtual study of the church would require an in depth study of the definition, organization, and purposes of a church. This  would require a study of such matters as the organization of churches as corporations, unincorporated associations, corporations sole, etc. and seeking Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) of churches. Do such devices comport with biblical principles? Is our Lord grieved when such devices are employed by churches? What are the consequences to churches, individuals, families and the nation?

The players below will teach on the biblical doctrine of the church. In conjunction with other audio teachings on other pages of this blog, a spirit filled believer will be given the knowledge to answer all the questions in the paragraph above and more. You may or may not agree with all this teaching, but this study will be invaluable to the Bible believing Christian who wants to do things God’s way. This study is patterned after Section II of the book God Betrayed/Separation of Church and State: The Biblical Principles and the American Application (Ordering information for this and other books is on the “Books” page of churchandstatelaw.com.).

You can move time line of each teaching to a desired point by left clicking the cursor on the end of the time line or by just clicking on the time line at a particular point.

1. Introduction to the biblical doctrine of the church (The audio opens with a song by Brother Rocky Otwell, “Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?” followed by opening remarks and prayer. That portion of the audio is 5 min. 3 sec. in length. The total length is 14 min. 55 sec.):

2. Definition, organization, and purposes of a church (27 min. 22 sec.):

3.  The love relationship between Christ and His church (52 min. 16 sec. This may be the most important teaching concerning the issue of separation of church and state. The last few minutes of the audio is of poor quality because of technical difficulties that were later corrected).

4. Heresy and apostasy (Begins with a song, “In Times Like These,” sang by Rocky Otwell and prayer. Prayer ends at 3 min. 31 sec. Total length of segment is 28  min. 15 sec.):

5. Recent accelerated apostasy in America (14 min. 22 sec.):

6. Apostasy at the end of the church age (3 min. 30 sec.):

7. The church will reign with the Lord (1 min. 56 sec.):

8. Conclusion (Conclusion is 5 min. 41 sec. followed by song and prayer. Total length is 8 min. 51 sec.):

End

For His Glory,
Jerald Finney
Christian and practicing attorney
churchandstatelaw.com
For a complete outline of all articles on this blog click the following link: http://www.churchandstatelaw.com/gpage8.html. On that page, you will find an audio series that covers all that one needs to understand concerning separation of church and state (the biblical principles and the American application).