Lesson 9 – The Meetings of the Church (1) (Outline)

Lesson 9 – The Meetings of the Church (1)

Hebrews 10:25 Not abandoning our own assembling together, as the custom with some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as you see the day drawing near.

John 10:16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.

Matthew 18:20 For where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst.

  1. God’s ordination for the believers1
  2. A request of the spiritual life 2
  3. The importance of the believers meeting 3
  4. To meet being to worship God and to serve Him 4
  5. To meet being to minister Christ to others 5
  6. To meet being to build up the church 6

READING

Bible References:

  1. Not abandoning our own assembling together, as the custom with some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as you see the day drawing near. (Hebrews 10:25)
  2. And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd. (John 10:16)
  3. For where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst. (Matthew 18:20)
  4. If therefore the whole church comes together in one place, and all speak in tongues, and some unlearned in tongues or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are insane? But if all prophesy and some unbeliever or unlearned person enters, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all; the secrets of his heart become manifest; and so falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that indeed God is among you. (1 Corinthians 14:23-25)
  5. Three times a year all your males shall appear before Jehovah your God in the place which He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of tabernacles. And they shall not appear before Jehovah empty-handed. (Deuteronomy 16:16)
  6. …But he who prophesies builds up the church. What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. (1 Corinthians 14:4b, 26)