The Mission
1. What is the mission of the Christian church based on Matt. 28:19, 20?
Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matt. 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
ANSWER:
Teach all nations
Baptizing those who learned the teachings of God
Teaching them to observe the commands of God
2. What is the Greek definition for “teach” in verse 19?
ANSWER:
To make disciples
3100. matheteuo, math-ayt-yoo´-o; from 3101; intransitively, to become a pupil; transitively, to disciple, i.e. enrol as scholar: — be disciple, instruct, teach.
APPLICATION QUESTION:
Do you have any “disciples”?
How are you fulfilling the mission of the church?
The True Education
1. How were the young people in Israel educated in Old Testament times? What important principles can we take from these texts regarding the spiritual aspect of all proper education? Gen. 18:19; Deut. 6:4–7, 20–25.
Gen. 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Deut. 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: Deut. 6:5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deut. 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: Deut. 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deut. 6:20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Deut. 6:21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: Deut. 6:22 And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: Deut. 6:23 And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. Deut. 6:24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.Deut. 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
ANSWER:
Gen. 18:19 – Parents teaching the children how to keep the way of God, the justice and judgment.
Deut. 6:4-7 – Parents integrating the principles of God in to their day to day life.
Deut. 6:20-25 – Parents should teach sacred history to their children.
OBSERVATION:
Home style education, where the parents were the teachers, was the best method of Christian education.
Health
1. What is the first step to good health according the Prov. 3:5-8?
Prov. 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. Prov. 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Prov. 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Prov. 3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
ANSWER:
Trust in the Lord.
2. Should health be a part of Christian lifestyle?
3John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
ANSWER:
Yes
APPLICATION QUESTION:
How do we know that the health reform is a part of the last day message?
Theology
1. What is the meaning of theology?
ANSWER:
The word theology comes from late middle English, from French théologie, from Latin theologia, from Greek θεολογία, theologia, from θεός, theos or God + λόγος or logos, "words," "sayings," "discourse," or "reason" ( + suffix ια, ia, "state of," "property of," "place of"). The Greek word can be literally translated as "talk about God or the divine," but the meaning of the word shifted as it was used (first in Greek and then in Latin) in European Christian thought in the Patristic period, the Middle Ages and Enlightenment, and then taken up more widely.
2. What do we know about God in Gen. 1:1 if this is an introduction about Him?
Gen. 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
ANSWER:
The Creator
OBSERVATION:
I believe that the correct understanding of God begins with the belief that He is the Creator of all things. True theology begins from Gen. 1:1.
3. What does the Bible says about the Creator?
Eccl. 12:1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them
Is. 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. Is. 40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Is. 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Is. 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Is. 43:15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.
Rom. 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
1Pet. 4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Rev. 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Rev. 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
ANSWER:
We should remember the Creator (connected to the Sabbath)
Creator gives the strength to the weak
Creator is the King
People worship the creature more than the Creator
Creator will preserve us during our time of suffering
We must worship the Creator
OBSREVATION:
You can almost summarize the whole theology based upon above verses.
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