Category: The Church and Its Order According to Scripture
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture. 4 — The Church: Its Organization.
By Samuel Ridout From what we have already seen, in considering the unity of the Church, it will be clear that what we have to say now regarding the organization of the local assembly applies to the whole Body. The Lord has not given different organizations for different localities. We…
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture. 2 — The Unity of the Church.
By Samuel Ridout We have seen in the preceding paper that the Church is the Body of Christ, united to a glorified Lord by the Holy Ghost, who came from heaven at Pentecost; that all believers are now in the Church, which will be completed when our Lord will descend…
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture. 8 — Miscellaneous Features.
By Samuel Ridout Having now, through the mercy of God, examined the teaching of Scripture upon the fundamental principles which underlie the Church of God, it only remains for us to note some of the applications of these principles to various questions which arise in their carrying out. Church Meetings.…
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture. 7 — Discipline
By Samuel Ridout In taking up the subject of Discipline in the Church of God, we should be impressed both with its great importance, and the danger of approaching it in a careless or legal way. When we consider the almost universal neglect of discipline and the corresponding weakness thus…
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture. 6. — Its Ministry
By Samuel Ridout We have now reached the point where we can take up the subject of Ministry without giving it an overshadowing prominence as most people do. In the previous papers we have seen the Church as the Body of Christ, so contemplated in Scripture, as really and organically…
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture. 5. — The Church: Its Worship
By Samuel Ridout The noblest occupation for any creature is to be engaged in the worship of God. It is thus the seraphim are occupied, crying “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts.” The varied orders of heavenly beings esteem it their highest privilege to be thus engaged; and…
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The Church and Its Order According to Scripture 3. Local Aspect of the Church
By Samuel Ridout Having in the previous paper seen the unity of the Church, as taught in various passages of Scripture, we come now to a most important branch of the subject. In speaking of the nature of the Church, and its unity, we were dealing with general features common…
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