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Wednesday: Church Discipline

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One of the main issues of church organization is to deal with discipline. How discipline helps to preserve church unity is sometimes a touchy subject and easily may be misunderstood. But from a biblical perspective, church discipline centers on two important areas: preserving purity of doctrine and preserving purity of church life and practice. Image © Review and Herald Publishing Assn. Goodsalt.com As we already have seen, the New Testament maintains the importance of preserving the purity of biblical teaching in the wake of apostasy and false teaching, particularly at the end of time.

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Tuesday: Preserving Church Unity

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Read   2 Timothy 2:15  and  Titus 1:9 . According to Paul’s counsels to Timothy and Titus, what crucial tasks are the responsibility of a faithful church leader and elder? Image © Review and Herald Publishing Assn. Goodsalt.com Notice how much emphasis Paul puts on keeping the doctrines and teachings pure. This is crucial for unity, especially because one could argue that, more than anything else, our teachings are what unify our church

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Monday: Servant Leadership

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During His ministry with His disciples, Jesus repeatedly experienced moments when He probably felt exasperated by the envy for power they seemed to have. The apostles appeared to be anxious to become powerful leaders of Jesus’ kingdom  ( Mark 9:33-34 ;  Luke 9:46 ) . Even as the disciples were eating the Last Supper together, these feelings of domination and supremacy were palpably felt among them  ( Luke 22:24 ). During  one such occasion, Jesus clearly expressed His thoughts regarding spiritual leadership among His people.

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Authority and Individual Conscience

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While studying church organization and unity , this week, It is worthwhile for all of us to think about the role of government and our individual responsibility – not just secular government but church government as well.

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Sunday: Christ, the Head of the Church

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As we have seen already in an earlier lesson, in the New Testament the church is represented by the metaphor of body. The church is the body of Christ. This metaphor alludes to several aspects of the church and the relation between Christ and His people. As the body of Christ, the church depends on Him for its very existence.

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