Unity in the church

 

1)      What is apostasy?  _____________________________________________________

2)      Examples of apostasy include:  ___________________________________________

3)      Is religious division a sign of apostasy?

4)      What did Jesus say in Jn. 17:20-21?  _______________________________________

5)      What do we learn from these verses?  ______________________________________

6)      How does 1 Cor. 14:33 relate to this subject?  _______________________________

7)      Jesus was not the only one to speak about the need for unity.

8)      Unity is one identify mark of the New Testament church.

9)      Hence, Paul spoke of it in places like 1 Cor. 1.

a)What is said in1 Cor. 1:11?  ________________________________

b)      What can verse 11 be compared to?  __________________________

c)What did Paul think about the lack of unity (verse 13)?  _______________________

d)     How serious was this matter (verse 10)?  ___________________________________

e)Later in 1 Cor. 3 this subject is addressed again – 1 Cor. 3:1-4 – READ.

f) 1 Cor. 3:16-17 – how can this be done by people?  ___________________________

10)  Is Lk. 11:17 relevant? ____________________________________________________

11)  Division can come in many forms and ways.  It was part of the Old Testament era, Prov. 6:19

12)  Some do not think it is too bad; others seem to take pride in it.

13)  See what Paul had to say in Gal. 5:19-21 - _______________________________________

14)  Much of the division we see is in the religious world; it can also be internal.

15)  In addition to what is said in 1 Cor. 1, see 1 Cor. 1:17-18 – READ.

16)  Rom. 16:16-17 provides a picture of “dividers” and “uniters.”

a)For “uniters” (verse 16):  _____________________________

b)      For “dividers” (verse 17):  ____________________________

17)  Is unity a congregational or an individual responsibility?  ___________________________

18)  Eph. 4:3 - _________________________________________________________________

19)  Phil. 2:3 - _________________________________________________________________

20)   We need to realize that religious division is NOT based on some things.

21)   Division is not based on a lack of divine revelation (Jude 3).  We have the “full gospel.”

22)   Neither can division be attributed to Bible errors and contradictions (Ps. 119:89, 160; Jn. 17:17).

23)   Saying division comes from the Bible being too hard to understand will not work (2 Tim. 3:15).

24)   Division comes from other sources—sources we want to identify and discuss in the next class.