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Fundamentals of Christianity by Jeffrey W. Hamilton The Purpose of Learning A New Life The Church Church (Universal) Governance The Apostles The Prophets Church (Local) Tasks Preachers Elders Deacons Teachers Membership The Family of God Worship Praying Singing The Lord’s Supper Giving Attendance Studying Standards of Authority What Would God Have Us Do? 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It doesn't always have to mean an assembly of Christians (Acts 19:32, 39). There are two types of assemblies mentioned in the Scriptures. \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One is talking about all Christians as\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65163,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/a-new-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":26590,"position":3},"title":"A New Life","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A New Life I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A new birth - I Peter 1:22-25 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Freed from sin, so requires new behavior - Romans 6:1-23 III.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A new creation - II Corinthians 5:17 IV.\u00a0\u00a0A new focus - Colossians 3:1-17 Prior Lesson Fundamentals of Christianity Next Lesson","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65181,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-apostles\/","url_meta":{"origin":26590,"position":4},"title":"The Apostles (Fundamentals)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 29, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Apostles I Corinthians 12:28-29; Ephesians 4:11-16 I Corinthians 12:28-29; Ephesians 4:11-16 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the Greek, apostolos, meaning one who is sent with a message, an ambassador - Acts 1:8 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They were witnesses of Jesus Christ - I John 1:1-3; Acts 2:32; 1:21-22; 10:39-41 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They were inspired to insure the accuracy\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":65220,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/membership\/","url_meta":{"origin":26590,"position":5},"title":"Membership","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Membership I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Becoming a Christian puts you into the church in the universal sense - Acts 2:47 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Calling yourself a Christian doesn\u2019t mean you are - Acts 19:1-7 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Teaching the gospel doesn\u2019t mean you are faithful - Philippians 1:16-17 II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0God wants us to be with other Christians \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Acts 9:26 - Paul\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26590\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}