{"id":65176,"date":"2023-12-29T16:06:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T22:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=65176"},"modified":"2023-12-29T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T22:17:01","slug":"church-universal-governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/church-universal-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Church (Universal) Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Church (Universal) Governance<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>The building of God&#8217;s house &#8211; Ephesians 2:19-22<\/li>\n<li>The purpose of the church is to make the wisdom of God known &#8211; Ephesians 3:10; I Timothy 3:15<\/li>\n<li>Authority\n<ul>\n<li>The Father\n<ul>\n<li>He is the head &#8211; I Corinthians 11:3<\/li>\n<li>He is supreme &#8211; I Corinthians 15:24-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Son, Jesus Christ\n<ul>\n<li>He was given all authority &#8211; Matthew 28:18; 17:5 Ephesians 1:20-23; 5:23\n<ul>\n<li>Legislative (makes the rules)<\/li>\n<li>Executive (enforces the rules)<\/li>\n<li>Judicial (decides on compliance with the rules)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Reflected in his titles: Head, King, Lord, Master<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah 9:6<\/li>\n<li>He is our Shepherd &#8211; John 10:11; Hebrews 13:20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Holy Spirit\n<ul>\n<li>He ensures the accuracy of the teachings &#8211; John 16:7-15<\/li>\n<li>Titles: Helper, Comforter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Apostles and Prophets\n<ul>\n<li>They had delegated authority &#8211; Matthew 16:19; 18:18; 19:28<\/li>\n<li>They served as witnesses &#8211;\u00a0 I John 1:1-4<\/li>\n<li>The apostles served as ambassadors &#8211; II Corinthians 5:20\n<ul>\n<li>They delivered mandates from Christ &#8211; Jude 3<\/li>\n<li>They enforced the rules of Christ<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Christians\n<ul>\n<li>They render service to God &#8211; I Corinthians 15:58<\/li>\n<li>Referred to as disciples, brothers and sisters, brethren<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>All Christians are members of the church &#8211; Acts 2:47<\/li>\n<li>Jesus is the foundation or main cornerstone &#8211; I Corinthians 3:11<\/li>\n<li>The apostles and prophets are the foundation of the church &#8211; Ephesians 2:20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-church\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFundamentals of Christianity\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-apostles\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Church (Universal) Governance The building of God&#8217;s house &#8211; Ephesians 2:19-22 The purpose of the church is to make the wisdom of God known &#8211; Ephesians 3:10; I Timothy 3:15 Authority The Father He is the head &#8211; I Corinthians 11:3 He is supreme &#8211; I Corinthians 15:24-27 The Son, Jesus Christ He was given&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26590,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65181,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/fundamentals-of-christianity\/the-apostles\/","url_meta":{"origin":65176,"position":0},"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; 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