Welcome!Sunday

Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM

5:30 PM

Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

Bibles and copies of sermons are

available

Please silence your cell phones

Matthew 2: VisitorsHerod the Great

The Wise Men

Flight to Egypt

Return to Nazareth

Mariamne I Mariamne II Malthace Cleopatra

Philip II (Tetrarch)

Luke 3:1

Aristobulus

Herod Agrippa IActs 12:1-24

Herod Philip I

Matthew 14:3

ArchelausMathew 2:22

Herod (II) Antipas

Mathew 14:1-11Luke 23:7

Herod Agrippa IIActs 25:1-26

BerniceActs 25:1-26

DrusillaActs 24:24

Herod the Great

HerodiusMathew 14:3-8

SalomeMathew 14:8

Matthew 2: VisitorsHerod the Great

The Wise Men

Flight to Egypt

Return to Nazareth

Welcome!Sunday

Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM

5:30 PM

Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

Bibles and copies of sermons are

available

Please silence your cell phones

Psalm 95:6 Come, let us worship and bow down;

Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

Hymns Invitation

Red Songbook - - - - - -

Supplemental - - - - - -

Marks of a Faithful Church

Philippians 1:27-30

Three Marks of a Faithful Church

Conduct worthy of the Gospel

Standing fast in one spirit

Courage in Suffering

CONDUCT WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL

Philippians 1:27a – Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ

“Conduct” politeuomi: to be a citizenPhilippians 3:20Ephesians 2:10

A faithful church believes that righteous conduct on the part of the members is necessary and proper to maintaining the

faithfulness of the church

STAND FAST IN ONE SPIRIT

Philippians 1:27b – you stand fast in one spirit , with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

“Stand fast” stand firm, hold one’s groundJude 31 Timothy 6:12

STAND FAST IN ONE SPIRIT

Philippians 1:27b – you stand fast in one spirit , with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Unity – striving together1 Corinthians 1:102 Corinthians 13:11

A faithful church believes that Unity is of vital importance. True unity can only be reached by agreeing on an independent truth.

COURAGE IN SUFFERING & CONFLICT

Philippians 1:28-30 – not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, & that from God. For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, having the same conflict which you saw in me.

Philippians 1:28 – not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition,

Persecution is a sign that the persecutors are doomed to destruction.

COURAGE IN SUFFERING & CONFLICT

Philippians 1:28 – not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, & that from God.

Persecution is also a sign of a Christian’s salvation from God.

COURAGE IN SUFFERING & CONFLICT

Philippians 1:29 – For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Persecution is a privilege granted Acts 5:41

1 Peter 4:16

COURAGE IN SUFFERING & CONFLICT

Philippians 1:30 – having the same conflict which you saw in me.

Enduring persecution strengthens other Christians when their time comes.

COURAGE IN SUFFERING & CONFLICT

A faithful church experiences difficulties and pushes through them,

growing in Grace as they do so.

A Faithful ChurchConduct worthy of the Gospel

Standing fast in one spirit

Courage in Suffering

Righteousness

Unity

Perseverance

Joining the Church that Jesus Built

Acts 2:37-47They heard and believed(They would have confessed that belief)They repented of their sinsThey were baptizedThe continued in the Apostle’s doctrine