| « Prev | Chapter 26. Of the Church. | Next » |
Chapter 26
Of the Church
| Paras | |
| 1-4 | I. The universal church |
| 1-2 | A. Its Identity |
| 1 | 1. As invisible |
| 2 | 2. As visible |
| 3 | B. Its perpetuity |
1. Its seeming improbability |
|
2. Its actual certainty |
|
| 4 | C. Its authority |
1. The true head of the church, the Christ |
|
2. The false head of the church, the Antichrist |
|
| 5-15 | II. The local church |
| 5 | A. Its originating mandate |
1. The foundation of the mandate |
|
2. The substance of the mandate |
|
| 6 | B. Its defined membership |
1. Evangelical |
|
2. Volitional |
|
3. Covenantal |
|
| 7 | C. Its authoritative power |
1. Its defined recipients |
|
2. Its complete sufficiency |
|
3. Its reiterated origin |
|
4. Its specified purpose |
|
5. Its regulated execution |
|
| 8-13 | D. Its appointed government |
| 8 | 1. The identity of its government |
| 9 | 2. The appointment of its government |
| 10-11 | 3. The cornerstone of its government: the ministry of the Word |
| 10 | The official ministry of the Word by pastors |
Its heavy responsibilities |
|
Its proper honouring |
|
| 11 | The auxiliary ministry of the Word by others |
| 12-13 | 4. The extent of its government |
| 12 | It extends to all its members |
| 13 | It extends to all its problems |
The situation envisaged |
|
The prohibition issued |
|
The direction required |
|
| 14-15 | E. Its fraternal relations: the communion of local churches |
| 14(a) | 1. Its divine warrant |
| 14(b) | 2. Its providential limitations |
| 14(c) | 3. Its spiritual benefits |
| 15 | 4. Its special advantage: advisory meetings |
Their possible reasons |
|
Their biblical basis |
|
Their strict limitations |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 309-311. Used by permission.
| « Prev | Chapter 26. Of the Church. | Next » |
