Ch 17: What is the Church - Means of Grace 1

What are means of grace?

• Activities within the fellowship of the church that God uses to give more grace to Christians

• Faith alone for salvation unto good works

• The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ that gives us salvation

• The favor of God upon certain people based on their works

What are the means of grace that we covered in class?

• Teaching of the Word

• Baptism

• Lord's Supper

• Evangelism

• Mercy

What does the teaching of the Word include?

• Preaching

• Reading spiritual growth books

• Biblically aligned conversations

• Personal study of Scripture

The Word of God...

• spiritually nourishes us and helps us maintain our spiritual life

• convicts us of sin and turns us to righteousness

• has power

• brings people to salvation

• has nothing to do with church growth

What is true of baptism?

• It is an outward symbol of an inward reality

• It signifies dying, being buried, and being raised with Christ

• We do it out of obedience to Christ

• It is necessary for salvation

What three things should we remember when we take the Lord's Supper?

• Through it, we remember Christ's death and our participation in His death

• It symbolizes the unity of believers

• It looks forward to the restoration of fellowship with God at the end of the ages

• Only ordained clergy can administer the Lord's Supper

What is true of the Lord's Supper?

• Partaking of the Lord's Supper is partaking in fellowship with Christ

• Only those who believe in Christ should participate in the Lord's Supper

• Anyone can partake in the Lord's Supper

• The Lord's Supper was instituted by Christ

What does baptism mean to you?

What does taking the Lord's Supper mean to you?