The Church that Christ Established

Subject: The Church that Christ Established

Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 2: 1 - 10

Memory Verse: 1 Peter 2: 5

1. To whom did Moses say Israel should ascribe greatness? Deut. 32: 3 - 4

2. Before suffering martyrdom, how did Stephen link the church with Christ? And how did the apostle Paul confirm this? Acts 7: 37 - 38, 1 Corinthians 10: 1 - 14

3. What did Jesus say of Peter when he declared who Jesus was? Matthew 16: 13 - 17

4. What was the composition of the holy church that was established by God? Ephesians 2: 19 - 20, what role do small “stones” like us play in this great spiritual building? 1 Peter 2: 5 and Matthew 16: 18

5. Which church did the apostle Paul confess that he persecuted? Galatians 1: 13, 1 Corinthians 15: 9; which one did he say Christ purchased with His own blood and which church were the elders exhorted to feed? Acts 20: 28

6. How was she described in 1 Tim. 3:15 and to what church did the brethren in Thessalonica belong? 1 Thessalonians 2: 14