Part 1: Questions
These questions are meant to help think through what was taught, provide a check on leaning, and help you to internalize how biblical membership is related to the local church.
Questions
1. What comes to your mind when you think about local church membership?
2. What purpose does church membership serve?
3. Do you have any hesitations or reservations regarding church membership?
4. How important do you think it is for you to be a member of a local church? What reasons would you give to support your answer?
5. What would be the difference between being a member of a church and someone who consistently attends church?
6. If you invited a friend to Fireside and they heard about church membership – how would you explain it to them? Would you encourage them to join?
Conclusion
After a review of how church membership relates to the local church, we have seen that membership is an explicit command that is required of believers to obey.
Citations and Footnotes
1 It is grammatically possible that “them” of v. 13 refers only to the Apostles, but the context demands that we understand the “them” to refer to the church.
2 The Greek word is κολλᾶσθαι
2 The Greek word is kαταλεγέσθω