STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “the methodist church”

1. According to Psalm 119:160, what is “the entirety” of God’s Word?

2. What important prophecy is found in Daniel 2:44 in the Bible?

3. According to the prophecy contained in Isaiah 2:1-4, in what city would the kingdom of God begin?

4. According to Methodist teachings, in what city did the Methodist Church begin?

5. According to the Methodist religion, who is the founder of the Methodist Church?

6. According to the Bible (Mt. 16:18), who is the founder of the one true church?

7. According to 2 Peter 1:3, what had God given us in His Word?

8. According to 2 Timothy 3:16-17, what is God’s Word?

9. What is the Methodist Book of Discipline, and is it acceptable according to the Word of God?

 10. According to Methodist doctrine, people are saved “by faith only.” What does James 2: 24 have to say about that?

 11. What does John 6:28-29 have to say about “belief”?

 12. Methodists teach that all individuals are born in sin. What did Jesus have to say about this in Matthew 19:14 (“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven”)?

 13. The Methodist Church teaches that ““the Christian Church is the community of all be­lievers under the lordship of Christ.” What do passages such as Colossians 1:18, Colossians 3:15, Ephesians 1:22-23, and Ephesians 4:4 have to say about that?

 14. Methodists believe that women may serve in preaching and teaching capacities in the church. What does 1 Timothy 2:11-12 have to say about such a practice?

 15. Methodists believe that mechanical instruments of music may be used in worship of God. Where in the New Testament is such a practice authorized?

 16. Methodists believe that mechanical instruments of music may be used in worship of God. What do passages such as Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16 have to say about that?

 17. Methodists teach and practice that the Lord’s Supper may be observed at time such as the first Sunday of every month, on Christmas, on Easter, etc. According to the teaching of the New Testament, on what day did first-century Christians partake of the Lord’s Supper (and thus, on what day are we today to partake of the Lord’s Supper)?

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