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1 Key Truth Review Lesson #11
Lesson Eleven The Holy Christian Church is not a building, but the whole number of ________________ everywhere. Only the Lord knows who belongs to the church because only he can look into the ________________ to see true faith. God wants believers to get together in a ________________ that is gospel-centered (________________ ) and faithful to all of the Bible (________________ ). A non-Christian group is called a ________________ .

2 Key Truth Answers Lesson Eleven
The Holy Christian Church is not a building, but the whole number of BELIEVERS everywhere. Only the Lord knows who belongs to the church because only he can look into the HEART to see true faith. God wants believers to get together in a CONGREGATION that is gospel-centered (EVANGELICAL) and faithful to all of the Bible (ORTHODOX). A non-Christian group is called a CULT.

3 Opening Prayer (Parent Prays out loud)
Heavenly Father, in bringing us to believe in your Son made us ministers, or servants. Help us to be your representatives to the people around us and to the world. Give us the courage to speak up for you whenever we can and to do so in a truthful and loving way. Father, be with those who care for our souls (pastor, Sunday School teachers, parent). Help us make their work a joy. Thank you for the privilege of serving. Help us serve with all the gifts you've given. We are ministers, too! Bless us now as we look into your Holy Word. Amen.

4 THE CHRISTIAN AND BODY MINISTRY
LESSON 12 THE CHRISTIAN AND BODY MINISTRY Introduction: What does it cost to be a Christian? There are two ways to answer this question: It costs nothing to become a Christian! God has done everything for us. He gives us everything free of charge simply because he is totally for us (Ephesians 2:8). It costs everything to be a Christian! When the Holy Spirit leads us to believe in Jesus, we belong to him completely. Our Lord asks for total commitment when he commands us: ‘Follow me!’ Following Jesus costs us our life. It’s impossible to be a ‘part-time’ Christian, a part-time ‘arm’ or ‘leg’ in the Body of Christ. The call to follow Jesus is a call to full-time Christianity.

5 TWO TRUTHS TO REMEMBER

6 Romans 12:4-8 4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage of whose body are believers a member? Answer: We are members of Christ’s body. [Click to next slide]

7 Two Truths to Remember 1. Every believer is a member of Christ’s body.
[Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

8 Ephesians 4:15-16 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to verse 15, who is the head of this body of believers? Answer: Christ is the head. [Click to next slide]

9 Two Truths to Remember 1. Every believer is a member of Christ’s body.
He is the Head; [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

10 Romans 12:5 5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage, to whom do we belong in this body. Answer: We belong to each other and to him. [Click to next slide]

11 Two Truths to Remember 1. Every believer is a member of Christ’s body.
He is the Head; we belong to Him and to each other. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

12 Romans 12:6-8 6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. 7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to verse 6 what do all believers have? Answer: They all have different gifts. Paul goes on to record a partial list of some of those gifts. He then instructs that it is important for a believer to use the gifts they have. [Click to next slide]

13 Two Truths to Remember 1. Every believer is a member of Christ’s body. He is the Head; we belong to Him and to each other. 2. Every believer has spiritual gifts and a ministry (service) to carry out. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

14 WHAT IS OUR MINISTRY? Now that we have to those important truths recorded, let’s find out what our ministry or service is.

15 1 Corinthians 10:31 31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage what is the motivation for our service? Answer: It is to give glory to God. [Click to next slide]

16 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
[Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

17 2 Peter 3:18 18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this verse what does Peter encourage us to do? Answer: He encourages us to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. [Click to next slide]

18 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
2. To grow through God’s Word and Sacraments. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

19 Galatians 6:10 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage whom do we especially serve? Answer: We are to serve our fellow believers. [Click to next slide]

20 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
2. To grow through God’s Word and Sacraments. 3. To serve our fellow Christians (‘brothers’) [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

21 Galatians 5:13 13You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature[1] ; rather, serve one another in love. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage what is our motivation for serving our fellow believers? Answer: Our motivation is love. [Click to next slide]

22 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
2. To serve ourselves by growing through God’s Word and Sacraments. 3. To serve our fellow Christians (‘brothers’) [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide] a. By serving each other in love

23 Hebrews 10:24-25 24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to verse 25 what happens as believers serve each other by meeting with each other in worship? Answer: They encourage one another. [Click to next slide]

24 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
2. To serve ourselves by growing through God’s Word and Sacraments. 3. To serve our fellow Christians (‘brothers’) [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide] a. By serving each other in love b. By encouraging each other as we worship together.

25 Colossians 3:13-17 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. 15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to the first part of verse 16 what do Christians do for one another? Answer: They teach and admonish one another [Click to next slide]

26 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
2. To serve ourselves by growing through God’s Word and Sacraments. 3. To serve our fellow Christians (‘brothers’) [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide] a. By serving each other in love b. By encouraging each other as we worship together. c. By disciplining (training as disciples) one another in love.

27 James 5:16 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage what is a powerful tool of the righteous believer? Answer: Their power tool is prayer. This is then something else we can do for our fellow believer. [Click to next slide]

28 What Is Our Ministry? 1. Above all to glorify God and serve Him.
2. To serve ourselves by growing through God’s Word and Sacraments. 3. To serve our fellow Christians (‘brothers’) [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide] a. By serving each other in love b. By encouraging each other as we worship together. c. By disciplining (training as disciples) one another in love. d. By praying lovingly for each other.

29 Galatians 6:10 10Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage to whom do we do good? Answer: We do good to all people. Therefore to serve others outside of our family of believers is another part of our ministry. [Click to next slide]

30 What Is Our Ministry? 4. Also to serve our neighbor (fellow human being) [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

31 Matthew 5:16 16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage what is it that may lead others to praise the Father in heaven. Answer: Our good deeds (or light) may lead others to praise God. [Click to next slide]

32 What Is Our Ministry? 4. Also to serve our neighbor (fellow human being) a. By attracting them to God by our words and actions [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

33 Acts 1:8 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." [Have your youth read the passage] Question: These words are spoken to Jesus’ disciples. What would they be for Jesus? Answer: They would be witnesses for Jesus. This is another way for us to serve our neighbor: [Click to next slide]

34 What Is Our Ministry? 4. Also to serve our neighbor (fellow human being) a. By attracting them to God by our words and actions. b. By witnessing to them about Jesus. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

35 1 Timothy 2:1-3 1I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-- 2for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3This is good, and pleases God our Savior, [Have your youth read the passage] Question: Of course it is not just believers for whom we pray. According to verse 1 for whom else do we pray? Answer: We pray for everyone. This is another way that we can serve our neighbor: [Click to next slide]

36 What Is Our Ministry? 4. Also to serve our neighbor (fellow human being) a. By attracting them to God by our words and actions. b. By witnessing to them about Jesus. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide] c. By praying for them lovingly.

37 HOW WE CAN SERVE

38 1 Corinthians 12:14-27 14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. [Have your youth read the passage] Paul compares the body of Christ to the human body. Just as there are many parts to the human body which have different functions, so the body of Christ has many different people with different gifts. [Click to next slide]

39 How We Can Serve 1. We should recognize and use our individual gifts faithfully [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

40 1 Peter 4:10 10Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to this passage, what do we do for others as we use our gifts. Answer: We serve each other. [Click to next slide]

41 How We Can Serve 1. We should recognize and use our individual gifts faithfully for the good of all. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

42 Ephesians 4:11-16 11It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. 14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. 15Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. 16From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. [Have your youth read the passage] Question: According to verse 12, what important function do pastors serve in order to help the function of the body of Christ? Answer: They prepare God’s people for works of serve. [Click to next slide]

43 How We Can Serve 1. We should recognize and use our individual gifts faithfully for the good of all. 2. We need pastors (shepherds) and teachers who train and equip us for serving one another. [Have your youth record the answer] [Click to next slide]

44 How We Can Serve Notes: 1) 2)
Every Christian has at least one spiritual gift to be used for the ministry of the body. Each member is important and needed for a complete ministry to be carried out. 2) For those who exercise spiritual leadership on behalf of the congregation (such as pastors and elders) the Bible requires certain things. See, for example, 1 Timothy 3:1-13, 1 Timothy 2:11-15, 1 Corinthians 14:34-36.

45 1 Timothy 3:1-13 1Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. 2Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect. 5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?) 6He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil. 7He must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap. [Have your youth read the passage] This passage describes some of the qualities God sets for those in spiritual leadership. [Click to next slide]

46 How We Can Serve Notes: 1) 2) 3)
Every Christian has at least one spiritual gift to be used for the ministry of the body. Each member is important and needed for a complete ministry to be carried out. 2) For those who exercise spiritual leadership on behalf of the congregation (such as pastors and elders) the Bible requires certain things. See, for example, 1 Timothy 3:1-13, 1 Timothy 2:11-15, 1 Corinthians 14:34-36. 3) When spiritual leaders carry out ministry on behalf of the congregation (public ministry), this does not take away the duty and privilege of all Christians to serve their Lord and each other (personal ministry).

47 His Word in My Life! What is wrong with this statement? A pastor’s job is to run the congregation. This statement makes it sound as if the work of the pastor is to rule over the members of the congregation by telling them what to do. In reality, the pastor is there to serve the congregation by doing everything he can to care for them spiritually.

48 His Word in My Life! Agree or disagree: If God wants you to be a pastor or teacher, he will give you some special sign before you get to high school. Give a reason for your answer. Disagree. God usually doesn’t give a special sign to young people that they should become pastors or teachers. In most cases he uses other people – parents, friends, pastors, or teachers – to encourage young people to become pastors or teachers. Then that young person can think about it and pray about it, asking, “How can I serve God best with my life?”

49 His Word in My Life! At a wedding reception, a woman compliments the pastor who conducted the service. “You are truly a holy man,” she says as she shakes his hand. How should the pastor respond? He would thank her for her compliment but also tell her that he is not any more holy than anyone else just because he does the work of a pastor. It is not what we do to serve God that makes us holy; we are holy only because of God’s grace to us in Christ.

50 What is right about that statement?
His Word in My Life! Everyone is a minister. What is right about that statement? Everyone is to share God’s Word with others.

51 His Word in My Life! Everyone is a minister.
What is right about that statement? What is wrong about that statement? Not everyone is called to be a public minister

52 His Word in My Life I am an important part of the body.

53 His Word in My Life What is wrong with this statement? The main reason we have pastors is that it just wouldn’t work if everyone was up front preaching and teaching and no one was sitting in the pews and listening. God wants all Christians to teach God’s Word to others. But to teach publicly, a person must be trained (so that he does not teach false doctrine) and called (so that the congregation can say this is the minister God gave them and for the sake of order).

54 Closing Prayer After lesson
Use Luther's evening prayer, Catechism, p. 16, or make up your own

55 ASSIGNMENT FOR NEXT WEEK
Study carefully the notes you have taken in class; be sure you understand them. Complete the “Working with God’s Word” section. Memorize these Bible passages: Romans 12:5 – “In Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” Hebrews 10:24-25 – “ Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” 4. Complete Worksheet #12 and have your parents correct it.

56 Key Truths Lesson Twelve
Every believer has spiritual gifts and a ________________ (service) to carry out. Our ministry is to glorify ________________ , serve ________________ by growing through God's word and sacraments, serve fellow ________________ and serve ________________ by witnessing to them and praying for them. God gives us pastors and teachers to ________________ us for serving each other.

57 Key Truths Lesson Twelve
Every believer has spiritual gifts and a MINISTRY (service) to carry out. Our ministry is to glorify GOD, serve OURSELVES by growing through God's word and sacraments, serve fellow CHRISTIANS and serve OUR NEIGHBORS by witnessing to them and praying for them. God gives us pastors and teachers to TRAIN us for serving each other.

58 1 Corinthians 12:4-20 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. 7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. 12The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

59 1 Corinthians 12:21-32 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

60 Hebrews 5:13-6:1 Hebrews 5 13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. Hebrews 6 1Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,

61 Matthew 18:15-18 15"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. 18"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

62 1 Corinthians 12:3-7;-11 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men. 7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

63 1 Corinthians 12:14-31 14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 16And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? 18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20As it is, there are many parts, but one body. 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret? 31But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

64 1 Timothy 2:11-15 11A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15But women will be saved through childbearing--if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.

65 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 34As in all the congregations of the saints, women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. 35If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. 36Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?

66 Galatians 6:1 1Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.


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