THE LORD'S CHURCH
( Part 3 )

I. Organization
   A. Head - Jesus ( Mt. 16: 16-18 )
   B. Elders act as Shepherds over the congregation in accordance with the N.T.  (Titus 1: 5 ; I Tim 3: 1-7 )
   C. Deacons to do the tasks assigned by the Elders ( I Tim 3: 8-13 )
   D. Preachers teach God's word in its purity to lead people to Christ and minister to the saints ( II Tim 4:2 )
   E. Other teachers tell others of Christ and his church ( Acts 8 : 1-8 )

II. Power Of The Church
   A. Jesus ( Jn 14: 6 ; Jn 15:12 ; Acts 4:13)
   B. Holy Spirit ( Act 2:38 )
   C. Gospel ( I Chrin 15: 1-4 ; Rom 1:16 )

III. Worship
   A. Sing ( Eph 5:19 ; Col 3:16 )
   B. Teach ( Mt 28:18-20 ; II Tim 4:2 )
   C. Lord's Supper on the Lord's Day ( Acts 20:7 ; Lk 22 )
   D. Give on the Lord's Day ( I Chrin 16: 1-2 )
   E. Pray ( Acts 4:31 ; Rom 12: 12 )

I V . How I Become A Christian
   A. Must believe that the Lord Jesus died , was buried and arose from the grave and he has the ability to do the same for us
( Heb 11: 6 )
   B. Repent of our sins - have nothing in our lives that we want to do or follow more that Jesus ( Acts 3:19 ; Acts 17: 30 )
   C. Confess the name of Jesus ( Mt 10 : 32-33 ; Rom 10:9-10 )
   D. Be immersed in water as the final step in the conversion process ( Acts 2: 38 ; Rom 6 : 3-4 ; Eph 4:24 )

V. Then What ?