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5 Questions of Membership

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  1. Do you acknowledge yourself to be a sinner in the sight of God, justly deserving his displeasure, and without hope, except
    through his sovereign mercy?
    1. We are all sinners by nature and by choice
      1. Psalm 51:5
      2. Romans 3:23
    1. We justly deserve his wrath
      1. Romans 3:9,20
      2. Ephesians 2:3
    1. Without hope apart from God’s sovereign mercy
      1. Ephesians 2:12
      2. Ephesians 1:4
  1. Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and savior of sinners,
    and do you receive and trust him alone for salvation as he is offered in the gospel?
    1. We are saved by faith alone in Christ alone apart from the works of the law
      1. John 1:12
      2. Acts 16:31
      3. Romans 10:9,10
      4. Romans 3:28
      5. Mark 1:15
    1. Our faith is in Jesus Christ
      1. Fully God
          1. John 1:1-15
          2. John 8:58
      2. Fully man
          1. John 1:14
          2. I John 1:1-3
      3. The Savior of sinners
          1. A sinless Savior, I Peter 2:22
          2. Who offered himself for our sins, I Peter 3:18
          3. Who was raised for our justification, Romans 3:25
          4. Who ever lives to intercede for us, Hebrews 7:25
          5. Who will save us from the wrath to come, Romans 5:9,10
  1. Do you now resolve and promise, in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, that you will endeavor to live as becomes a follower of Christ?
    1. Faith in Christ cannot be separated from a commitment to walking worthily of Christ
      1. Ephesians 4:1
      2. Philippians 1:27
      3. I Thessalonians 2:12
    1. Walking worthily of Christ can only be done by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit
      1. Galatians 5:16,22-23
      2. Romans 8:3,4
  1. Do you promise to support the church in its worship and work to the best of
    your ability?
    1. Do you promise to support the church by your participation in worship and the activities of HCC?
      1. Sunday morning worship?
      2. Sunday School?
      3. Evening worship?
      4. Wednesday evening prayer?
      5. WIC?
      6. Other key events?
    1. Do you promise to support the church with your finances?
      1. The OT requires the tithe, Malachi 3:10
      2. The NT loves a cheerful and generous giver, II Cor. 9:6,7
    1. Do you promise to support the church with your gifts and abilities?
      1. Luke 19:11-27
      2. I Peter 4:10,11
      3. Romans 12:6-8
  1. Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the church, and promise to strive for its purity and peace?
    1. Do you submit to the elders who are now in office?
      1. Hebrews 13:17
    1. Do you submit to appropriate and godly nurture and correction?
      1. Proverbs 12:15
      2. Matthew 18:15-20
    1. Do you promise to strive for a church that is pure?
      1. I Corinthians 5:1,2,7,12-13
      2. Ephesians 5:26,27
    1. Do you promise to strive for peace in the church?
      1. Psalm 133
      2. John 17:21
      3. Romans 12:18
      4. Ephesians 4:3

 

 

 

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