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Thus, as far as letting my children and others know what I believe as foundational for living this life as an Image Bearer, I come once again to the Great Image Bearing Church. Those who disregard it do so in ignorance. Those who mock it, do so with great foolishness. Therefore, I boldly state the following as guidelines for participant responsibility in Body life. God Bless.
With you for His glory
B. Covenant of Fellowship I believe it is incumbent of each
believer to covenant together, recognizing dependence on the
Holy Spirit for the following:
believer to covenant together, recognizing dependence on the
Holy Spirit for the following:
1. To walk together in Christian love;
2. To exercise Christian
care and watchfulness over one another; 3. To pray with and
for one another, sharing our burdens, sorrow, and joys; 4. To
be thoughtful and courteous to one another, to be slow to
take offense, and to be quick to forgive and to seek forgiveness;
5. To guard the spiritual and scriptural purity, peace and
prosperity of the Church and its growth in scriptural knowledge
and godliness; 6. To assist, as the Lord enables, in the work
of the Church, and to promote its usefulness as a witness to
the saving grace of God in Christ Jesus; 7. To contribute, as
the Lord directs, to the financial support of the church, the
relief of the needy, and the evangelization of all peoples;
8. To love and to pray for all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ;
9. To engage regularly in study of the Word and prayer;
10. To bring up such children as may be entrusted to our care
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; 11. To walk with
integrity in the world, to provide all things honest in the sight
of all men, to be faithful in lifestyle and worldview, exemplary
in conduct, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts; 12. To
endeavor by example, by word, and by prayer, to give witness
of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, that the Holy Spirit would
work in these things to lead others to Him; 13. To ultimately
glorify God through the exaltation of Christ in the power of
the Holy Spirit in everything as the primary purpose of life.
care and watchfulness over one another; 3. To pray with and
for one another, sharing our burdens, sorrow, and joys; 4. To
be thoughtful and courteous to one another, to be slow to
take offense, and to be quick to forgive and to seek forgiveness;
5. To guard the spiritual and scriptural purity, peace and
prosperity of the Church and its growth in scriptural knowledge
and godliness; 6. To assist, as the Lord enables, in the work
of the Church, and to promote its usefulness as a witness to
the saving grace of God in Christ Jesus; 7. To contribute, as
the Lord directs, to the financial support of the church, the
relief of the needy, and the evangelization of all peoples;
8. To love and to pray for all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ;
9. To engage regularly in study of the Word and prayer;
10. To bring up such children as may be entrusted to our care
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; 11. To walk with
integrity in the world, to provide all things honest in the sight
of all men, to be faithful in lifestyle and worldview, exemplary
in conduct, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts; 12. To
endeavor by example, by word, and by prayer, to give witness
of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, that the Holy Spirit would
work in these things to lead others to Him; 13. To ultimately
glorify God through the exaltation of Christ in the power of
the Holy Spirit in everything as the primary purpose of life.
