March 14, 2021

Matthew 16:13-18

Is Church Membership Biblical?
• Lists of People (1 Tim. 5:9-10, Phil 4:3)
• Boundaries Identifying Church (Matt. 18:15-20, 1 Cor. 5, 2 Cor. 2:6)
• Authority Given to Church (Matt. 18:15-20, 1 Cor. 5-6, 2 Cor. 2)
• Definition of Member (1 Cor. 12:12-14)

Who Can Be a Church Member?
• Regenerate
• Baptized
• Identification with Church

Benediction:  1 Corinthians 1:2 (ESV)

To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints
together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and
ours.