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What the Bible says about...
Scriptural References on Important Topics
CHURCH AUTHORITY
I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of
heaven. Whatever
you declare bound on earth, shall be bound in heaven; whatever
you
declare loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven.’’
(Mt. 16:19. cf.
Mt.18:15-18; 28:18-20; Mk. 16:15-20; Lk. 10:16; 24:45-49; Jn.
17:12-19;
Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:27-31; Gal. 1:1-2, 9-12; 1 Tim. 3:14-15)
BAPTISM
‘‘Go and make disciples of all the nations. Baptize
them ‘in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.’
Teach
them to carry out all that I have commanded you.’’ (Mt.
28:19-20.
See Mk. 16:15-16; Jn. 1:31, 3:5; Acts 2:41; 8:36-38; 9:18-19;
10:47-48;
16:33 (note: infant baptism); 1 Cor. 1:15-16; Gal. 3:26-27; Eph.
4:5;
5:25-27; Tit. 3-5; Heb. 10:22; 1 Peter 3:21).
CONFESSION OF SINS
‘‘At the sight of the Lord the disciples rejoiced.
‘‘Peace be with
you,’’ he said again. ‘‘As the Father has
sent me, so I send you.’’
Then he breathed on them and said. ‘‘Receive the Holy
Spirit. If
you forgive men’s sins, they are forgiven them; if you hold
them bound,
they are held bound.’’ (Jn. 20:20-23. See Mt. 3:6;
9:2,8; 12:31;
16:19; 18:18; Lk. 15:21-24; 2. Cor. 5:18-19 Jas. 5:16; 1 Jn. 1:9;
Prv. 28:13).
CONFIRMATION IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
‘‘How can a man be born again once he is old?’’
retorted Nicodemus.
‘‘Can he return to his mother’s womb and be born
over again?’’ Jesus
replied: ‘‘I solemnly assure you, no one can enter into
God’s kingdom
without being begotten of water and the Spirit.’’ (John
3:4; see
Lk. 24:49; Jn. 1:33; 3:7; 7:37-39; 20:22; Acts 1:8; 2:1-4;
8:15-17;
15:7-9; 19:6; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; Eph. 1:13; 4:30).
COMMUNION (Eucharist, Lord’s Supper)
‘‘Take this and eat it’’, he said,
‘‘this is my body.’’ Then he took
the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them. ‘‘All of you
must drink
from it,’’ he said, ‘‘for this is my blood,
the blood of the covenant,
to be poured out in behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.’’
(Mt. 26:26-28; cf. Mk. 14:22-24; Lk.22:19-20; Jn. 6:26-68; Acts
2:42; 1 Cor. 11:23-29; Heb. 9:23-24; 10:19-25; Gen. 14:18; Psalm
110:4; Malachi 1:10-11).
SACRAMENT of the SICK
‘‘...they went off, preaching the need of repentance.
They expelled
many demons, anointed the sick with oil, and worked many cures.’’
(Mk 6:12-13; see James 5:14-15).
MARRIAGE
‘‘But to avoid immorality, every man should have his
own wife and
every woman her own husband...A wife does not belong to herself,
but
to her husband; equally, a husband does not belong to himself,
but
to his wife.’’ (1 Cor. 7:2,4; see Mt. 19:7-9; Mk.
10:2-12; Lk. 16:18;
Jn. 2:1-11; Rom. 7:2-3; Eph. 5:22-32).
CONSECRATED PRIESTHOOD (Holy Orders)
‘‘They presented these men to the Apostles, who first
prayed over
them and then imposed hands on them.’’ (Acts 6:6; see
Acts 13:3;
14:22-23; 20:28; 1 Tim. 4:14; 2 Tim. 1:6; Titus 1:5; Heb. 5:1).
THE TRINITY
‘‘Then God said: ‘Let us make man in our own
image, after our likeness.’’
(Gen. 1:26; see other O.T. foreshadowing of Trinity, cf. Gn.
3:22;
11:7; 18:1-5, 9-10, 16, 22, 33). ‘‘Baptize...in the
name ‘of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit’’ (Mt. 28:19;
cf. Mt. 3:16-17;
Lk. 1:35; 3:21-22; Jn. 1:1-3; 1:32-34; 14:8-10; 14:16-17; Acts
1:6-8; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 6:10-11; 2 Cor. 13:14; Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Pet.
1:2; 1 Jn. 5:6-7; Jude 20-21).
HEAVEN
"The king will say to those on his right: 'Come. You have my
Father’s
blessing! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation
of
the world." Mt. 25:34; see Mt. 13:43; 18:10; Mk. 10:29; Jn.
5:24-26;
6:58-59; 17:24; 1 Cor. 2:9; 13:9-12; 1 Jn.3:2; Rev. 22:2-5).
HELL
‘‘If your eye is your downfall, tear it out! Better for
you to enter
the kingdom of God with one eye than to be thrown with both eyes
into
Gehenna, where the ‘worm dies not and the fire is never
extinguished.'"
(Mk.9:47-48; see Mt.3:10-12; 8:11-12; 10:27-28; 12:32-33; 16:26;
22:14;
25:32-33; 25:41-46; Mk.3:29; 9:42-48; Lk.3:9-17; 16:22-31;
Jn.3:36;
8:21-24; 8:34-35; 2 Thes. 1:7-9; Rev. 14:10-11. For those
claiming
'hell is a symbol for death, or the grave', "Without
parables He
did not speak to them, but to His own disciples He explained
everything
in private." Mk. 4:34. The apostles are never told hell is
symbolic.).
PURGATORY
‘‘That day will make its appearance with fire, and fire
will test
the quality of each man’s work....He himself will be saved,
but only
as one fleeing through fire.’’ (1 Cor. 3:13-15; see 2
Mac. 12:42,
43b-45; Mt. 5:25-26; 12:32-36; Lk. 12:58-59; 1 Pet. 3:18-20; Rev.
(Apoc.) 21:27).
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