117 Church In Type

Church In Type THIRD YEAR—SUBJECT 10

Church in Type (READ 1 Peter 2) 1. One ark — One church.

2. One kind of timber—One kind of material 3. One door—One door.

4. One window—Holy Scriptures.

5. One family—The whole family.

6. Safe in the ark — Saved in Christ.

7. Lost out of the ark — Lost out of Christ.

Examine the following Scriptures:

John 10:1-16; Ephesians 3:15; 1 Peter 2:5-7; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Romans 8:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9. In this lesson the ark is used as a type of the church. Noah was not the only man who could have built an ark. Many men might have built arks that would look like the one Noah built. But God was behind the ark that Noah built and did not ordain any other. In the building of this ark only one kind of timber was used. One door made and one window given. One family was to live in the ark. All were safe in the ark, for God had promised to protect them. All were lost out¬side the ark because God had not only promised salvation from the water to certain people, but he had located that salvation in the ark. He had marked the boundary lines as far as said salvation should extend, and all parties outside of said boundary lines were outside of the saving power of God; for God had located his saving power, hence they were lost.

QUESTIONS 1. How many arks were built by God’s authority?

2. How many churches has Jesus on earth today?

3. Give proof.

4. What kind of timber was put into the ark?

5. How many doors?

6. How many doors to the church and what are they?

7. How many families in the ark?

8. How many families has God in his church?

9. Who were saved from the flood, and where?

10. Whom does God promise to save?

11. If people had fallen out with Noah and the ark he was building and had built other arks, did God promise to save them?

12. Does God promise to save people who are not satisfied with his church, and join sectarian churches?

13 What does God say he will do with those human plants? Matthew 15:13.

14. How do we know God did not plant them? 2 Timothy 3:14-17.

15. Where does God promise to save us?

16. Whom did God destroy at the last day? 1 Peter 4:17.