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								And I will pray the Father, 
    and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for 
    ever;
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								|  |  | The New Testament - John 20:30 - 31, I 
								Corinthians 10:11, II Timothy 2:15 John 20:30-31 And many other signs 
    truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in 
    this book:  But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is 
    the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through 
    his name.
 I Corinthians 10:11 Now all these 
    things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our 
    admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
 II Timothy 2:15  
								Study to shew thyself 
    approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly 
								dividing the word of truth.
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								Universal - Christ is its head - Ephesians 1:22Ephesians 1:22 And hath put all things 
    under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
 Evangelist - Ephesians
								4:11-12
 Ephesians
								4:11-12 And he gave 
    some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors 
    and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the 
    ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
 Local - Elders to oversee - I Timothy 5:17
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								Timothy 5:17 Let the elders that rule 
    well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the 
								word and doctrine.
 Deacons to serve - I Timothy 3:10
 I Timothy 3:10 And let these also first 
    be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
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								In spirit and in truth - John 4:23John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now 
    is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in 
    truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
 Acts of prayer, teaching, fellowship, Lord's 
								Supper, singing - Acts 2:42, Ephesians 5:19
 Acts 2:42 And they kept their 
    attention fixed on the Apostles’ teaching and were united together in the 
    taking of broken bread and in prayer.
 Ephesians 5:19 Speaking 
								to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual 
								songs, singing and making melody in your heart 
								to the Lord;
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								Pure religion - James 1:27James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled 
    before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in 
    their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
 Add the Christian graces - II Peter 
								1:5-11
 II Peter 1:5-11  And beside this, giving 
    all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;  And 
    to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience 
    godliness;  And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly 
    kindness charity.  For if these things be in you, and abound, they make 
    you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our 
    Lord Jesus Christ.  But he that lacketh these things is blind, and 
    cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old 
    sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling 
    and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:  For 
    so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting 
    kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
 Continue in the Apostles teaching - Acts 
								2:42
 Acts 2:42
								¶ And they continued stedfastly in the 
								apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in 
								breaking of bread, and in prayers.
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								An eternal home in heaven - John 14:1-6;
								I Thessalonians 4:16 - 17
 John 14:1-6; Let not your heart be 
    troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  In my Father’s house 
    are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare 
    a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
    again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  
    And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.  Thomas saith unto him, 
    Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?  
    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh 
    unto the Father, but by me.
 I Thessalonians 4:16 - 17 
								For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven 
								with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 
								and with the trump of God: and the dead in 
								Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are 
								alive and remain shall be caught up together 
								with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the 
								air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
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								Hear - Romans 10:14;Romans 10:14  
								How then shall they call 
    on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of 
    whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
 I Corinthians 9:18What is my reward 
    then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ 
    without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
 II Timothy 4:17
								Notwithstanding the 
    Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be 
    fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out 
    of the mouth of the lion.
 Believe - Hebrews 11:6
 Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is 
								impossible to please him: for he that cometh to 
								God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
 Repent - Acts 2:38
 Acts 2:38  Then Peter said unto them, 
    Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the 
    remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
 Confess - Mathew 10:32
 Mathew 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall 
    confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in 
    heaven.
 Be Baptized - Romans 6:3-5
 Romans 6:3-5 Know ye not, that so many 
    of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  
    Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ 
    was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also 
    should walk in newness of life.  For if we have been planted together 
    in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his 
    resurrection:
 The Lord will add you to the church - 
								Acts 2:47
 Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having 
    favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as 
    should be saved.
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