The Mandate of the Church

Introduction:
Titus 3:1
1 Peter 2:13-15
Romans 13:1
Ephesians 6:1
Colossians 3:20
Ephesians 6:5
Hebrews 13:7, 17
1 Peter 5:3
Acts 5:29

Five introductory elements:

First, the apostle of the church, 1:1a

Second, the message of the church, 1:1b-4

Five fundamentals concerning the gospel:

#1: The source of the gospel, 1
#2: The promise of the gospel, 2
#3: The channels of the gospel, 2
#4: The testimony of the gospel, 2
#5: The subject of the gospel, 3-4

Third, the mandate of the church, 5

Jude 3

Romans 16:19, 26
Romans 1:16-17
Ephesians 2:2
Genesis 2:16-17
Ephesians 2:8-10
Luke 6:43-49
Psalm 1:1-6
Matthew 28:19-20
1 John 2:6, 3-4