Last night – Wednesday – in our Bible class time, I shared a lesson that I have marked in all my Bibles, even in Olive Tree on my iPad. This lesson is “God’s Concept of the Church.” It is a good lesson for a personal Bible Study or a one on one study. I wanted to share it with you. So I have it in three forms:
- An Outline
- A YouTube Video with a musical score
- A Haiku Deck presentation
Enjoy!
God’s Concept of the Church
God Has a Select People of His Own
- 1 Peter 2:9
- The Bible calls the people:
◦ His Kingdom – Matt 16:18
◦ His Flock – Acts 20:28
◦ His Body – Eph 1:22-23
◦ His Church – Eph 1:22-23
◦ If Body = Church Then Body of Christ = Church of Christ
◦ His Bride – Eph 5:32
◦ His Household – 1 Tim 3:15
These terms are singular
- The Church is singular – Eph 5:23
- The Church is not just a group of Good people – Matt 7:21-23
◦ Can be good / religious and not saved – Rom 10:1
◦ Can be very religious and very wrong – Acts 17:22, 30
◦ Not about keeping the Old Law but about following Christ – Gal 5:4
God says how one can belong to this group – 1 Pet 2:10
- Faith – Jn 8:24
- Repentance – Acts 3:19
- Confession – Rom 10:9-10
- Calling on the name of the Lord – Acts 22:16; 1 Pet 3:20-21
The Way God planned from the beginning of Christ’s Church – Acts 2:14-39.
