LET THE CHURCH, BE THE CHURCH!
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LET THE CHURCH, BE THE CHURCH!
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WHAT REALLY IS THE CHURCH?
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GOD ONLY ANSWERS PRAYERS
THAT LINE UP WITH HIS
WILL! 1 JOHN 5:14-15
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GOD PRIMARILY REVEALS HIS WILL
THROUGH THE HOLY BIBLE!
2 TIM. 3:16-17
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DEFINITION
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Church (Gk.) = ekklesia;
(ek = out, & kalein = "to call")
i.e. “God’s called out ones.”
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Originally ekklesia (church)
described the calling together of
the regular assembly of all
citizens in a free city-state by the
herald for discussion & decision
of public business,
(e.g. Acts 19:39 – lawful assembly).
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THE BIBLE THUS GIVES US TWO DIMENSIONS IN
THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD CHURCH.
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IT IS THE ASSEMBLY OF :
1. All True Believers in Time & Eternity; who have obediently responded to God’s salvation call from out of the world system and into His Kingdom;
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IT IS THE ASSEMBLY OF :
2. God’s regenerated members of parliament designed to execute His Kingdom Purposes in the
Earth
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EARLY BIBLICAL USE OF
“CHURCH”
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1st Use of Church “And… on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.” Matt 16:18
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2nd Use of Church“And if he shall neglect to
hear … tell it to the church...” Matt. 18:17
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THE CHURCH EXISTS IN SEVERAL FORMS:
The church is INVISIBLE, yet VISIBLE.
INVISIBLE is the church as God sees it – “The Lord knows those who are His...” 2 Tim. 2:19
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THE CHURCH EXISTS IN SEVERAL FORMS:
The church is INVISIBLE, yet VISIBLE.
INVISIBLE is the church as God sees it –
VISIBLE is the church as Christians on earth see it – “...by their fruit you will recognize them.” Matt.7: 16-20
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• The church is also local, national, regional and international (or global).
• Church may be applied to a group of believers at any size or location; ranging from a very small house group all the way up to the group of all true believers in the global church. N.B. Rom.16:5; 1Cor.1:2; Acts 9:31; Eph.5:25.
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CHURCH is NOT the BUILDING; CHURCH is PEOPLE.
Therefore:
Establishing, Developing & Governing Church means
Establishing, Developing & Governing PEOPLE
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Biblical evidence for building people:
1 Peter 2:5 – lively stones & spiritual house;
1Corinthians 3:16, 17 – God’s temple & indwelt by His Spirit;
Ephesians 2:20-22 – built together for God to inhabit by His Spirit.
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These scriptures all point to SOLOMON’S TEMPLE.
The external glory of Solomon’s temple is to be replaced by the internal glory of God’s Living Temple ; i.e. You & Me
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“Church as Building” is a legalistic and religious concept that over emphasizes the external to the neglect of the internal
N.B. THESE PASSAGES:
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1 Samuel 16:7 “…Man looketh on the outward appearance … God looketh on the heart.”
Matt. 23:27 “... For you are like white-washed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones…”
Matt 7:21-23 “…I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity”
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CLOSING REMARKS
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We must prayerfully ensure that all our plans, policies, procedures and
programs flow out of God’s definition of His Church, namely that:
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Church is essentially about People
who are in a Dynamic Covenant-
Relationship with God and Each Other
so that His Pre-ordained Purposes
may be Manifestly Done on Earth to
the same extent as they are in Heaven.
N.B. Matt. 6:10 & John 13:35