24/11/2021
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*CHRISTOCENTRIC MEAL*
*DR ABEL DAMINA*
*NOVEMBER 23*
*JESUS' CHURCH (3)*
*Different concepts used to describe the Church.*
*Ephesians 2:19*
*Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;*
In the above text, the Church is called the household of God which is the family of God.
Ephesians 3:14
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Vs 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named;
My family is in heaven and on earth.
1st Corinthians 12: 27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Ephesians 1:22
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Vs 23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
The Church is called the body of Christ.
Ephesians4: 4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling:...
Vs 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
One body
1st Corinthians 3:16
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The above text does not refer to individuals. He was referring to the Church.
The church is called a spiritual house.
1st Peter 2:5
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
The Church is the temple of God.
These expressions are to speak about the oneness of identity.
Jesus rose as the Church, the body. The body of Christ is a person.
*Confession:* I am of the family of God. I hail from God.
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