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Prayer
Hymn: Amazing Grace
Memory Verse: Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the
gift of God.
Lesson: The Church
Pastor Ron’s remarks and intro of first principle
First Principle: The Church
is the Body of Christ.
Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:22-23 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is
His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Jesus
had a well stated purpose for His life’s work.
He
said He was going to build His Church (Matthew 19:18).
The
word “Church” means a called out and called together group of people.
The
scriptures clearly say that Jesus:
·
Died
for the Church
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And
is coming again for the Church
Question: What are some
things you think about when you think about Church?
Follow up Question: How is the Church
like a body for Christ?
Conclusion: The Church is a
many-membered body of Christ. No one member constitutes the body and only when
joined together can the Body of Christ function as designed by God. Together we
are the Church and as such, we are the body of Christ.
Pastor Ron’s remarks and intro of second principle
Second Principle: The Church is the Bride of Christ.
Scripture Reference: Revelation 21:2 Then I, John, saw the holy city,
New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned
for her husband.
The
relationship between Jesus and the Church is designed to be the perfect example
of a man and his wife, Jesus is the husband and the Church is the wife.
The
Church is meant to function like the bride of Christ.
Question: What are some
things a new bride looks forward to in the marriage?
Follow Up Question: What are some
things a bridegroom can expect from a bride?
Conclusion: The Church is
promised to Jesus as His covenant bride. Those who have been born again have
become members of the Church and betrothed to the Son of God to be His Bride.
The Church must always be prepared for the coming of our Lord and the marriage
supper of the Lamb. This is a great mystery concerning Christ and the Church
(Ephesians 5).
Pastor Ron’s remarks and intro of third principle
Third Principle: The Church is the Family of God in the Earth.
Scripture Reference:
Ephesians 2:19 So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and
foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are
members of God’s family.
When
God has finished His whole work in the earth, the only thing He will have left
to show for His work is family.
God
is working for His family.
The
Church is family.
Question: What are some
similarities that the Bible draws between the Church and a family?
Follow Up Question: What makes a family
dysfunctional?
Conclusion: The Bible
continually refers to us as sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers
and fathers, and children of the Lord. An interesting note: God has no
grandchildren … only children. Everyone is born again into the family of God as
a child, and therefore becomes a member of the body, the bride, and the family
of God, which is the Church, the called out and called together group of people
in eternal relationship with almighty God. When we become one with Christ, we
become an heir of God because we are a joint heir with Jesus. Everything God
has is legally ours because of the relationship we have with Him.
Pastor Ron’s closing remarks
·
Connect Cards;
Offering and Prayer
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Memory Verse
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Pre-Praise &
Worship Prayer
will be in the Sanctuary Studio. Worship will begin in just a few minutes.
