Basic Bible Course 1

The Church and the Believers

1. The Church

The english word Church is derived from the Greek "kyriake" (belonging to the Lord).

The original text uses "ekklesia" (the called out ones), which is also translated as "congregation" or "assembly".

The true Church of Jesus Christ is composed of all believers who have been born again since Pentecost. They are all united with Christ, and each member is known by Him, as He declares in John 10:14, "I know Mine."

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God uses various images in the Bible to help us understand what the Church (congregation or assembly) is.

The Church is vividly compared to buildings (4 associations) and "building parts" (3 associations):

Your response:

Building in 1 Corinthians 3:9
Building in 1 Peter 2:5
Building in Ephesians 2:21
Building in Ephesians 2:22
"Building part" in 1 Corinthians 3:11
"Building part" in Ephesians 2:20
"Building parts" in 1 Peter 2:5
A spiritual house.
A building of God.
The cornerstone: Christ Jesus.
The foundation: Jesus Christ.
Living stones.
A habitation of God in the Spirit.
A holy temple in the Lord.
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Then, the Church, or more precisely, Christ, is illustratively compared to a body.

Please read 1 Corinthians 12:12-27.

Your response:

The image of the body shows us several things:

The body has a head (Colossians 1:18), it is:   .

The body has many members (1 Corinthians 12:27), these are:   .

Believers are simultaneously also referred to as the body of Christ, and individual members.

This is coupled with further insights, namely that believers have an inseparable connection with the Lord, that diversity among believers is God-ordained, and that they are interconnected and interdependent. Just as a living, human body functions.

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Also, the church (assembly, community) is illustrated with another image, the relationship between the bridegroom and the bride.

The characteristics of this relationship are worked out in the assignment:

Your response:

In Revelation 21:9, an angel speaks: Come here, I will show you
In 2 Corinthians 11:2, she is
In 2 Corinthians 11:2 she is espoused to a man
In Ephesians 5:25 it says that the church (assembly) is loved by
In Ephesians 5:29 it says that the church (assembly) is now being
In Ephesians 5:27 it says that
In Revelation 22:17 the Spirit and the bride say to
Christ: Come!
to Christ.
a chaste (pure) virgin.
Christ and He has delivered Himself up for it.
nourished and cherished by Christ.
the bride, the Lamb's wife.
Christ will present the church (assembly) to Himself in glory.

Only those who have life from God - who have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior in faith - belong to the true church!

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