The Indestructible Church
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13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
What is the Church?
What is the Church?
The church
++Is not a building
++Is not an institution
++Is not an organization
The church center is people
The church center is people
The Greek word “Ekklesia”
++ek (out of)
++klesia (called)
++The “called out ones”
The church is
++a gathering of God’s people
++God’s people of purpose
The Unity of the Church
The Unity of the Church
The Indestructible Church
++Is one body with many members
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
The Indestructible Church
Is one body with many members
++Is bound together by one Spirit
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
6 So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.
The Indestructible Church
Is one body with many members
Is bound together by one Spirit
++Can not be divided
14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
18 But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
The Indestructible Church
Is one body with many members
Is bound together by one Spirit
Can not be divided
++Can not be destroyed
16 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.
22 The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil,
20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
Jesus is the rock
++Despised by man
++Rejected by his own
++Receive by God
1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
3 all ate the same spiritual food,
4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
They were all there
They were all there
The fathers
++Were under the cloud
++Passed through the sea
++Were baptised into Moses
++Ate the same spiritual food
5 But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
God knows were we are.
God knows were we are.
Where we are
++Is not about presence
++Is not about position
++Is not about participation
++Is not about price
God is not pleased
++With us feeling His presence
++With us witnessing His power
++With us benefiting from His provision
We must find the narrow way
We must find the narrow way
13 “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Where we are is about a person
Where we are is about a person
The Person: Jesus Christ
The Person: Jesus Christ
13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Jesus was place in good company
Jesus was place in good company
Some said
++John the Baptist
++Elijah
++Jeremiah or other prophets
Everyone will have to answer this question.
Everyone will have to answer this question.
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
To those who know Him, He is much more
To those who know Him, He is much more
He is more
++Than a good man
++Than a good teacher
++Than a good prophet
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
The hope of the church is not in
++Human strength
++Human power
++Human will
The hope of the church is the revelation of Jesus
The hope of the church is the revelation of Jesus
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
Everybody ought to know who Jesus is.
Everybody ought to know who Jesus is.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
Knowing Jesus is what makes the church the church.
Knowing Jesus is what makes the church the church.
Do you believe
Do you believe
44 Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common,
45 and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need.
46 So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
All who believed
++Were together
++Shared there gifts
++Worshiped and learned together
God added to His church
++Every day
++People being save
