Shepherds College: Systematic Theology, Session 18

1 Session 18: The Doctrine of the Church I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made. Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried; and the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father; and He shall come again, with glory, to judge the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life; who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; who spake by the prophets. And I believe one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. Terms Ecclesia/ecclesiology “Called out ones” “Congregation, assembly” Church “the Lord’s own” 1 Corinthians 11:20 (ESV) 20When you come together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat. “kyrios” “Kyriakos” Catholic “universal” Marks of the Church One John 17:20–21 (ESV) 20“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. Holy Matthew 16:18 Ephesians 5:25–27 1 Corinthians 3:16–17 Ephesians 2:19–22 2 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 1 Corinthians 12:27 Colossians 1:18 Ephesians 1:22–23 Acts 20:28 1 Timothy 3:15 Hebrews 12:22–23 Revelation 21:2 1 Corinthians 1:2 2 Corinthians 6:16 Catholic Universal Romans 10:12 Galatians 3:28 Colossians 3:11 Romans 3:29–30 Romans 2:11 Ephesians 2:14–18 Acts 10:34–35 1 Corinthians 12:13 Romans 1:16 Galatians 5:6 Romans 3:22–23 Galatians 6:15 Apostolic Acts 2:42–47 Acts 4:32–35 Ephesians 2:19–22 1 Corinthians 12:28 Ephesians 4:11–13 Acts 1:21–2:4 Acts 6:1–6 Acts 15:1–29 1 Corinthians 3:10–11 Ephesians 3:5 Matthew 16:18 Acts 5:12–16 2 Peter 3:2 Jude 3 1 Corinthians 14:33 Acts 20:28 3 Foundation 1 Timothy 3:14–15 (ESV) 14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. Matthew 16:13–20 (ESV) 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say 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 replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered 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 tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ. Ephesians 2:19–22 (ESV) 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Bride of Christ Ephesians 5:22–33 (ESV) 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. 25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 4 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. Christ the Head Ephesians 5:23 Colossians 1:18-19 Family or Household Galatians 6:10 Ephesians 2:19 1 Timothy 3:15 1 Peter 4:17