We Are The Church

The Church’s one foundation 547 (1,2,3,4,)

The Church’s one foundation  Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is His new creation   By water and the Word: From heav’n He came and sought her   To be His holy Bride; With His own blood He bought her,   And for her life He died.

Elect from every nation,   Yet one o’er all the earth, Her charter of salvation,   One Lord, one faith, one birth; One holy Name she blesses,   Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses,   With every grace endued.

’Mid toil and tribulation,   And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation   Of peace for evermore; Till, with the vision glorious,   Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious   Shall be the Church at rest.

Yet she on earth hath union   With God the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion   With those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy!   Lord, give us grace that we, Like them, the meek and lowly,   In love may dwell with Thee.

The Family of God (Chorus 1, Chorus)

I'm so glad I'm a part of the Family of God, I've been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood! Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod, For I'm part of the family, The Family of God.

'm so glad I'm a part of the Family of God, I've been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood! Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod, For I'm part of the family, The Family of God.

I'm so glad I'm a part of the Family of God, I've been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood! Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod, For I'm part of the family, The Family of God.

You will notice we say "brother and sister" 'round here, It's because we're a family and these are so near; When one has a heartache, we all share the tears, And rejoice in each victory in this family so dear.

I'm so glad I'm a part of the Family of God, I've been washed in the fountain, cleansed by His blood! Joint heirs with Jesus as we travel this sod, For I'm part of the family, The Family of God.

We Are The Church

The Foundation of the Church

Matthew 16:18–19 NRSV

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 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.”

The Function of the Church

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Romans 12:4–8 NRSV

For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

The Future of the Church

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Hebrews 12:22–23 NRSV

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

O soul are you weary and troubled? No light in the darkness you see? There's light for a look at the Savior And life more abundant and free

Turn you eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace

His word shall not fail you, He promised Believe Him and all will be well Then go to a world that is dying His perfect salvation to tell

Turn you eyes upon Jesus

Look full in His wonderful face

And the things of earth will grow strangely dim

In the light of His glory and grace

Years I spent in vanity and pride, Caring not my Lord was crucified, Knowing not it was for me He died On Calvary.

Mercy there was great, and grace was free; Pardon there was multiplied to me; There my burdened soul found liberty At Calvary.

Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan! Oh, the grace that brought it down to man! Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span At Calvary!

Mercy there was great, and grace was free;

Pardon there was multiplied to me;

There my burdened soul found liberty

At Calvary.