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A) Introduction
1. Definition of the word “church.”
B) Biblical Defintion
What does the word “church” mean?
Thayer - a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
Strong - A calling out, popular meeting or religious congregation
In the Greek language the word for “church” is not a religiously designated word.
B) How is this word is used in the NT
1. Secular Sense
Usually the Greeks used the word “church” as “gathering of those summoned”
2. Parochial Sense
3. Institutional Sense
4. Local congregants of baptized believers
2. Christians have different views regarding the word “church:”
C) Christians have different views regarding the word “church:”
Local and visible assembly of baptized believers that have covenanted together to worship Jesus Christ
A body of individual living believers
A body of individual living believers
p3.
Christians have different views regarding the word “church:”
The church consist of all those saved since the day of Pentecost
Local and visible assembly of baptized believers that have covenanted together to worship Jesus Christ
C. All those saved since the day of Pentecost
The church consist of all those saved throughout the ages
The church consist of all those saved since the day of Pentecost
The church consist of all those saved throughout all ages
D. All saved throughout the ages
Organization (i.e.
Catholicism)
If a person subscribes to 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 then they embrace the church to be both local and universal, and visible and invisible.
If a person subscribes to 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 then they embrace the church to be both local and universal, and visible and invisible.
E. Organization (i.e.
Catholicism)
2. Why is having a correct understanding of the word “church” important?
The church is where God receives glory
If a person believes the church is both local and universal, and visible and invisible, that person will struggle with articulating how to implement this verse.
God gets the glory through Christians regardless of whether or not they have covenanted together with a body of believers
2. Emphasis
1.
Why did we change the definition of the word “church?”
If the church is local and universal, which takes precedence?
Authority
Protection How did we change the meaning?
B) Biblical Defintion
What does the word “church” mean?
Thayer - a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly
Christians have different views regarding the word “church:”
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Christians have different views regarding the word “church:”
Local and visible assembly of baptized believers that have covenanted together to worship Jesus Christ
The church consist of all those saved since the day of Pentecost
The church consist of all those saved throughout the ages
P2.
Christians have different views regarding the word “church:”
If a person subscribes to 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 then they embrace the church to be both local and universal, and visible and invisible.
Strong - A calling out, popular meeting or religious congregation
Local and visible assembly of baptized believers that have covenanted together Why did we change the definition of the word “church?”
Why did we change the definition of the word “church?”
Different ways this word is used in the NT
The church consist of all those saved since the day of Pentecost
Secular Sense
Usually the Greeks used the word “church” as “gathering of those summoned”
2. Parochial Sense
2. Parochial Sense
Acts
3. Institutional Sense
4. Local congregants of baptized believers
How did we change the meaning?
The church consist of all those saved throughout the ages
If a person subscribes to 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 then they embrace the church to be both local and universal, and visible and invisible.
Why did we change the definition of the word “church?”
We changed the meaning to fit our understanding of certain verses.
Instead of viewing the word “church” in an institutional sense, we have universalized the word.
A. T. Robertson - The word originally meant “assembly” (), but it came to be applied to an “unassembled assembly” as in for the Christians persecuted by Saul from house to house.
If we did not change the definition of the word “church” to be an unassembled assembly, how do we understand this verse?
The answer?
These were men and women were identified with the called out assembly.
The church was not anywhere they went but a congregation of believers that have covenanted together.
They were a part of this church.
3. Individual living believers
If we did not change the definition of the word “church” to be all individual living believers, how do we understand this verse?
The answer is the same as above.
Paul did not persecute people who were not part of the local church.
Their identification with the local church was their official break from Judaism.
Several years ago, a Philippine missionary came to our church to discuss how easy it was to get a confession without substance.
His point was you could get one hundred Philippine people to raise their hand as a notification of their reception of Jesus but only a handful willing to follow the Lord in believer’s baptism.
When it came to believer’s baptism and joining the local church, most did not.
Why? their confessing did not signify an official break from the Catholic faith but their baptism and joining the church would.
4. Historical event - The Counsil of Nicea A.D. 325
2. Why is having a correct understanding of the word “church” important?
The church is where God receives glory
If a person believes the church is both local and universal, and visible and invisible, that person will struggle with articulating how to implement this verse.
2. Emphasis
If the church is local and universal, which takes precedence?
Authority
Protection How did we change the meaning?
D) The relationship between the Body of Christ and the church
1.
Institutional
2. Local and visible
There are those who insists this is the baptism of the Holy Ghost that takes place at salvation.
However, nothing in this verse connects the baptism by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ as part of the salvation experience.
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