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Jeremiah 50:9 (KJV) Remember, the Greek word “ekklesia” is the same word that’s translated as “church” in the King James Version New Testament. It’s also the same word that’s used to translate the Hebrew word “qahal”. So from Genesis to Revelation we see the same titles and terms given to believers. That was only a small ...
- The Apostles Doctrine
The Apostles set up this doctrine given by Jesus and built a...
- Blood Moons - Apocalypse Now
In this passage in the second chapter of Acts, we have Peter...
- The Church
Revelation is undoubtedly a unique book. While considered...
- False Christs and False Prophets During The Lifetime of Jesus
The signs of false Christs and prophets that Jesus referred...
- The Apostles Doctrine
- The Origin of The Church
- The Nature of The Church
- The Church as The People of God
- The Church and Its Mission
The people of God began with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. He created them in his image, which means that they are created in fellowship with their Maker (Gen 1:27). Even though they rebelled against him, he did not reject them but promised to send a Redeemer (3:16). Later, God called Abraham from a family of sun-worshippers and enters into a...
The Church Universal and Local
The word “church” (ekklesia) in the New Testament refers to the church in its many manifestations. The term can refer to churches meeting in homes (1 Cor. 16:19; Phlm. 1–2), to city-wide or metropolitan churches (Acts 8:1; 20:17), corporately with the churches in a specific Roman province (Acts 9:31; 1 Cor. 16:19), and on a few occasions to the whole ecumenical church (Acts 15:22). But the most common uses of the term can mean either the universal or local church.
The Universal Church
Sometimes “church” is used to depict what some may call the universal church, which speaks of the unity of all believers everywhere, both living and dead (Eph. 1:22; 3:20–22; 5:27). The church in this sense is not identical with any one local church, denomination, or association. It is not entirely visible to human beings and refers to the total of all believers from all places and all times.
The Local Church
Most of the time in the NT the “church” refers to the local church, the gathered community of God’s people who are covenanted together to worship the triune God, love one another, and witness to the world (Acts 14:23; 16:5). This designation is the main usage of the term “church”; the Bible emphasizes the church as a local group of identifiable believers committed to Christ and each other, working together to glorify God and to serve his mission. The local church is the primary center of fell...
Under the old covenant, Israel was a mixed community, comprised of believers and unbelievers. In the New Testament, the church is the people of God under the new covenant. While evangelicals differ on how to interpret covenant and define how children of believers relate to the church’s membership, there is wide agreement that the New Testament emph...
In Matthew 28:18–20, Jesus gives the Great Commission to his disciples, which becomes the marching orders for the church. He begins by asserting that he is the exalted Son who is Lord over all, both in heaven and on earth, and over all nations (28:18; see also Dan. 7:14). The universality of the commission is striking; Jesus has all authority, dire...
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Oct 16, 2020 · First Christian Reformed Church in Chicago built the facility in the early 1920s, but it occupied the site for only about 25 years. That seems like a very American story–i.e., moving on. The CRC’s history has been marked by the migrations of its members and their congregations. The images below are of First Christian Reformed Church in ...
Old Testament prohibitions against worshipping graven images (Exodus 20:4) provided one of the most important precedents for Byzantine Iconoclasm.
Oct 10, 2018 · The Good Shepherd linked Christ with the shepherd figures found throughout the Old Testament and the messianic writings of the prophets (such as Isaiah 40:11). In his own words, Christ proclaimed himself to be the Good Shepherd, and the door through which his sheep enter and are saved (John 10).
Oct 2, 2021 · The term imago Dei finds its exegetical basis in the Old Testament (Genesis 1:26–27, 5:1 and 9:6) and in the New Testament, (1 Cor 11:7, 2 Cor 3:18, 4:4, Eph 4:24, Col 1:15, and James 3:9). Given the heavily contested nature of the imago , how then should we begin to conceive of this concept?
It shows the images with a short description of what is happening in each scene. You can print this and add your own notes. ... The world of the Old Testament ...
