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Jesus said
Upon this rock, I will build my church

• Thus, this is the Lords church
• Since Jesus is Divine it is a Divine
  institution

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Old Testament
New Testament
Church Promised (Mt. 1618)
Church Built (Act 247)
Not built upon OT (Mt. 5)
Is built upon NT (2 Cor 3)
Thus, It is the New Testament Church!
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The New Testament
Church
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The New Testament Church
I. What Is The Church?
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I. What Is The Church?
A. People 1. Not a building meeting house 2.
Acts 83 church men women
Acts 83 As for Saul, he made havoc of the
church, entering every house, and dragging off
men and women, committing them to prison.
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I. What Is The Church?
A. People B. People who are saved
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Acts 247 Eph. 216 Eph. 523
Terms of entrance - Same
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Acts 11
Heard preaching the Lord Jesus
Believed turned to Lord
Received the grace of God
Church
Christians
Disciples
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Church (Gk Ekklesia)
Those Who have been called out

• By the Gospel (2 Thess. 214)
• Out of sin into salvation (Eph. 2)
• Out of darkness into light (1 Pet. 29)

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I. What Is The Church?
A. People B. People who are saved C. The Kingdom
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Matt 1618-19 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."
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The New Testament Church
I. What Is The Church?
II. Its Origin / Establishment
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II. Its Origin / Establishment
A. Divine in origin 1. Began in the mind of God
(Eph. 14 310-11) 2. Started by Jesus (Matt.
1618) 3. Thus, not started by any man
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II. Its Origin / Establishment
A. Divine in origin B. Foretold in the
Prophets 1. Dan. 244 - Kingdom established 2.
Isa. 21-4 Lords house established
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II. Its Origin / Establishment
A. Divine in origin B. Foretold in the
Prophets C. Established in Jerusalem 33 AD
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Acts 247 Lord added to the church daily
such as were being saved
Every reference prior to this speaks of it church
as coming in the future
Every reference after this speaks of it church as
already being in existence
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Acts 2
Isaiah 2
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the LORD's house Shall be
established on the top of the mountains, And
shall be exalted above the hills And all nations
shall flow to it. 3 Many people shall come and
say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of
the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob He
will teach us His ways, And we shall walk in His
paths." For out of Zion shall go forth the law,
And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
last days (16-17)
church (47)
Jerusalem (5)
every nation (5)
beginning at Jerusalem (Luke 2447)
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The New Testament Church
I. What Is The Church?
II. Its Origin / Establishment
III. There Is One Church
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III. There Is One Church
A. Jesus only promised one
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Matt 1618 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.
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III. There Is One Church
A. Jesus only promised one B. There is just one
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There is one body (Eph. 44) Body church
(122-23) Thus ONE CHURCH
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One Body

• Rom. 124-5 many members in one body
• 1 Cor. 1017 one bread and one body
• 1 Cor. 1212 members of the one body
• 1 Cor. 1213 baptized into one body
• Eph. 216 reconciled in one body
• Col. 315 called in one body

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III. There Is One Church
A. Jesus only promised one B. There is just
one C. Bible is silent about other churches
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There Is No Passage That Says Anything About
Churches or Denominations
If The Bible Is Silent Then, It Is Not The Will
of God 1 Pet. 411 Heb. 714 2 Tim. 41-2 If
Churches Are In The Bible, Where is passage?
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The New Testament Church
I. What Is The Church?
II. Its Origin / Establishment
III. There Is One Church
IV. Universal Local Church
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IV. Universal Local Church
Universal All the saved over the world Matt.
1618 Eph. 122-23
Local The saved in a certain locale 1 Cor.
12 Rev. 2-3
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IV. Universal Local Church
Universal Only one (Eph. 44) No
organization No work as a whole No treasury
Local Many (Rom. 1616) Elders (Phil.
11) Work (Eph. 416) Treasury (1 Cor.
161-2)
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The New Testament Church
I. What Is The Church?
II. Its Origin / Establishment
III. There Is One Church
IV. Universal Local Church
V. Work Organization of Local Church
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V. Work Organization of Local Church
A. Organization
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Universal
Local
Matt. 1618 Eph. 44 No Organization No Work No
Treasury
1 Cor. 12 Rom. 1616 Elders Deacons Phil.
11 Acts 1423
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• Every church own elders (Acts 1423)
• Plurality of elders (Titus 15)
• Oversight of flock among them (1 Pet. 51-2)

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V. Work Organization of Local Church
A. Organization B. Work
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Work of the Local Church Evangelism (1 Tim.
315) Edification (Eph. 416) Benevolence (1
Tim. 516)
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The New Testament Church
I. What Is The Church?
II. Its Origin / Establishment
III. There Is One Church
IV. Universal Local Church
V. Work Organization of Local Church
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