Locating The Lord

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• Locating The Lords Church
• Figures of the Church

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Various Figures of the Church
The Body of Christ
Church
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Various Figures of the Church

• The Church is seen as a human body to show its
  oneness and its workings!

"And He is the head of the body, the church, who
is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
that in all things He may have the preeminence."
(Colossians 118, NKJV)
"Therefore, just as the church is subject to
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands
in everything." (Ephesians 524, NKJV)
"and that He might reconcile them both to God in
one body through the cross, thereby putting to
death the enmity." (Ephesians 216, NKJV)
"that there should be no schism in the body, but
that the members should have the same care for
one another." (1 Corinthians 1225, NKJV)
"For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one
body whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or
freeand have all been made to drink into one
Spirit." (1 Corinthians 1213, NKJV)
"There is one body and one Spirit, just as you
were called in one hope of your calling"
(Ephesians 44, NKJV)
"Now you are the body of Christ, and members
individually." (1 Corinthians 1227, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
The Temple of God
Church
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Various Figures of the Church

• The Temple is where God meets with His people as
  they worship Him.!

"Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and
foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints
and members of the household of God, having been
built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief
cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being
fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the
Lord, in whom you also are being built together
for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit."
(Ephesians 219-22, NKJV)
"And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may
dwell among them. According to all that I show
you, that is, the pattern of the tabernacle and
the pattern of all its furnishings, just so you
shall make it." (Exodus 258-9, NKJV)
"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive
to prayer made in this place. For now I have
chosen and sanctified this house, that My name
may be there forever and My eyes and My heart
will be there perpetually." (2 Chronicles
715-16, NKJV)
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must
worship in spirit and truth." (John 424, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
Vineyard
Church
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Various Figures of the Church

• The vineyard suggests a place of work!

"He dug it up and cleared out its stones, And
planted it with the choicest vine. He built a
tower in its midst, And also made a winepress in
it So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes. " (Isaiah 52,
NKJV)
For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner
who went out early in the morning to hire
laborers for his vineyard." (Matthew 201, NKJV)
"Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest,
lest any man fall after the same example of
unbelief." (Hebrews 411, KJV)
"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and
he came to the first and said, Son, go, work
today in my vineyard." (Matthew 2128, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
Church
Kingdom
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Various Figures of the Church

• The Church is set forth as a Kingdom to teach
  about its government (monarchy).

"to the general assembly and church of the
firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God
the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made
perfect," (Hebrews 1223, NKJV)
"Jesus answered and said to him, Most assuredly,
I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot
see the kingdom of God." (John 33, NKJV)
"Jesus answered, Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he
cannot enter the kingdom of God." (John 35,
NKJV)
"He has delivered us from the power of darkness
and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of
His love," (Colossians 113, NKJV)
"Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this
world. If My kingdom were of this world, My
servants would fight, so that I should not be
delivered to the Jews but now My kingdom is not
from here." (John 1836, NKJV)
"And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All
authority has been given to Me in heaven and on
earth." (Matthew 2818, NKJV)
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom
which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by
which we may serve God acceptably with reverence
and godly fear." (Hebrews 1228, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
Household
Church
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Various Figures of the Church

• The Church is set forth as a household to teach
  about relationships!

"one God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all." (Ephesians 46,
NKJV)
"And He looked around in a circle at those who
sat about Him, and said, Here are My mother and
My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is
My brother and My sister and mother." (Mark
334-35, NKJV)
"but if I am delayed, I write so that you may
know how you ought to conduct yourself in the
house of God, which is the church of the living
God, the pillar and ground of the truth." (1
Timothy 315, NKJV)
"For you are all sons of God through faith in
Christ Jesus." (Galatians 326, NKJV)
"and if children, then heirsheirs of God and
joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with
Him, that we may also be glorified together."
(Romans 817, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
Church
Bride
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Various Figures of the Church

• This figure expresses the importance of being
  pure, subject to, and faithful to Christ. We must
  also wear His name!

"And when he had found him, he brought him to
Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they
assembled with the church and taught a great many
people. And the disciples were first called
Christians in Antioch." (Acts 1126, NKJV)
"For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy.
For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I
may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." (2
Corinthians 112, NKJV)
"Therefore, my brethren, you also have become
dead to the law through the body of Christ, that
you may be married to anotherto Him who was
raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit
to God." (Romans 74, NKJV)
" Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and
faithful in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 11, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
Church
Sheepfold
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Various Figures of the Church

• The figure expresses the idea of being in the
  proper enclosure (safety feeding) to be a part
  of the Lords church or sheepfold.

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he
loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine
in the wilderness, and go after the one which is
lost until he finds it? And when he has found it,
he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when
he comes home, he calls together his friends and
neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for
I have found my sheep which was lost! I say to
you that likewise there will be more joy in
heaven over one sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance."
(Luke 154-7, NKJV)
"I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will
be saved, and will go in and out and find
pasture." (John 109, NKJV) "I am the good
shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for
the sheep." (John 1011, NKJV)
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not
enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up
some other way, the same is a thief and a
robber." (John 101, NKJV)
"Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord
Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the
sheep, through the blood of the everlasting
covenant," (Hebrews 1320, NKJV)
"and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will
receive the crown of glory that does not fade
away." (1 Peter 54, NKJV)
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Various Figures of the Church
Church
Sheepfold