Ecclisiology

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Ecclisiology The Church
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Starting a revolution its all about love.
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Joh 1334 "A new commandment I give to you, that
you love one another, even as I have loved you,
that you also love one another.
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Joh 1335 "By this all men will know that you
are My disciples, if you have love for one
another."
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Matthew 2410-13
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(10) "At that time many will fall away and will
betray one another and hate one another.
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(11) "Many false prophets will arise and will
mislead many.
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(12) "Because lawlessness is increased, most
people's love (agape) will grow cold.
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(13) "But the one who endures to the end, he
will be saved.
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We talked about the two main promises of God we
need to build this church
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DEFINITION Hebrew

• qahal, an assembly, gathering, used as noun
  123x translated by ekklesia in LXX
• In 36 instances, translated by sunagoge
• Verb used 39x
• Used to refer to groups in general, such as those
  gathered for military purposes, judicial purposes
• eda, assembly, congregation, multitude
  practically synonymous with qahal

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DEFINITION Greek

• ekklesia, gathering or assembly, church
• prior to NT used almost exclusively for secular
  assemblies
• from ek (out of) and kaleo (call)
• The calling out of citizens to attend to the
  discussion of public business

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DEFINITION Greek

• In a local sense nearly 40 times e.g., Acts 511
• In a generic sense, i.e., of an institution
  Matt. 1817 I Cor. 1228 I Tim. 315 James
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• In a collective sense, i.e., an organized mass of
  believers (perhaps what later theologians refer
  to as the Visible Church) Acts 83 I Cor. 159
  Gal. 113 Phil. 36
• To the Church extended abroad, Acts 931
• Church is used in the broadest sense all
  believers (perhaps what later theologians refer
  to as the Invisible Church) Eph. 122 Col. 118

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DEFINITION Greek

• Miscellaneous uses
• An assembly in the desert (O.T.) Acts 738
• An unruly mob gathering, Acts 1932,39,41
• To refer to kingly gathering for liturgical
  praise, Hebrews 212
• Some difficult usages
• Matt. 1618, the Church Militant
• Acts 2028, the assembly in Ephesus

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DEFINITION

• Three basic meanings
• Local gathering of believers, The Visible Church
• Collective number of professing Christians, The
  Visible Church
• Sum total of all believers, The Invisible Church

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DEFINITION Other Words

• circe, Saxon
• kirk, Scottish
• kirche, German
• All of these are most likely derived from
  kuriakos, of the Lord, the Lords

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DEFINITION Confessional

• L.C. 62, The visible church is a society made
  up of all such as in all ages and places of the
  world do profess the true religion and of their
  children. WCF, 252
• L.C. 64, The invisible church is the whole
  number of the elect, that have been, are, or
  shall be gathered into one under Christ the
  head. WCF, 251

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THE CHURCH FROM BELOW

• The Church is a natural community
• It fulfills many socialization needs
• There is recognizable fellowship in the Church
• There is a sense of community which is
  foundational (not a luxury, but a necessity)

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THE CHURCH FROM BELOW

• The Church is a political community
• There are socially ordered relationships and
  patterns of authority and decision-making
• It is not a question of whether politics will
  exist in the Church rather, it is only a
  question of the quality of the politics
• Ol Boy networks often are alive and well. This
  is not entirely negative, but can have some
  negative considerations
• There are positive considerations as well

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THE CHURCH FROM BELOW

• A community of common language meanings,
  priorities, and values. This becomes conventional
  for the In-Group
• A community of Interpretation
• Common meanings
• The difficulty of translation
• A community of memory and understanding
• Characterized by an inner continuity and empathy
  among persons who have understood and relived the
  same events. It has a shared story.

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THE CHURCH FROM BELOW

• The Church is a community of action and belief
  it espouses a mission or a purpose which can be
  expressed in many forms of action
• Evangelism
• Education
• Edification
• Worship

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THE CHURCH FROM BELOW

• A sociological description of church the church
  is a body of persons who share some measure of
  common life, values, meaning, and loyalty. It has
  an historical continuity, identifiable by certain
  beliefs, ways of work, rites, outlooks, and
  feelings. It may be more But it is at least the
  above.

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THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD

• The First Church Orthodox Churches, the Roman
  Catholic Church Protestant churches in Eastern
  Europe, Greece, Middle East, Ethiopia, South
  India
• The culture tolerates Christianity at best in
  some instances, governments are openly
  antagonistic
• There is a certain reliance on the spiritual
  legacy of what has gone before. In some
  instances, this substitutes for vital
  Christianity
• There are examples (e.g., Poland, Russia) of a
  renewal of traditional Christian churches.

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1. Salvation through faith in Christ eternal
life
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Matthew 1615-18
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(15) He said to them, "But who do you say that
I am?"
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(16) Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God."
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(17) And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you,
Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not
reveal this to you, but My Father who is in
heaven.
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(18) "I also say to you that you are Peter, and
upon this rock I will build My church and the
gates of Hades will not overpower it.

• You are the Christ, Son of the Living God John
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2. The anointing The Baptism of the Holy
SpiritActs 14
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(4) Gathering them together, He commanded them
not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the
Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard
of from Me
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Acts 18
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(8) but you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and
Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the
earth."
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If you Love, you will be compelled to share your
faith!
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1 Corinthians 124-20
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(4) Now there are varieties of gifts, but the
same Spirit.
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(5) And there are varieties of ministries, and
the same Lord.
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(6) There are varieties of effects, but the same
God who works all things in all persons.
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(7) But to each one is given the manifestation
of the Spirit for the common good.
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(8) For to one is given the word of wisdom
through the Spirit, and to another the word of
knowledge according to the same Spirit
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(9) to another faith by the same Spirit, and to
another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
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(10) and to another the effecting of miracles,
and to another prophecy, and to another the
distinguishing of spirits, to another various
kinds of tongues, and to another the
interpretation of tongues.
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(11) But one and the same Spirit works all these
things, distributing to each one individually
just as He wills.
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That anointing, that fragrance of God gives us
peace
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Acts 931 So the church throughout all Judea and
Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built
up and going on in the fear of the Lord and in
the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to
increase.
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This laid the foundation for the 3 week series we
are starting today The church a Biblical
perspective
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One promise to the Church the gates of hell
will not prevail against it!
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This predisposes the idea of warfare. Three
weeks ago we talked about this.
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First What the Church is not Three fallacies
today
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1. It is not a human institution it is not
religion, its relationship
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2Ti 35 holding to a form of godliness, although
they have denied its power Avoid such men as
these. always learning but never coming to the
knowledge of the Truth
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2Ti 43 For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine but wanting to have
their ears tickled, they will accumulate for
themselves teachers in accordance to their own
desires,
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2. It does not attempt to be like the world
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Romans 12 (2) And do not be conformed to this
world, but be transformed by the renewing of your
mind, so that you may prove what the will of God
is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
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1Jo 215 Do not love the world nor the things in
the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of
the Father is not in him.
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3. It is not a place that is well liked by the
World
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Joh 1519 "If you were of the world, the world
would love its own but because you are not of
the world, but I chose you out of the world,
because of this the world hates you.
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It is not our goal to have the world like us, it
is our goal to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ
in a loving way
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Ephesians 414-16
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(14) As a result, we are no longer to be
children, tossed here and there by waves and
carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful
scheming
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(15) but speaking the truth in love, we are to
grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head,
even Christ,
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(16) from whom the whole body, being fitted and
held together by what every joint supplies,
according to the proper working of each
individual part, causes the growth of the body
for the building up of itself in love.
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Its not about programs and events it is about
knowing Jesus and making Him known. Its about
Truth.
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What is Truth A right understanding of God
His Word!
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So what is the Church Three main descriptions
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1.The Church is a Spiritual house built of
Believers!
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1Pe 25 you also, as living stones, are being
built up as a spiritual house for a holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
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Ephesians 411-16
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(11) And He gave some as apostles, and some as
prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as
pastors and teachers,
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(12) for the equipping of the saints for the
work of service, to the building up of the body
of Christ
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(13) until we all attain to the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to
a mature man, to the measure of the stature which
belongs to the fullness of Christ.
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(14) As a result, we are no longer to be
children, tossed here and there by waves and
carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful
scheming
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(15) but speaking the truth in love, we are to
grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head,
even Christ,
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(16) from whom the whole body, being fitted and
held together by what every joint supplies,
according to the proper working of each
individual part, causes the growth of the body
for the building up of itself in love.
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1Co 619 Or do you not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you
have from God, and that you are not your own?
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2.It is the body of Christ!
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Rom 74 Therefore, my brethren, you also were
made to die to the Law through the body of
Christ, so that you might be joined to another,
to Him who was raised from the dead, in order
that we might bear fruit for God.
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Romans 121-5
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(1) Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the
mercies of God, to present your bodies a living
and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is
your spiritual service of worship.
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(2) And do not be conformed to this world, but
be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so
that you may prove what the will of God is, that
which is good and acceptable and perfect.
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(3) For through the grace given to me I say to
everyone among you not to think more highly of
himself than he ought to think but to think so
as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to
each a measure of faith.
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(4) For just as we have many members in one body
and all the members do not have the same function,
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(5) so we, who are many, are one body in Christ,
and individually members one of another.
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As the Body of Christ we represent Jesus to
this world!
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Gal 220 "I have been crucified with Christ and
it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in
me and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave Himself up for me.
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Phi 121 For to me, to live is Christ and to die
is gain.
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1Co 1212-20
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(12) For even as the body is one and yet has
many members, and all the members of the body,
though they are many, are one body, so also is
Christ.
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(13) For by one Spirit we were all baptized into
one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves
or free, and we were all made to drink of one
Spirit.
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(14) For the body is not one member, but many.
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(15) If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand,
I am not a part of the body," it is not for this
reason any the less a part of the body.
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(16) And if the ear says, "Because I am not an
eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for
this reason any the less a part of the body.
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(17) If the whole body were an eye, where would
the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where
would the sense of smell be?
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(18) But now God has placed the members, each
one of them, in the body, just as He desired.
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(19) If they were all one member, where would
the body be?
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(20) But now there are many members, but one
body.
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Without you the Church would be incomplete! We
need each other! Everyone is vitally important!
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3.It is the Bride of Christ!
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Rev 197 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give
the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb
has come and His bride (the Church) has made
herself ready."
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As the Bride, our biggest task is to get ready
for the marriage supper, the Glorious return of
the Bridegroom - the Rapture
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What do we need to do to be ready? Three
directives
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1. We need the extra Oil of the Holy Spirit to
wait for the coming of Jesus until the Midnight
hour
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Matthew 256-13
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(6) "But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold,
the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
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(7) "Then all those virgins rose and trimmed
their lamps.
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(8) "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us
some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
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(9) "But the prudent answered, 'No, there will
not be enough for us and you too go instead to
the dealers and buy some for yourselves.'
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(10) "And while they were going away to make the
purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were
ready went in with him to the wedding feast and
the door was shut.
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(11) "Later the other virgins also came, saying,
'Lord, lord, open up for us.'
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(12) "But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do
not know you.'
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(13) "Be on the alert then, for you do not know
the day nor the hour.
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• 2. We need to be On the alert gregoreuo

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Thayer Definition

• 1) to keep awake, be vigilant, watch as a soldier
  on watch to look for the signs/indications that
  something is about to happen and be ready for it
• 2) give strict attention to, be cautious, active

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1Pe 58 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert.
Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a
roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
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We dont know the day or the hour, but the Church
will know the signs and it will be ready!
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Paul, speaking of the Rapture and the wedding
feast says this to the Church
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1Th 54 But you, brethren, are not in darkness,
that the day would overtake you like a thief
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Matthew 2432-34
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(32) "Now learn the parable from the fig tree
when its branch has already become tender and
puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is
near
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(33) so, you too, when you see all these things,
recognize that He is near, right at the door.
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These things these signs, have are just now
begining to happen, This should be our wake up
call!
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But some, will not wake up
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For the compromised Church, it will come like a
thief
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Revelation 33-5
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(3) 'So remember what you have received and
heard and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you
do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you
will not know at what hour I will come to you.
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(4) 'But you have a few people in Sardis who
have not soiled their garments and they will
walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.
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(5) 'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in
white garments and I will not erase his name
from the book of life, and I will confess his
name before My Father and before His angels.
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The Church will be a bride that is ready
discerning the signs and knowing the season for
the Marriage supper!
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Titus 211-15 For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men, (12) instructing
us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to
live sensibly, righteously and godly in the
present age, (13) looking for the blessed hope
and the appearing of the glory of our great God
and Savior, Christ Jesus, (14) who gave Himself
for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and
to purify for Himself a people for His own
possession, zealous for good deeds. (15) These
things speak and exhort and reprove with all
authority. Let no one disregard you.
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3. It has not soiled its garments she is ready
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Ephesians 526-27 so that He might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with
the word (The word of God is more important than
mans ideas about the Word of God), (27) that
He might present to Himself the church in all her
glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such
thing but that she would be holy and blameless.
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Back to the description of the wedding feast in
Rev. 19
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Revelation 197-9
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(7) "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the
glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has
come and His bride has made herself ready."
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(8) It was given to her to clothe herself in
fine linen, bright and clean for the fine linen
is the righteous acts of the saints.
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(9) Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are
those who are invited to the marriage supper of
the Lamb.'" And he said to me, "These are true
words of God."
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What are the righteous acts?
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Obeying Christ. Doing good out of changed desire
rather than fear of consequences!
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1Pe 123 for you have been born again not of
seed which is perishable but imperishable, that
is, through the living and enduring word of God.
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Joh 832 and you will know the truth, and the
truth will make you free."
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Free from sin, wrong motives, selfish living
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It involves motives your inner attitude, just
as much as your action. It is faith and works
together!
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These are those who walk their talk. They are
doers of the Word and not merely hearers.
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Jam 122 But prove yourselves doers of the word,
and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
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Jam 226 For just as the body without the spirit
is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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True love compels you to do righteous acts! The
result of faith is love. The result of love is
action!
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(1 Corinthians 1313) But now faith, hope, love,
abide these three but the greatest of these is
love.
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(1 Thessalonians 11) Paul and Silvanus and
Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in
God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ Grace
to you and peace. 2) We give thanks to God
always for all of you, making mention of you in
our prayers 3) constantly bearing in mind your
work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness
of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence
of our God and Father,
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(1 Thessalonians 58) But since we are of the
day, let us be sober, having put on the
breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet,
the hope of salvation.
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Paul gives us a great summary of what the Church
should be
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Colossians 312-17
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(12) So, as those who have been chosen of God,
holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and patience
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(13) bearing with one another, and forgiving
each other, whoever has a complaint against
anyone just as the Lord forgave you, so also
should you.
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(14) Beyond all these things put on love, which
is the perfect bond of unity.
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(15) Let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, to which indeed you were called in one
body and be thankful.
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(16) Let the word of Christ richly dwell within
you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one
another with psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts
to God.
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(17) Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in
the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through
Him to God the Father.
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Why is the Church here? Lets examine the 7
reasons
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1. To worship God!
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(John 423-24) "But an hour is coming, and now
is, when the true worshipers will worship the
Father in spirit and truth for such people the
Father seeks to be His worshipers.(24) "God is
spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in
spirit and truth."
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Heb 1315 Through Him then, let us continually
offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is,
the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
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We have made a commitment to look like the Bride
of Christ. To be a Biblical Church. It is all
about Truth knowing God and making Him
known.Jud 13 Beloved, while I was making every
effort to write you about our common salvation, I
felt the necessity to write to you appealing that
you contend earnestly for the faith which was
once for all handed down to the saints.
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John 423,24BUT THE HOUR IS COMING, AND NOW IS,
WHEN TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN
SPIRIT AND TRUTH FOR THE FATHER IS SEEKING SUCH
TO WORSHIP HIM. GOD IS A SPIRIT AND THEY THAT
WORSHIP HIM MUST WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN
TRUTH. AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE
TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. John 832
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1 Timothy 41-6(1) But the Spirit explicitly
says that in later times some will fall away from
the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits
and doctrines of demons,(2) by means of the
hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience
as with a branding iron,(3) men who forbid
marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which
God has created to be gratefully shared in by
those who believe and know the truth.(4) For
everything created by God is good, and nothing is
to be rejected if it is received with
gratitude(5) for it is sanctified by means of
the word of God and prayer.(6) In pointing out
these things to the brethren, you will be a good
servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on
the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine
which you have been following.
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The Church is not a place to be entertained it
is a school, a hospital, a place to get equipped,
healed, and energized to live for Christ!
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W. Tozer said"Christ calls men to carry a
cross we call them to have fun in His name....
He calls them to holiness we call them to a
cheap and tawdry happiness that would have been
rejected with scorn by the least of the Stoic
philosophers... The contemporary moral climate
does not favor a faith as tough and fibrous as
that taught by our Lord and His apostles. The
delicate, brittle saints being produced in our
religious hothouses today are hardly to be
compared with the committed, expendable believers
who once gave their witness among men. And the
fault lies with our leaders. They are too timid
to tell the people all the truth. They are now
asking men to give to God that which costs them
nothing.
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A.   Our churches are filled (or one-quarter
filled) with a soft breed of Christian that must
be fed on a diet of harmless fun to keep them
interested. About theology they know littleNo
wonder their moral and spiritual constitution is
so frail. Such can only be called weak adherents
of a faith they never really understood."A. W.
Tozer (via The Christian Expositor)
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The Church will be a bride that is ready we
need to be a zealous people passionate about
God!
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Titus 211-15 For the grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all men, (12) instructing
us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to
live sensibly, righteously and godly in the
present age, (13) looking for the blessed hope
and the appearing of the glory of our great God
and Savior, Christ Jesus, (14) who gave Himself
for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and
to purify for Himself a people for His own
possession, zealous for good deeds. (15) These
things speak and exhort and reprove with all
authority. Let no one disregard you.
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How are we made pure?Ephesians 526-27 so
that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her
by the washing of water with the word (The word
of God is more important than mans ideas about
the Word of God), (27) that He might present to
Himself the church in all her glory, having no
spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that she
would be holy and blameless.The Word is our sole
source of faith and practice not programs or
humanistic ideology!
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Jam 122 But prove yourselves doers of the word,
and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
  Church is where the Word is taught and God
is worshiped.
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2 Timothy 42-5PREACH THE WORD! Be ready in
season and out of season. CONVINCE, REBUKE,
EXHORT, WITH ALL LONGSUFFERING AND TEACHING. For
the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine, but according to their own
desires, because they have itching ears, they
will heap up for themselves teachers and they
will turn their ears away from the truth, and be
turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in
all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an
evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
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We need to avoid them!Now I beseech you,
brethren, mark (identify) them which cause
divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine
which ye have learned and avoid them. For they
that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ,
but their own belly and by good words and fair
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple Romans
1617,18
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So what are Christs commands to the Church?
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1. First is of course, LOVEJoh 1334 "A new
commandment I give to you, that you love one
another, even as I have loved you, that you also
love one another.  What does this involve?
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Colossians 312-17(12) So, as those who have
been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a
heart of compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience(13) bearing with one
another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a
complaint against anyone just as the Lord
forgave you, so also should you.(14) Beyond all
these things put on love, which is the perfect
bond of unity.(15) Let the peace of Christ rule
in your hearts, to which indeed you were called
in one body and be thankful.(16) Let the word
of Christ richly dwell within you, with all
wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with thankfulness in your hearts to God.(17)
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him
to God the Father.
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Mat 544 "But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,  Rom
1220 "BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM,
AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK FOR IN SO
DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD."
 Joh 1335 "By this all men will know that you
are My disciples, if you have love for one
another."
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(1 John 410-11).This is love not that we
loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son
as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear
friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to
love one another
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Sometime love involves our second command,2.
Discipline - Many Churches are afraid to obey
this command!
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Matthew 1815-17(15) "If your brother sins, go
and show him his fault in private if he listens
to you, you have won your brother.(16) "But if
he does not listen to you, take one or two more
with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE
WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED.(17) "If
he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the
church and if he refuses to listen even to the
church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax
collector.
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(2 Thessalonians 313-15) But as for you,
brethren, do not grow weary of doing good.14)
If anyone does not obey our instruction in this
letter, take special note of that person and do
not associate with him, so that he will be put to
shame.15) Yet do not regard him as an enemy,
but admonish him as a brother. (2 Thessalonians
36) Now we command you, brethren, in the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from
every brother who leads an unruly life and not
according to the tradition which you received
from us.
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1Co 511 But actually, I wrote to you not to
associate with any so-called brother if he is an
immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a
reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even
to eat with such a one.
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3. Forgiveness this would solve a lot of
problems we experience Matthew 523-24(23)
"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at
the altar, and there remember that your brother
has something against you,(24) leave your
offering there before the altar and go first be
reconciled to your brother, and then come and
present your offering. Mar 1125 "Whenever you
stand praying, forgive, if you have anything
against anyone, so that your Father who is in
heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.

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4. Worship and Prayer its not chants or
montras!Mat 67 "And when you are praying, do
not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles
do, for they suppose that they will be heard for
their many words.  Eph 618 With all prayer
and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and
with this in view, be on the alert with all
perseverance and petition for all the saints,
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5. The Great CommissionMar 1615 And He said to
them, "Go into all the world and preach the
gospel to all creation.
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Mat 513 "You are the salt of the earth but if
the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made
salty again? It is no longer good for anything,
except to be thrown out and trampled under foot
by men.  Matthew 514-16(14) "You are the
light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot
be hidden(15) nor does anyone light a lamp and
put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and
it gives light to all who are in the house.(16)
"Let your light shine before men in such a way
that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father who is in heaven.
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Mat 2414 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in the whole world as a testimony to all
the nations, and then the end will come.
 (Galatians 67) Do not be deceived, God is
not mocked for whatever a man sows, this he will
also reap. (Galatians 69) Let us not lose
heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap
if we do not grow weary. (Hebrews 132) Do not
neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by
this some have entertained angels without knowing
it.
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6. The Church should Encourage!Encouragement(1
Thessalonians 211-12).For you know that we
dealt with each of you as a father deals with his
own children, encouraging, comforting and urging
you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you
into his kingdom and glory
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Ephesians 415-16(15) but speaking the truth in
love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him
who is the head, even Christ,(16) from whom the
whole body, being fitted and held together by
what every joint supplies, according to the
proper working of each individual part, causes
the growth of the body for the building up of
itself in love.
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1Th 514 We urge you, brethren, admonish the
unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the
weak, be patient with everyone.   Look
aroundhow many here need encouraged? ALL OF
US!!!!
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Ephesians 411-13(11) And He gave some as
apostles, and some as prophets, and some as
evangelists, and some as pastors and
teachers,(12) for the equipping of the saints
for the work of service, to the building up of
the body of Christ(13) until we all attain to
the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure
of the stature which belongs to the fullness of
Christ.
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(1 Corinthians 110) Now I exhort you, brethren,
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you
all agree and that there be no divisions among
you, but that you be made complete in the same
mind and in the same judgment.  (Philippians
24) do not merely look out for your own
personal interests, but also for the interests of
others. 
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7. Give ComfortAs a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you and you will be comforted
over Jerusalem (Isaiah 6613).
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2 Corinthians 12-7(2) Grace to you and peace
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God
of all comfort,(4) who comforts us in all our
affliction so that we will be able to comfort
those who are in any affliction with the comfort
with which we ourselves are comforted by God.(5)
For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in
abundance, so also our comfort is abundant
through Christ.(6) But if we are afflicted, it
is for your comfort and salvation or if we are
comforted, it is for your comfort, which is
effective in the patient enduring of the same
sufferings which we also suffer(7) and our
hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as
you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you
are sharers of our comfort.
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8. Commands about how we deal with The
World South Orange County 1 Timothy
617-19(17) Instruct those who are rich in this
present world not to be conceited or to fix their
hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God,
who richly supplies us with all things to
enjoy.(18) Instruct them to do good, to be rich
in good works, to be generous and ready to
share,(19) storing up for themselves the
treasure of a good foundation for the future, so
that they may take hold of that which is life
indeed.
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Jews (Romans 1125-26) For I do not want you,
brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery--so
that you will not be wise in your own
estimation--that a partial hardening has happened
to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has
come inRomans 1126(26) and so all Israel
will be saved just as it is written, "THE
DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE
UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB."
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Worldliness (Romans 122) And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove
what the will of God is, that which is good and
acceptable and perfect
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1 Corinthians 69-11(9) Or do you not know that
the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of
God? Do not be deceived neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
homosexuals,(10) nor thieves, nor the covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will
inherit the kingdom of God.(11) Such were some
of you but you were washed, but you were
sanctified, but you were justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our
God.
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(2 Corinthians 617) "Therefore, COME OUT FROM
THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND
DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN And I will welcome
you. 1Jo 215 Do not love the world nor the
things in the world. If anyone loves the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
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