The Church Belongs to Christ!

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The Church Belongs to Christ!
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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)

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Matthew 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.
• Jesus statement, in response to Peters
  confession (vs. 16), You are the Christ, the Son
  of the living God.

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)

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1 Corinthians 311

• For no other foundation can anyone lay than that
  which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
• We build upon the foundation, (by preaching to
  and converting others), but there is no other
  foundation than Christ.
• So then neither he who plants is anything, nor
  he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
  (vs. 7)

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)
• He is its chief corner stone
  (Ephesians 219-21)

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Ephesians 219-21

• Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and
  foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints
  and members of the household of God, 20 having
  been built on the foundation of the apostles and
  prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief
  cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being
  joined together, grows into a holy temple in the
  Lord.
• The chief stone in importance, as well as honor
  and significance

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)
• He is its chief corner stone
  (Ephesians 219-21)
• He purchased it with His blood (Acts 2028)

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Acts 2028

• Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the
  flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you
  overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He
  purchased with His own blood.

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)
• He is its chief corner stone
  (Ephesians 219-21)
• He purchased it with His blood (Acts 2028)
• He is its head (Ephesians 523)

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Ephesians 523

• For the husband is head of the wife, as also
  Christ is head of the church and He is the
  Savior of the body.
• Position of authority and responsibility. As the
  woman belongs to the man alone in marriage, the
  church belongs solely to Christ.

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)
• He is its chief corner stone
  (Ephesians 219-21)
• He purchased it with His blood (Acts 2028)
• He is its head (Ephesians 523)
• He governs its worship (John 424)

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John 424

• God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must
  worship in spirit and truth.
• It is Christ who has established
• Our worship must be with the proper spirit
• Our worship must be in accord with His will
  (truth)
• When He comes he will tell us all things vs. 25
• I who speak to you am He the Christ vs. 26

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)
• He is its chief corner stone
  (Ephesians 219-21)
• He purchased it with His blood (Acts 2028)
• He is its head (Ephesians 523)
• He governs its worship (John 424)
• He assigned its work (Ephesians 411-16)

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Ephesians 411-16

• And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some
  prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and
  teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for
  the work of ministry, for the edifying of the
  body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity
  of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of
  God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the
  stature of the fullness of Christ 15 but,
  speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all
  things into Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from
  whom the whole body, joined and knit together by
  what every joint supplies, according to the
  effective working by which every part does its
  share, causes growth of the body for the edifying
  of itself in love.

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The Church Belongs to Christ Because

• He built it (Matthew 1618)
• He is its foundation
  (1 Corinthians 311)
• He is its chief corner stone
  (Ephesians 219-21)
• He purchased it with His blood (Acts 2028)
• He is its head (Ephesians 523)
• He governs its worship (John 424)
• He assigned its work (Ephesians 411-16)
• He is its Savior (Ephesians 523)

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Ephesians 523

• For the husband is head of the wife, as also
  Christ is head of the church and He is the
  Savior of the body.
• No man can lay claim to ownership of the body of
  Christ. He is its head and savior.

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Conclusion
Since the church (the
body of Christ) belongs to Him, we
should wear His
name, submit to His will, and proclaim our
allegiance to Him and Him alone as our Lord and
Savior.