Getting Plugged In – In 2010!

Stop “Doing” Church(It might destroy you!)

Why Study the Church?

Christ is "head over all things to the church" - Ephesians 1:22

The church "is His body" - Ephesians 1:23

The church is "the fullness of Him who fills all in all" - Ephesians 1:23

The Ephesians Reasons

The church is part of God's "eternal purpose" - Ephesians 3:10-11

To God be "glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages" - Ephesians 3:21

"Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body" - Ephesians 5:23

The Ephesians Reasons

Christ "loved the church and gave Himself for it" - Ephesians 5:25

Jesus' design is to present it as "a glorious church" - Ephesians 5: 26-27

Jesus nourishes and cherishes the church - Ephesians 5:29-30

The Ephesians Reasons

The church was purchased with the blood of Christ - Acts 20:28

The church is His body - Colossians 1:18,24

The church is the family of God, the pillar and ground of the truth - 1 Timothy 3:15

The Ephesians Reasons

What is the Church?

The called out –1 Peter 2:9

We are sanctified by the truth—John 17:17

What is the Church

The Church Is "The Body Of Christ"--Ephesians 1:22-23

We are members of the body, and of one another.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Romans 12:5

What is the Church

The Church is the “Household of God”...(the family of God) - 1 Timothy 3:15

We are in Jesus' "family" - Matthew 12:48-50

We have many brothers and sisters - Mark 10:28-30

We are to treat each other accordingly - 1 Timothy 5:1-2

What is the Church

The Church is the “Temple of God” (a holy habitation or dwelling of God) Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Peter 2:5

We have a responsibility to maintain purity - 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1

What is the Church

The Church is the “Kingdom of Christ”

As Paul wrote to the Colossians, they had been "translated into the kingdom of the Son of His love" - Colossians 1:13; Revelation 1:9

This emphasizes the authority-making power in the church; Christ is King, He has all authority! - Matthew 28:18,20

What is the Church

The Church is the “Bride of Christ”

We are betrothed to Christ - cf. 2 Corinthians 11:2

This figure portends of an even greater relationship with Christ is the future! - Revelation 19:6-9; 21:2

What is the Church

Why is the Church?