Lesson 2 – The Status of the Church (1)
1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours:
1 Corinthians 12:13 For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body
Genisis 28:16 And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it. And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
I The assembly of the called out ones—ekklesia 1
II The body of Christ 2
III The house of God 3, 4, 5
IV The dwelling place of God 6, 7
V The Kingdom of God 8
Bible References:
- To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours: (1 Corinthians 1:2)
- For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body (1 Corinthians 12:13)
- And he dreamed: There was a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it (Genisis 28:12)
- And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it. And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven (Genisis 28:16-17)
- And He said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, You shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. (John 1:51)
- In whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit. (Ephesians 2:22)
- And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory. (1 Timothy 3:16)
- So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. (Ephesians 2:19)