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3 OpenerOpener Turn to page 3 of your booklet and answer question number 1. Check all the boxes that you think describe what The Church is...

4 IntroductionIntroduction Over the next three weeks... ❖ What is the Church? (Biblical View) ❖ Who is Hope Community Church? ❖ Where do You Fit within Hope Community Church?

5 Read Acts 1:4, 5, 8. ❖ [2] What would the disciples receive “not many days from now?” ❖ [3] What was the purpose of the Holy Spirit give the disciple power? Beginning of the Church

6 [4] The Holy Spirit does several things ❖ He indwells ❖ He regenerates ❖ He baptizes ❖ He seals ❖ He anoints Beginning of the Church

7 Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 ❖ [5] According to 1 Corinthians 12:13, when we believe on the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit baptized us into the Body of Christ. Beginning of the Church

8 Read Acts 2:1-4 ❖ [6] So, the church began 2000 years ago during the Jewish celebration of Pentecost. Beginning of the Church

9 [7] The three forms that the Church takes on are... ❖ The Universal Church ❖ The Global Church ❖ The Local Church Expressions of the Church

10 [8] Read Ephesians 4:15 ❖ Who is the head of the Church? [9] Read Acts 14:23 ❖ What did Paul and Barnabas do in each church they had planted? Expressions of the Church

11 [10] From the qualifications found in 1 Timothy 3, we understand the official offices of elders and deacons to be held by qualified men within the church. Expressions of the Church

12 [11] A functioning, mature Church... ❖ A community of regenerated believers who confess Jesus Christ is Lord. Through obedience to Scripture they organize under qualified leadership, gather regularly for preaching and worship, observe the biblical sacraments of baptism and Communion, and are unified by the Spirit, are disciplined for holiness, and scatter to fulfill the Great Commandment and Great Commission as missionaries to the world for God’s glory. (Vintage Church, Driscoll) Expressions of the Church 12

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14 [12] Describe the mystical union that exists between each believer and Jesus Christ; each believer and every other believer. [13] What are the three expressions of the Church? [14] Why do we identify Pentecost 2000 years ago as the beginning of the church? ReviewReview 14

15 [15] Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ❖ What is the church being compared to in these verses? Pictures of the Church 15

16 [16] Several principles emerge in relating the Church to the Human Body: ❖ Participation ❖ Every Member ❖ Diversity ❖ Sovereignty ❖ Interdependence ❖ All Are Welcome ❖ Organic Linkage Pictures of the Church

17 [17] Read 2 Corinthians 10:3-4 ❖ What descriptions are being used to talk about the church? Pictures of the Church 17

18 [18] Main army themes for the church ❖ Conquest ❖ Discipline ❖ Hardship and Struggle Pictures of the Church 18

19 [19] Other Biblical Pictures ❖ Living Stones Pictures of the Church 19

20 [19] Other Biblical Pictures ❖ Living Stones ❖ Family of God Pictures of the Church 20

21 [19] Other Biblical Pictures ❖ Living Stones ❖ Family of God ❖ Field Pictures of the Church 21

22 [19] Other Biblical Pictures ❖ Living Stones ❖ Family of God ❖ Field ❖ Bride of Christ Pictures of the Church 22

23 [19] Other Biblical Pictures ❖ Living Stones ❖ Family of God ❖ Field ❖ Bride of Christ ❖ Flock Pictures of the Church 23 protection, guidance, loyalty, sacrifice

24 Pick three of your favorite pictures of the church from the Bible and tell the person next to you why you picked those three. ReviewReview

25 [20] Read Acts 2:42-47 ❖ What were they devoting themselves to? ❖ How did the believers view their personal possessions? ❖ How often did they spend time together? ❖ What were they doing when they spent time together? ❖ What happened as a result of all these things? Church in Action

26 [21] Read Acts 8:1 & 4 ❖ When the church was scattered into Judea and Samaria, what did those who scattered do? [22] Read Acts 13:1-3 ❖ What happened to Paul and Barnabas in the church at Antioch? Church in Action

27 [23] Read Acts 14:23 ❖ What did Paul and Barnabas do for the churches that they had previously planted? [24] Read Ephesians 4: ❖ What is the purpose of leadership in the church? Church in Action

28 [25] Read Colossians 1:3-5 ❖ The result of these ministries is to grow each believer’s faith in Christ Jesus, hope of heaven, and love for one another. [24] Read Ephesians 4: ❖ What is the purpose of leadership in the church? Results of Church Actions

29 Faith Hope Love Believing God’s Word/Promises Fulfilled Believing God’s Future Promises Action based on Faith and Hope PastPresentFuture Dynamics of Faith, Hope and Love Glory to God

[26] Church is... For next time... ❖ write down as many ministries of Hope Community Church that you can think of. ConclusionConclusion

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