What Is the Church?. The Church Is: What is the Church? The Church Is: 1.What Jesus is committed to build. Matthew 16:18.

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What Is the Church?

The Church Is:

What is the Church? The Church Is: 1.What Jesus is committed to build. Matthew 16:18

What Is the Church? The Church Is: 1.What Jesus is committed to build. Matthew 16:18 2. Jesus church (My church not I or me). Matthew 16:18

What Is the Church? The Church Is: 1.What Jesus is committed to build. Matthew 16:18 2. Jesus church (My church not I or me). Matthew 16:18 3. People God called out to assemble. Matthew 16:18

4. His Body: a. He is the Head. b. Many members but one Body. Eph. 1:22,23 and 1 Cor. 12:12,14,27

4. His Body: a. He is the Head. b. Many members but one Body. Eph. 1:22,23 and 1 Cor. 12:12,14,27 5. A Body where every member is set (fits in/has a place). 1Corinthians 12:18

4. His Body: a. He is the Head. b. Many members but one Body. Eph. 1:22,23 and 1 Cor. 12:12,14,27 5. A Body where every member is set (fits in/has a place). 1Corinthians 12:18 6. A Body where every member is gifted (to function). Romans 12:4-6

7. A Body that increases when every member supplies and every part works. Ephesians 4:16