Sunday, July 13, 2008
When to look read up some old teaching .I read the last lesson of 18 lesson , how often do people read 18 lesson ? Haha i dint know but i felt the 18 lesson is your foundation building .
Lesson 18 : Commitment to a local church
Why is the church importance ?
1) God want to reveal his eternal purpose and his plan through the church .
2)The church is an instrument that god uses to expand his kingdom
Ephesians 3:10-11
10His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3) God intended to build his church
Matthew 16:18
18And I tell you that you are Peter,[a] and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades[b] will not overcome it.[c]
Meaning of the church
It mean a group of people called to come out and to be free form sin and the power of Satan and enter the righteousness and the light of god .
The bible used this word as a group of committed christian not as a building
What it mean by committed christian ? (Do your own research)
There is two types of church in the bible
1)Universal church
- Which mean those who believe in te lord , repent and be born again every place
It like christian in general
2)Local church
-Which mean a group of committed christian that gather together in the same area and meet together on a regular basis
-We cannot see the universal church in a practical way .
So the local church relates to our daily life of christian
I think that all for today .There a link below
Title :Mark of a committed christian
http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/GTYTT01.HTM