The Jew, The Gentile, The Church

The Church: The Body of Christ

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Lesson III

November 7, 2004

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 2:13-21

I) The Church is a New Creation

1) 2 Corinthians 5:17 New creature

2) Ephesians 2:10 His workmanship

3) Ephesians 2:15 New man

4) Galatians 3:26-29 One in Christ

5) Galatians 6:15 New creature

6) Ephesians 4:24 Created

II) The Church is One Body

1) Romans 12:4-5 One body

2) 1 Corinthians 10:17 One body

3) 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 The body is one

4) Ephesians 2: 15-16 One body

5) John 17:20-23 This prayer has been answered

III) The Church Has a New Position

1) Galatians 4:1-7 Position of adult sons. Minors are the same as servants

2) John 1:11-13 By the new birth we become sons of God

3) Romans 8:15-17 Adoption of sons - immediate heirs

4) By birth we belong to the family of God

5) By adoption, we become adults in the family

6) Adoption gives us a like position to the first-born in Jacob’s family

7) The coat of many colours gave Joseph a position his brothers envied

IV) The Church keeps a New day

1) 1 Corinthians 16: 2 First day

2) Acts 20:7 The first day

3) Unless we see our new position, we will be bothered and troubled about Sabbath keeping (Colossians 2:16)

4) Matthew 28:1

V) The Church has a New Law of Living, Life

1) Romans 6:14

2) Romans 8:2

3) 1 Corinthians 9:20-21 The law to Christ, i.e. the law of love

4) 2 Corinthians 5:14

VI) The Church has a New Feast

1) 1 Corinthians 10:16-20

2) 1 Corinthians 11: 23-29

a) Verse 26 It is only observed from the Cross to the Coming. Such was not in the Old Testament

VII) The Church has a New Hope

1) 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

2) Titus 2:13

3) 1 John 3:2-3

4) 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

5) 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Are you living and looking for that blessed hope?