Peace to my dear brothers and sisters in God’s family! Amen.
Let’s open the Bible to 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 1 and read together: Paul, Silas, and Timothy wrote to the church in Thessalonica in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be yours!
Today we continue to study, fellowship, and share together "The Church in the Lord Jesus Christ" 2 Pray: Dear Abba, Holy Heavenly Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that the Holy Spirit is always with us! Amen. Thank you Lord! Virtuous Women The church in the Lord Jesus Christ sends out workers: through the word of truth written and spoken by their hands, which is the gospel of our salvation, glory, and redemption of our bodies. Food is transported from the sky from afar and supplied to us at the right time to make our spiritual life richer! Amen. Ask the Lord Jesus to continue to illuminate the eyes of our souls and open our minds to understand the Bible so that we can hear and see spiritual truths: Understand that the foundation of the church in the Lord Jesus Christ is Jesus Christ Himself as the chief cornerstone, and the apostles, prophets, and saints are built on the spiritual rock! Amen. The above prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, and blessings! I ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen
1. The Church in the Lord Jesus Christ
Paul, Silas, and Timothy wrote to Thessalonians The Church in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ . May grace and peace be yours! (1 Thessalonians 1:1)
(The Church in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ)
Can be shortened to: church of jesus christ
2. The current situation of the church in the Lord Jesus Christ
ask: The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ →What churches are there?
answer: The early church was established →
1 jerusalem church
2 Antioch Church
3 Corinthian church
4 Galatian Church
5 Church of Ephesus
6 Philippi Church
7 church of roman
8 Thessalonica Church...
【The Seven Churches of Revelation】
These seven churches represent
The current situation of the church in the last days:
(1) Church of Ephesus
→Abandoned the first love
(First love → God's righteousness yes Based on faith, leading to faith ;
【 Based on faith 】The Holy Spirit who is justified by faith, saved by faith, and receives the promises by faith;
【 so that the letter 】Since we live by the Holy Spirit, we must also walk by the Holy Spirit, because letter Holy Spirit Renewal act Get glory, get reward, get crown.
Be saved by ( letter ), does glory still depend on ( letter )→ The first love of the church in Ephesus yes【 Based on faith ], Then rely on physical works to complete it ; Not reliable The Holy Spirit renews and perfects →Abandoned【 so that the letter 】→left ( letter ) just left ( god ), abandoned Holy Spirit , left( god ) is to abandon ( like ),because( god )that is( like )! So the church abandoned its original love. So, do you understand?
(2) Smyrna Church
→Stay true and suffer
(3) Pergamum Church
→I obeyed Balaam’s teachings and formed factions and disputes
(To obey the teachings of Balaam is to love money; to obey the teachings of the Nicolaitans is to form factions and dissensions)
(4) Thyatira Church
→Allow Jezebel, a woman who calls herself a prophet, to teach
(“Prophet Woman Jezebel” refers to the fornicating faith, the church of whoredom → 1 Have intercourse with the kings of the earth (refer to Revelation 17:1-6), 2 Based on the observance of the law (see Romans 7:1-6), 3 Make friends with the world (see James 4:4)
(5) Sardis Church
→The declining nominal church
(The nominal church: claiming to be alive but actually dead)
(6) Philadelphia Church
→A church that upholds the truth and preaches the true gospel
(7) Laodicean Church
→Lukewarm, rich in money, already wealthy, living well due to economic conditions, church with many rich people →But they don’t know that they “” spiritual life "They are poor, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. They have not put on the new man and put on Christ. For example, the Vatican Catholic Church today, and many wealthy churches in Europe and America are the Laodicean churches.
3. Church establishment
(1)Corner stone
ask: What is the corner stone?
answer: In ancient times, when building and erecting houses, "corner stones and stones" were used as the first layer of foundation to stabilize the house.
For we are laborers together with God; you are God’s field and His building. According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise foreman I laid a foundation, and others built on it; but each man must be careful how he builds on it. Reference (1 Corinthians 3:9-10)
[Jesus Christ] Himself is the corner stone
1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one can lay any other foundation than the foundation already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone, reference (Ephesians 2:20)
(2) Rock, spiritual rock
Matthew 16:18 And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
ask: The church is built on this rock →What does the rock mean?
answer: " rock ” means Christ
Note: " rock ” does not refer to the rocks on the ground;
The spiritual rock from heaven →“ spiritual rock ” → that The rock is Christ ! Amen.
They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; they all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual water. What they drank came from the spiritual rock that followed them; That rock is Christ . Reference (1 Corinthians 10:2-4)
(3) Apostles, prophets, and saints were built on the rock
ask: How are Christians built on the foundation?
answer: Because we used him twice ( salvation on the cross of christ ) was inspired by a Holy Spirit ( Drink the same spiritual water → Born of water and the Holy Spirit ), have access to the Father. So you are no longer strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone, every one Through him, the house is properly connected and gradually becomes a temple to the Lord. In him you also are being built together for the habitation of God by the Holy Spirit. Reference (Ephesians 2:18-22)
4. The church is his body
(1)The church is his body
Ephesians 1:23 The church is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
(2) He is the head of the church
Colossians 1:15-18 The Beloved Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn before all creation. For by Him all things were created, whether things in heaven or on earth, visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created by Him, And it was created for him. He is before all things; and in him all things are established. He is also the head of the body of the church. He is the beginning, the first to rise from the dead, so that he may have preeminence in all things.
5. We are members of his body
(1)You are members of his body
1 Corinthians 12:27 You are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member.
(2)We are the bones and flesh of his body
Ephesians 5:30 For we are members of his body (some scriptures add: his bones and his flesh).
ask: How do we know that we are His bones and His flesh?
answer: Detailed explanation below
1 Jesus was resurrected from the dead → a spiritual body (1 Corinthians 15:44)
2 The spiritual body appears → with flesh and bones (Luke 24:38-39)
3 us( look ) visible body → is the bone and flesh of Adam
4 us( look )The missing body → is the bone and flesh of Jesus
5 The body resurrected with Christ → is the spiritual body
6 Born of God, spiritual body → hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3:3)
7 Christ will appear again → Our spiritual bodies will appear and appear together with Christ in glory! Amen
6. The unity of the church and the establishment of the body of Christ
ask: How to build up the body of Christ?
answer: Being united in the faith, the unity of the church is the unity of the body of Christ →→ Use the bond of peace to each other, and strive to maintain the unity of the heart given by the Holy Spirit. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, over all, through all, and in all. …He gave some apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, and to build up the body of Christ, until we all come to the unity of the faith, know The Son of God, being brought to a perfect man, attaining to the stature of the fullness of Christ,...but speaking the truth in love, grow up in all things into him who is the Head, Christ, from whom the whole body is joined together, with every joint in its proper service, By helping each other according to the function of each body, the body will grow and build itself up in love. Reference (Ephesians 4, verses 3-6, 11-13, 15-16)
7. The church is the fiancée of Christ
Ephesians 5:30-32 For we are members of his body (some scriptures add: his bones and his flesh). For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This is a great mystery, but I am speaking of Christ and the church.
Note: The Church is the betrothed of Jesus Christ," fiancée "It refers to Jesus' unmarried wife, who is a chaste virgin. A chaste virgin grows up →" become a beautiful girl ” That is, the resurrection of a more beautiful body → When Christ comes back to take a wife, he is the church ! Amen
【 Seal of the Holy Spirit 】
→→It is Jesus Christ’s token of love to his bride ( engagement ring ): Please keep me in your heart like a seal ( Seal of the Holy Spirit ), wear it on your arm like a stamp. For love is as strong as death, and jealousy is as cruel as hell; its lightning is the lightning of fire, the blazing flame of the Lord. Love cannot be extinguished by many waters, nor can it be drowned by floods. If anyone exchanges all the treasures in his family for love, he will be despised. Reference (Song of Solomon 8:6-7)
8. The Wedding Supper of the Lamb
【 jesus christ marries church 】
And I heard something like the voice of a crowd, the voice of many waters, the voice of great thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns." Let us rejoice and rejoice and give Him glory. because, The marriage time of the Lamb has come; the bride has made herself ready , and you were given grace to be clothed in fine linen, bright and white. (The fine linen is the righteousness of the saints.) The angel said to me, “Write: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!” And he said to me, “This is the true word of God.” Reference (Revelation 19:6-9)
Gospel transcript from :
the church in lord jesus christ
These are the holy people who live alone and are not numbered among the peoples.
Like 144,000 chaste virgins following the Lord Lamb.
Amen!
→→I see him from the peak and from the hill;
This is a people who live alone, not numbered among all the peoples.
Numbers 23:9
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Time: 2021-09-29
