Bible Lesson: Titles Of The Church.
Church Title: Spiritual House.
Bible Text:
I Peter 2:5 KJV
1 Wherefore
laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies,
and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn
babes, desire the sincere milk of The Word, that ye may grow thereby:
3 If so be ye
have tasted that The Lord is Gracious.
4 To whom
coming, as unto A Living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen
of God, and Precious,
5 Ye also, as
lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by
Jesus Christ.
The
church of Jesus Christ, is a spiritual house, made up of a
“holy priesthood,” the
people of God, who are “to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
The people of God, are called kings and priests.
Exodus 19:6 KJV (The people of God.)
And ye shall be
unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation..."
Revelation 1:5,6
KJV
5 And from
Jesus Christ, who is The Faithful Witness, and
The First
Begotten Of The Dead, and The Prince Of The kings Of The Earth. Unto
Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His Own Blood,
6 And hath made
us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Kingship speaks of “authority,” and in The Lord's name and Word,
we have authority.
Ecclesiastes 8:4
KJV
Where the word
of a king is, there is power..."
Matthew 18:18-20
KJV
18 Verily I say
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven:
and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again I say
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven.
20 For where
two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the
midst of them.
This is binding and loosing, according to The Word of The Lord.
Luke 10:1,17 KJV
1 After these
things The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and
two before His face into every city and place, whither He Himself
would come.
17 And the
seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are
subject unto us through thy name.
The church of believers is also as priests. Priests pray, and offer
sacrifices to The Lord.
Psalm 4:5 KJV
Offer the
sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in The Lord.
Psalm 27:6 KJV
And now shall
mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore
will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I
will sing praises unto The Lord.
Psalm 40:8-10
KJV
8 I delight to
do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have
preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not
refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10 I have not
hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy
faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving
kindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Psalm 51:17 KJV
The sacrifices
of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
thou wilt not despise.
Psalm 116:17 KJV
I will offer to
thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of
The Lord.
Psalm 141:2 KJV
Let my prayer
be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands
as the evening sacrifice.
Brothers and
Sisters in The Lord, we have a heavenly calling, any other pathway is
missing the call of The Lord.
Dear Friend, today, is the day to call upon the name of The Lord. We have no promise of tomorrow! Proverbs 27:1 KJV Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Hebrews 4:7 KJV "...To day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. Acts 2:21 KJV And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.
