Bible Questions Answered:
“...how does God think of the goings
of the church?...”
Hasan/ Istanbul, Turkey
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Faltering, failing, and many times,
powerless, but what does The Living God think of His church?
Ekklesia (Ek-klay-see-ah): A
calling out, religious congregation, community of members on earth or
saints in heaven (or both): assembly, church.
God's
Love For The Church:
Deuteronomy 14:2 NLT
You have been set apart as holy to
The Lord your God, and He has chosen you from all the nations of the
earth to be His own special treasure.
Deuteronomy 32:9,10 NRSV
9 The Lord’s own portion was
His people, Jacob His allotted share.
10 He sustained him in a desert
land, in a howling wilderness waste; He shielded him, cared for him,
guarded him as the apple of His eye.
Isaiah 61:10 KJV
I will greatly rejoice in The Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God; for He hath clothed me with the
garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of
righteousness, as a Bridegroom decketh Himself with ornaments, and as
a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 62:3,5 KJV
3 Thou shalt
also be a crown of glory in the hand of The Lord, and a
royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
5 For as a
young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as The
Bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over
thee.
Hosea 11:1 KJV
When Israel was a child, then I
loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Zephaniah 3:17
NLT
For The Lord your God is living
among you. He is A Mighty Savior. He will take delight in you with
gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice
over you with joyful songs.”
Zechariah 2:8 KJV
For thus saith The Lord Of Hosts;
After the glory hath He sent Me unto the nations which spoiled you:
for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of His eye.
Zechariah 9:16 KJV
And the Lord their God shall save
them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the
stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Malachi 3:17 KJV
And they shall be Mine, saith The
Lord Of Hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will
spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Matthew 16:16,18
KJV
16 "...Thou art The Christ, The
Son Of The Living God.(The
Churches' confession.)
18 "...upon this Rock
(The Truth of her confession)
I will build My church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail
against it.
Psalm 95:1 KJV
O come, let us sing unto The
Lord: let us make a joyful noise to The Rock Of Our
Salvation.
I Corinthians
10:4 KJV
And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed
them:
and that Rock was Christ.
Acts 20:28 KJV
Take heed therefore unto yourselves,
and to all the flock, over the which The Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with
His Own Blood.
Romans 5:8 KJV
But God commendeth His love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
II Corinthians 6:18 KJV
And will be A Father unto you,
and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith
The Lord Almighty.
Ephesians 5:25 KJV
Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it;
Revelation
19:5-9 KJV
5 And a voice came out of the
throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye His servants, and ye that fear
Him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice
of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for The Lord God
Omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and
give honor to Him: for the marriage of The Lamb is come, and His wife
hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen
is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write,
Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of
The Lamb. And he saith unto
me, These are the true sayings of God.
The Church’s
One Foundation
The Church’s one
foundation
Is Jesus Christ her
Lord;
She is His new
creation
By water and The
Word:
From heav’n He
came and sought her
To be His holy
Bride;
With His Own Blood
He bought her,
And for her life He
died.
Elect from every
nation,
Yet one o’er all
the earth,
Her charter of
salvation,
One Lord, one
faith, one birth;
One holy Name she
blesses,
Partakes one holy
food,
And to one hope she
presses,
With every grace
endued.
Mid toil and
tribulation,
And tumult of her
war,
She waits the
consummation
Of peace for
evermore;
Till, with the
vision glorious,
Her longing eyes
are blest,
And the great
Church victorious
Shall be the Church
at rest.
Yet she on earth
hath union
With God the Three
in One,
And mystic sweet
communion
With those whose
rest is won:
O happy ones and
holy!
Lord, give us grace
that we,
Like them, the meek
and lowly,
In love may dwell
with Thee.
Lyrics:
Samuel John Stone
(1839-1900)
Music:
Samuel Sebastian
Wesley
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The Church’s one
foundation
Is Jesus Christ her
Lord;
Do you know this
Great Savior?
John 1:12,13 KJV
12 But as many as received Him, to
them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on His name:
13 Which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of G
