Ha62 09272015 why i love the church of christ part5

Ha62 09272015 why i love the church of christ part5

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  Why I Lovethe church of Christ, Part 5 Lesson Text: Eph. 1:15-23 Heritage Addition church of Christ By Jim Bradshaw Sunday Morning, September 27, 2015 Because Christ is its Head
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  It is Notabout the buildingIt is the Body of Christ
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  Golden Opportunities Mat 7:12 ESV"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Gal 6:9-10 ESV And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (10) So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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  Walmart is not theonly Saving Place The Mission of the church must be the same as its head: Luke 19:10 ESV For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
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  The Lord’s Supper 1Co11:24-39 ESV and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." (25) In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." (26) For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. (27) Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. (28) Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. (29) For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
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  NOT THE HEADOF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
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  Jesus Christ isthe Head of the church of Christ Eph 1:15-23 ESV For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, (16) I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, (17) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, (18) having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (19) and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
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  Jesus Christ isthe Head of the church of Christ Eph 1:15-23 Continued (20) that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, (21) far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. (22) And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, (23) which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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  HE Built HISChurch Matt. 16:15-18 NASB He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." 17 And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona , because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 "I also say to you that you are Peter , and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19 "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.“ (same in Matt. 18:18) Mat 28:18 ESV And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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  Col 1:13-20 ESVHe has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, (14) in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (15) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. (16) For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. (17) And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (18) And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. (19) For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, (20) and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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  HE Paid forHIS Church Act 20:28 NKJV Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
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  Mat 26:28 ESVfor this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 1Co 6:19-20 ESV Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, (20) for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Act 2:47 NKJV praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
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  HE Cleansed HIS ChurchEph5:25-27 ESV Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, (26) that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (27) so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 1Co 12:13 ESV For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
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  HE Cleansed HIS ChurchAct22:16 ESV And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'
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  HE Cleansed HIS Church2Ki5:10-13 ESV And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean." (11) But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, "Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. (12) Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. (13) But his servants came near and said to him, "My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?"