Christ and the Church

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Christ and the Church

• This is a profound mysterybut I am talking
  about Christ and the church
• - Ephesians 532

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Christ and the Church

• Head

• Body

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Ephesians 122-23

• And He put all things under His feet, and gave
  Him to be head over all things to the church, 23
  which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills
  all in all.
• Inseparable
• Headship indicates authority
• One head / One body (Unity)

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Christ and the Church

• Head
• King

• Body
• Kingdom

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1 Timothy 615 - 16

• He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the
  King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has
  immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light,
  whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor
  and everlasting power.
• Kingship indicates authority
• Lordship indicates authority
• He is worthy of Honor!

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Matthew 1618-19

• And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on
  this rock I will build My church, and the gates
  of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19 And I
  will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven,
  and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be
  loosed in heaven.
• Church and Kingdom are one and the same

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Christ and the Church

• Head
• King
• Savior

• Body
• Kingdom
• Saved

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Ephesians 523

• For the husband is head of the wife, as also
  Christ is head of the church and He is the
  Savior of the body.
• There is one Savior. Indicated in scripture
  (cf. Luke 211) a Savior, which is Christ
  the Lord
• There is no savior other than Jesus

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Acts 247

• And the Lord added to the church daily those who
  were being saved.
• Salvation is only in the body or church
  of Christ
• The only way to have salvation outside the
  Lords church is to be saved without a Savior!

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Christ and the Church

• Head
• King
• Savior
• Builder

• Body
• Kingdom
• Saved
• Building

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Matthew 1618

• And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on
  this rock I will build My church, and the gates
  of Hades shall not prevail against it.
• Christ and the church go together as a
  builder and building
• Christ fulfilled his promise

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1 Corinthians 39

• For we are Gods fellow workers you are Gods
  field, you are Gods building.

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Christ and the Church

• Head
• King
• Savior
• Builder
• Husband

• Body
• Kingdom
• Saved
• Building
• Bride

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2 Corinthians 112

• For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For
  I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may
  present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
• Chastity is a call to purity
• As members of the Lords church, we are to be
  righteous in the life we live

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Ephesians 532-33

• This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning
  Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let each
  one of you in particular so love his own wife as
  himself, and let the wife see that she respects
  her husband.
• As the church, we should submit to (respect)
  the Christ
• As the bride, we should wear the name of the
  groom

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Christ and the Church

• Head
• King
• Savior
• Builder
• Husband
• Foundation

• Body
• Kingdom
• Saved
• Building
• Bride
• House

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1 Corinthians 311

• For no other foundation can anyone lay than that
  which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

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1 Timothy 315

• I write so that you may know how you ought to
  conduct yourself in the house of God, which is
  the church of the living God, the pillar and
  ground of the truth.
• It would be folly to remove a house off of
  its foundation
• It is folly to seek Christ, without the
  church!

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Conclusion

• The present day tendency to separate the
  exaltation of the Christ from His church just
  will not work!
• The two are inseparable!