One Church

Matthew 16:18 Jesus said “upon this rock I will build my _________________________________

Is that church or churches? _____________________________

Eph. 1:22-23 Christ is head over __________________ things to the _______________________________

According to verse 23 is the church Christ’s body? ____________________________________

1 Corinthians 10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Acts 6:7 Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.

Acts, 13:18 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Romans 1:5 Through Him we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith among all nations for His name,

Gal. 3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed.

Ephesians 4:4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

1 Cor. 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

a Jesus said… “My Church” (Matt. 16:18)

Singular:

The Church (Eph. 1:22)

The Body (1 Cor. 10:16)

The Faith (Acts. 6:7)

(Eph. 4) One…Body, Spirit, Hope, Lord, Faith, Baptism, God

We were all Baptized into one body.(1 Cor. 12:13)

There is one Bible!!!!!

Were there multiple bodies of Christ on the cross?

The body of Christ was not separated on the cross.

The body of Christ should not be separated today.

Day One of the Church (Acts 2)

Acts. 2

Vs. 1 Day of Pentecost (Penta = 50)

Known as the Feast of Weeks

7 weeks after Passover (Deut. 16:9)

Celebration of wheat harvest (Ex. 34:22)

Vs. 14 Peter begins Preaching

Vs. 16-21 This day was Prophesied by Joel

Vs 21 Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved

Vs. 39 the Promise is to all

Vs. 36 Jesus is Lord and Christ

Vs. 37 the people asked “What shall we do”

Vs. 38 Repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins and gift of Holy Spirit

Vs. 40 with many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.”

Vs. 41 those who gladly received his word were baptized and that day 3,000 souls were added to them.

In the 2nd and 3rd Centuries, the purity of the church was tarnished by gradual departures from the

-This was the beginning of THE CHURCH in the New Testament

The Apostle Paul predicted that people would depart from “The Faith”

1 Tim. 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,

There will be Punishment to those that do not Obey THE Gospel

2 Thess. 1:8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Pet. 4:17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

If someone teaches something other than the Gospel they should be accursed

Galatians 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

Gospel defined…Christ’s Death, burial and Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

Our Baptism is into Christs Death, and burial, and we are raised with Him

Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ is what 3,000 souls did on the day of Pentecost