For many people a church is mostly a social club or a place to be seen as
an upstanding member of the community. But God had a bigger purpose in mind
for His called-out people. We can have a role in the greatest work being done
on earth today!
What job has Christ called the Church to do now?
"And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world
as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come" (Matthew
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As we've seen in previous lessons, God has a plan for bringing mankind to
salvation in His Kingdom. Since His creation of Adam and Eve, God has worked
with people in various ways but always with the same goal in mind.
Before Christ came, God called only a few people out of their societies
to serve Him and further His work. Many of them are mentioned by name in Hebrews
11, a chapter in the Bible we could call the faith hall of...
When the New Testament talks about the Church, it speaks of an assembly of
people. In the Bible the word church is a translation of the Greek
word ekklesia, meaning "a calling out." (See "The
Historical Background of the Word Church".) It never refers
to a building or meeting place, but always to people, the ones "called
out" of the world's society by God calling them into His service. The Church of
the Bible is not a cold,...
Background
The New Testament contains the sacred books that are unique to Christianity.
All the New Testament books were written in the Greek language over the period of about 50 to 120 A.D. None of
the New Testament books were originally written as part of a Christian Bible, but they were read at church services
for instruction in the faith.
The collection of books we know as the New Testament emerged in the late second
century, A.D....
Background
The Old Testament is the first of the two major sections of the Christian Bible. The Old Testament contains the
sacred writings of the Jews. It was written over the period of roughly 1000 B.C. to 100 B.C., but it includes narration
of events that occurred many centuries earlier and had been passed from generation to generation in oral form.
The Old Testament was originally written in the Hebrew language with a few sections written...
The Bible is a collection of books, accepted by Christians as sacred and inspired
by God, providing the basis for beliefs about spiritual matters and providing guidelines for moral living.
Many verses throughout the Bible attest to its divine origin (Genesis 6:9-13,
Exodus 20:1-17, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Revelation 1:1-2, etc.) But the Bible was not simply dictated
word-for-word by God; it is also the work of its many...
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