
EKKLESIA
“The church is the overall assembly of people born-again by the Spirit of God, called-out from darkness and redeemed to become God’s own beloved possession, who are being built by Jesus on the revelation of Himself, who gather together regularly to receive the truth of the gospel and respond to God as a living temple indwelt by the Holy Spirit, bonded together as brothers and sisters in God’s own household, equipped by the gifts of Christ to be an embassy for the Kingdom of God on the earth.”
WEEK 1 - Called-Out People
1 Peter 2:9
“9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;” NASB95
Core to the church's identity is that we are a people that have been "called out" of darkness, and slavery to sin. Not only that, but the Lord Jesus calls us out of the world's systems and rhythms regularly to assemble together as citizens of heaven to glorify Him and to experience a foretaste of eternity. The church must be set apart. Different. Trying to blend in to the world and persuade people to join is unbiblical. Be set apart as He is set apart, let your light shine before men.
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