The Church Flashcards
- refers to us the people of God
Church
- refers to the structure or the building
church
Comes from the Hebrew word “_____” which is the equivalent of the Greek word “_____”. Both words mean, “The people of God called together, or an “assembly convoked by God.”
Qahal and Ekklesia
THE CHURCH ORIGINATES FROM THE _______
TRINITY
The model and source of our communion as Christians with Jesus and with one another is God’s own Trinitarian communion of the _____ with the ______ in the gift of the _______.
The son with the father in the gift of the Holy Spirit
It came from the design of God the Father, the redemptive mission of _____, and the sanctifying work of the ______.
the redemptive mission of Jesus, and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.
Design of God the Father: Old Testament
God’s people: The Israelites
The redemptive mission of Jesus: New Testament
God sent Jesus, the Promised savior.
Called and commissioned the twelve apostles
Jesus established the Church.
Work of the Holy Spirit: Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit strengthens and inspires the Church to engage in the ministry of Jesus Christ
God has willed to make men holy and save them, not as individuals without any bonds or link between them, but rather to make them into people who might acknowledge him and serve him in holiness.
People of God
The Church is the_______, as Christ is the head and founder of the Church. The relationship between the Church and Christ is the same as the relationship between the body and the head.
Body of Christ
The Holy Spirit vivifies the Church and gives it life, sustains its very existence, and inspires its actions.
Temple of the Holy Spirit
The words mean “The people of God called together, or an “assembly convoked by God.”
The words mean “The people of God called together, or an “assembly convoked by God.”
