Nature of the Church: Importance of Proper ‘Church’ Concepts
Practically all church historians relate the development of the Papal system (Universal Bishop) with a much earlier “metropolitan system” and the diocesan concept of church government. Pragmatically, it is an enlarged concept of structure that demands an enlarged...
Two ‘Fellowships’
In 1 John 1 John describes his fellowship with God as one dependent upon his walking “in the light” of God’s truth. He had learned of Christ, first hand, and then wrote this truth for our benefit; so that we may have the same kind of fellowship he had, i.e.,...
The New Testament ‘Church’
When Paul wrote to the church in Philippi (4:15) he addressed “all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons” (l:1). Saints are “set apart” people, who have come “out of darkness into His marvelous light” ( 1 Peter 2:9), who belong...
What Did God ‘Establish’?
World scholars seem to agree that the church was established in Jerusalem, the first Pentecost after the resurrection of Christ. Acts 2 gives the record, and only a few with some creed to defend offer objection. But WHAT was established when the church was...
And They Will Be His People (October 6)
If God has a people, which He certainly does in Jesus Christ, it was not without purpose that He made them His people. God dwells with us in order that we may know Him -- and knowing Him, that we might experience the joy of living within His wisdom.