1 / 14

Understanding the Kingdom & the Church: An Eternal Connection

Explore the significance of the relationship between the Church & the Kingdom in the New Testament. Learn how both are integral to God's eternal plan, different yet interconnected aspects of being part of His saved people.

jsandy
Download Presentation

Understanding the Kingdom & the Church: An Eternal Connection

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Church IS The Kingdom The New Testament Church (5)

  2. The Church IS The Kingdom Why is this important? Misunderstandings about the relationship between the church and kingdom. Some see the church as an afterthought. Such questions the omnipotence of God Premillenialism is founded upon a belief the kingdom is materialistic

  3. Why different terms? 2 different terms describe different aspects of being part of God’s saved Understand the kingdom is spiritual (cf. John 18:36-37, Luke 17:21, Romans 14:17) Jesus used many different terms to help explain a spiritual kingdom – i.e. parables

  4. Why different terms? Kingdom – demonstrates how we are citizens of His kingdom and subject to our King and His laws Church – we are the assembly of God’s people, called out of the world and called together in Him

  5. Beginnings Kingdom spoken of by Jesus as coming–Matthew 16:28, Mark 9:1 Church spoken of by Jesus as coming– Matthew 16:18-19, 18:15-18 Both – are part of God’s eternal plan The kingdom – Dan. 2:44, Joel 2:28-32 The church – Ephesians 3:20-21

  6. Beginnings The kingdom Acts 8:12, 19:8, 28:23; Colossians 1:132 Thess.1:5 Hebrews 12:28 The church Acts 2:47, 5:11, 20:28, Romans 16:16, Ephesians 1:22-23 A Christian enters the church and kingdom at the same time Both – after Acts 2 in existence

  7. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom He is Lord, reigningJohn 18:36-37 cf. Acts 17:7 The church Christ is head of the church, His body Ephesians 1:22-23Colossians 1:18 Christ is the Head

  8. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom Called into it1 Thess. 2:12 The church We are called into one body Colossians 3:15 (1:18) Our invitation -

  9. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom The gospel of the KingdomMatthew 24:14(4:23) Acts 8:12 The church The gospel which I preached 1 Corinthians 15:1-42 Corinthians 8:18Ephesians 3:6 What was preached?

  10. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom Born again, of water & SpiritJohn 3:3, 5 Acts 8:12 -both men and women were baptized The church Baptized into His body 1 Corinthians 12:12-13cf. Acts 2:38, 47baptized, added to the church Terms of admission?

  11. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom Fellow citizensEphesians 2:19-20,Colossians 1:13delivered from darkness (sin)i.e. the Saved! The church Household of God Ephesians 2:19-20 Ephesians 5:23 He is Savior of the body Who is in it?

  12. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom Cannot be shakenHebrews 12:28,Cf. Daniel 2:44 forever! The church The gates of Hades shall not prevail against it Matthew 16:18Ephesians 3:21 To Him be glory in the church…forever and ever How long will it endure?

  13. Qualities of the kingdom/church The kingdom Jesus would not drink until the kingdom Matthew 26:29 The church Communion with Christ 1 Corinthians 10:16,11:18-20come together as the church…Lord’s Supper Consider the Lord’s Supper

  14. IF you are in the kingdom, you are in the church!Are you?

More Related