2. Divine Identifications of the Lord’s Church

3. Plurality of descriptive phrases for the church:
Most common: the church
The Holy Spirit does not use one exclusive term for the Lord’s church.
Plurality of descriptive phrases for the church:

4. “The called out” of God and of Christ:
ekklesia: a gathering or assembling of people
Called by the gospel
(2 Thess. 2:13-14)
Called into the Son’s kingdom and light (Col. 1:13; 1 Pet. 2:9).
“The called out” of God and of Christ:

5. “The called out” of God and of Christ:
Church of God (1 Cor. 1:2; 11:22)
Church of Christ (Rom. 16:16; Matt. 16:18; Acts 20:28; Eph. 5:25-26)
Church of the firstborn (Heb. 12:23; John 3:3; Gal. 3:27)
“The called out” of God and of Christ:

6. The house and household of God:
Built to be a dwelling for God among His people (1 Pet. 2:5; 1 Tim. 3:15)
A temple or sanctuary for His Holiness (Eph. 2:21-22)
The house and household of God:

7. The house and household of God:
The church is God’s family (Eph. 2:19)
“The household of the faith” (Gal. 6:10)
Close union between the Father and His children (1 John 3:1; 2 Cor. 6:16, 18)
The house and household of God:

8. A joining and weaving of spiritual joints and ligaments with Christ and fellow members
The body subjects herself to her Head (Eph. 1:22-23; Col. 1:18)
The body of Christ:

9. In the body is peace with fellow heirs (Eph. 2:14-16; 3:6)
Knowledge of perfect love of the body’s Savior (Eph. 5:22-33)
Members learning to function together as a body (1 Cor. 12:12-27)
The body of Christ: