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The Bible uses many metaphors to describe his Church: the Body of Christ, the bride of Christ, the family of God, and the Temple of God. All of these metaphors describe attributes of a group of people who are unified by their belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.

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What is fellowship?

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Bible Study Course Lesson 10 What Is the Church?
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Bible Study Course Lesson 10: What Is the Church?

Course Content

What does the Bible mean when it talks about the Church?
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Points to Ponder

The following questions are intended as a study aid, to spur further thought on the concepts discussed in this lesson and help you apply them personally.
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Living As Lights in the World

God expects us to be examples to the people of the world.
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Points to Ponder

The following questions are intended as a study aid to spur further thought on the concepts discussed in this lesson and help you personally apply them.
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What Now?

Is God calling you to His Church, to participate in its important work?
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How Is the Work of the Church Supported?

Today God's truth continues to go out free of charge to those who request it. Let's look at the biblical example for financing the work of preaching and publishing the good news.
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God's Church Welcomes You

God makes people from all races and ages and from both sexes as one body of believers. We fellowship as the family of God. But how does this godly fellowship begin?
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God's Church Is Like a Loving Mother

God's love is like a mother's love for her children, but God's love goes much deeper. God's true Church conducts herself as a caring mother toward her children.
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What Did the Early Church Believe and Practice?

Shouldn't you look into your Bible to see if your beliefs and practices square with what Jesus and His apostles practiced and taught?
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The Historical Background of the Word Church

Church is the English translation of the Greek word ekklesia. The use of the Greek term prior to the emergence of the Christian church is important as two streams of meaning flow from the history of its usage into the...
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Recognizing the Church

Today, with so many churches professing Christianity while teaching widely divergent doctrines, how can we recognize the Church? What are the hallmarks of God's Church? What does it teach? What does it do?
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The Bride of Christ

The Bible shows that God's Church is to be the Bride of Christ. Let's see what that means both now and in the future.
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The Body of Christ

The Bible uses several analogies to teach us about God's Church—how it is organized, how it works and how we should relate to the Church and each other. One of these compares the Church with something close at hand—our amazing...
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Why The Church?

For many people a church is mostly a social club or a place to be seen as an upstanding member of the community. But God had a bigger purpose in mind for His called-out people. We can have a role...
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A Chosen People

God has a plan for bringing mankind to salvation in His Kingdom. Since His creation of Adam and Eve, God has worked with people in various ways but always with the same goal in mind.
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The Church Is Not The Building

When the New Testament talks about the Church, it speaks of an assembly of people.
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A Reminder

To gain the most from this lesson, be sure to look up all the scriptural references listed and not directly quoted in the text.
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Introduction

What are the roots, the history, of the Church? What sets apart people whom God calls His own? How does God use the Church to achieve His purposes? What does the Church do for you, and what should its members...
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Love is the Basis of God's Relationship

God demonstrates His love through His many promises that relate to our receiving salvation and eternal life.
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