The Christian church is a collection of believers. The church began 50 days after Jesus’s resurrection. Worship in the first-century church looked a lot like it does today. We explain 3 things the local church does.
00:00 – INTRODUCTIONS
0:39 – THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IS A COLLECTION OF BELIEVERS
1:33 – THE CHURCH IS DIVIDED INTO UNIVERSAL & LOCAL CHURCH
1:56 – THE ONE UNIVERSAL CHURCH CONSISTS OF ONLY TRUE BELIEVERS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
2:56 – THE “LOCAL CHURCHES” THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAVE BOTH BELIEVERS AND NON-CHRISTIANS.
3:51 – THE CHURCH ORIGINATED 50 DAYS AFTER JESUS’S RESURRECTION (PENTECOST) WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO JESUS’S DISCIPLES (ACTS 2)!
5:04 – THE EARLY CHURCH
6:22 – THE LOCAL CHURCH TODAY HAS THREE PURPOSES
- Worshipping God
- Discipling fellow Christians
- Evangelizing & serving the world around us
7:24 – WORSHIP MEANS GIVING GOD THE SUPREME WORTH THAT HE ALONE DESERVES EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR CORPORATELY
8:04 – PRAYER
8:57 – TEACHING/ PREACHING
9:44 – DISCIPLESHIP
10:31 – THE PROTESTANT CHURCH PRACTICES TWO ORDINANCES (SACRAMENTS): BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER
11:57 – EVANGELISM
12:38 – FELLOWSHIP
13:33 – SERVING
14:31 – THE BIBLE CALLS THE CHURCH THE “BODY OF CHRIST.”
15:09 – THE “BODY OF CHRIST” HAS MANY DIFFERENT PARTS. THESE ARE THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES EVERY CHRISTIAN
16:23 – EVERY CHRISTIAN PLAYS A PART IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. YOU NEED TO ACTIVELY TEAM WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS IN THE CHURCH AS A MEMBER.
17:17 – WHAT’S YOUR NEXT STEP?
- READ ACTS 2 ABOUT THE EARLY CHURCH OR READ 1 CORINTHIANS 12 THAT TALKS ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS.
- BECOME A REGULAR MEMBER OF A CHURCH
19:36 THANK YOU AND CLOSE
