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Dec 4, 2022 · 1. Promote and Teach God’s commands. The first role and importance of the Ekklesia is to promote and teach God’s commands (Matthew 28:19-20). This includes teaching about Jesus’ life and purpose as well as how to be a good witness for Him in following his teachings.
Nov 6, 2017 · Jesus was unstoppable! Jesus is the eternal Son of God who lived as the Ekklesia, as His redemptive agency, legislating heaven to earth, and He is calling us to do the same. Jesus does not want us to "settle" for just "doing church" but to be HIS Ekklesia, His called-out ones, who legislate heaven to earth, bringing His Kingdom everywhere.
The collective designation of Paul’s Christ groups as ekklēsiai can be seen on multiple levels to reflect imitative impulses relative to forms of dēmokratia that were extant not least within the political culture of poleis in the Greek East in which non-elites, especially non-civic associations, could wield influence over formal civic institutions and processes (e.g., boulē, ekklēsia).
Jan 2, 2021 · Jesus went only to the Jews. Jesus had not yet finished the work of Salvation--not until He said: *"It is finished." Therefore, the believers in John 18:32, supra, "shall know" in the future. Jesus gave the gospel of salvation to the twelve, including Paul.
The Greek term for “church” is ekklesia (found 114 times in the New Testament). In the New Testament context, the word is employed in four senses: It represents the body of Christ worldwide, over which the Lord functions as head (Mt. 16:18; Eph. 1:22; 1 Tim. 3:15). The expression can refer to God’s people in a given region (Acts 9:31, ASV ...
Apr 11, 2019 · The ekklesia (church) of Jesus Christ, the "called out" of God is called by some other names: 1. The Body. "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence" (Colossians 1:18, emp LS). "And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the ...
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4.4.4 Ekklesia as Jewish Sacred Space: Living Temple of God 246 4.4.5 Ekklesia as Jewish Sacred Space: SacredJewish Synagogue 250 4.4.6 Ekklesia as Jewish Sacred Space and Paul's Gentile Mission 256 4.4.7 Summary: Pauline Ekklesiai andJewish Ethno-Religious Identity 258 4.5 Conclusion: Chapter 4 259 5 Conclusion 263 Bibliography 265
