What does the title “the Holy Christian Church,
the Communion of Saints” tell us about the
people who belong to this Church?
Who belongs to the holy Christian Church?
Acts 5:14
Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were
added to their number.
everyone in the world who
Who belongs to the holy Christian Church?
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those
sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those
everywhere who call on the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours… believes in
Jesus
everyone in the world who
Key Point #1
The holy Christian Church is everyone in the world who
believes in Jesus as the Savior.
Why are the members of this Church called holy and saints?
Ephesians 5:25-27Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up
for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing
with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy
and blameless.holy
all sins awayJesus took
&
Why are the members of this Church called holy and saints?
Romans 1:7
To all in Rome who are loved by God and
called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our
Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
saintholy
all sins awayJesus took
&
Key Point #2
All believers everywhere in the world are called holy and
saints because Jesus took away all their sins.
Why is this Church called the Christian church?
1 Corinthians 3:11
For no one can lay any foundation
other than the one already laid, which
is Jesus Christ.
Christian
Christ
faith
the hope of every member is
Why is this Church called the Christian church?
1 Timothy 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our
hope…
founded on Christ
Christian
Christ
faith
the hope of every member is
Key Point #3The Church of all believers everywhere in the world is
called Christian because the hope of every member is
founded on Christ.
Why is this Church called a communion of saints?
Romans 12:5
…so in Christ we who are many form one body,
and each member belongs to all the others. we all belong to
Communion
Why is this Church called a communion of saints?
Ephesians 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the
church, his body, of which he is the
Savior.one body
Communion
we all belong to
Christ
believers
Key Point #4All believers everywhere in
the world are called a communion of saints
because we all belong to one body and have Christ as our
head.
Why is God the only one who knows the members of the holy Christian Church?
Luke 17:20-21
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would
come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful
observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of
God is within you.”
Invisible Church =
only God
Why is God the only one who knows the members of the holy Christian Church?
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider
his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not
look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but
the LORD looks at the heart.”
knows its members
(communion of saints)
Holy Christian ChurchInvisible Church =
only God
Key Point #5Only God knows who the members of this Church
are because he alone knows those who have
faith in their hearts.
List several things that are wrong with this statement: “All
people who go to church on Sunday are members of the holy
Christian Church.”
Another student in your class says, “The way we use the word communion
has me confused. Today we spoke about the communion of saints, but we also talk about Holy Communion. I’m all mixed up.” How would you explain the two terms to help him understand why we use the word communion to
talk about two different things?
Lesson 40
The holy Christian Church and the communion of saints are the same group of people that includes all who are united by faith in Christ.
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