Church: Definition Of (Physical)
Place of worship
Church: Names Of, Called
COURTS,
Psa 65:4; 84:2, 10; 92:13; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; Isa 1:12; 62:9; Zec 3:7;
HOUSE OF GOD,
Gen 28:17, 22; Jos 9:23; Jdg 18:31; 20:18, 26; 21:2; 1Ch 9:11; 24:5; 2Ch 5:14; 22:12; 24:13; 33:7; 36:19; Ezr 5:8, 15; 7:20, 23; Neh 6:10; 11:11; 13:11; Psa 42:4; 52:8; 55:14; 84:10; Ecc 5:1; Isa 2:3; Hsa 9:8; Joe 1:16; Mic 4:2; Zec 7:2; Mat 12:4; 1Ti 3:15; Hbr 10:21; 1Pe 4:17;
HOUSE OF THE LORD,
Exd 23:19; 34:26; Deu 23:18; Jos 6:24; Jdg 19:18; 1Sa 1:7, 24; 2Sa 12:20; 1Ki 3:1; 6:37; 7:40; 8:10, 63; 10:5; 2Ki 11:3, 4, 15, 18, 19; 12:4, 9, 10, 13, 16; 16:18; 20:8; 23:2, 7, 11; 25:9; 1Ch 6:31; 22:1, 11, 14; 23:4; 26:12; 2Ch 8:16; 26:21; 29:5, 15; 33:15; 34:15; 36:14; Ezr 7:27; Psa 23:6; 27:4; 92:13; 116:19; 118:26; 122:1, 9; 134:1; Isa 2:2; 37:14; Jer 17:26; 20:1, 2; 26:2, 7; 28:1, 5; 29:26; 35:2; 36:5, 6; 38:14; 41:5; 51:51; Lam 2:7; Eze 44:4; Hag 1:2; Zec 8:9;
SANCTUARY,
Exd 25:8; Lev 19:30; 21:12; Num 3:28; 4:12; 7:9; 8:19; 10:21; 18:1, 5; 19:20; 1Ch 9:29; 22:19; 24:5; 28:10; 2Ch 20:8; 26:18; 29:21; 30:8, 19; Neh 10:39; Psa 20:2; 28:2; 63:2; 68:24; 73:17; 74:3, 7; 77:13; 78:69; 150:1; Isa 16:12; 63:18; Lam 2:7, 20; 4:1; Eze 5:11; 42:20; 44:5, 27; 45:3; 48:8, 21; Dan 8:11, 13, 14; 9:17, 26; 11:31; Hbr 8:2; 9:1, 2;
HOUSE OF PRAYER,
TABERNACLE,
Exd 26:1; Lev 26:11; Jos 22:19; Psa 15:1; 61:4; 76:2; Hbr 8:2, 5; 9:2, 11; Rev 13:6; 21:3;
TEMPLE,
1Sa 1:9; 3:3; 2Ki 11:10, 13; Ezr 4:1; Psa 5:7; 11:4; 27:4; 29:9; 48:9; 68:29; Isa 6:1; Mal 3:1; Mat 4:5; 23:16; Luk 18:10; 24:53;
ZION,
Psa 9:11; 48:11; 74:2; 132:13; 137:1; Isa 35:10; Jer 31:6; 50:5; Joe 2:1, 15;
HOLY PLACE,
Exd 28:29; 38:24; Lev 6:16; 10:17; 14:13; 16:2-24; Jos 5:15; 1Ki 8:8; 1Ch 23:32; 2Ch 29:5; 30:27; 35:5; Ezr 9:8; Psa 24:3; 46:4; 68:17; Ecc 8:10; Isa 57:15; Eze 41:4; 42:13; 45:4; Mat 24:15; Act 6:13; 21:28; Hbr 9:12, 25;
HOLY TEMPLE,
Psa 5:7; 11:4; 65:4; 79:1; 138:2; Jon 2:4, 7; Mic 1:2; Hab 2:20; Eph 2:21; 3:17;
MY FATHER'S HOUSE,
Church: Holy
Exd 30:26-29; 40:9; Lev 8:10, 11; 16:13; 19:30; 21:12; Num 7:1; 1Ki 9:3; 1Ch 29:3; 2Ch 3:8; Isa 64:11; Eze 23:39; 1Cr 3:17
Church: Edifices
See SYNAGOGUE; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE.
Church: Definition Of (Spiritual)
The collective body of believers
Church: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics
Called in the O.T.(KJV and others),
THE CONGREGATION,
Exd 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14.
Called in the N.T.
(KJV, but CONGREGATION earlier in Tyndale's translation),
CHURCH,
Mat 16:18; 18:17; Act 2:47; 1Cr 11:18; 14:19, 23, 28, 33, 34; 15:9; Gal 1:13.
Called also:
ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS,
ASSEMBLY OF THE UPRIGHT,
BODY OF CHRIST,
BRANCH OF GOD'S PLANTING,
BRIDE OF CHRIST,
CHURCH OF GOD,
CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD,
CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN,
CITY OF THE LIVING GOD,
CONGREGATION OF SAINTS,
CONGREGATION OF THE LORD'S POOR,
DOVE,
FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH,
FLOCK OF GOD,
FOLD OF CHRIST,
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRSTBORN (people),
GOLDEN CANDLESTICK (lampstand),
GOD'S BUILDING,
GOD'S HUSBANDRY (farm),
GOD'S HERITAGE,
HABITATION OF GOD,
HEAVENLY JERUSALEM,
HOLY CITY,
HOLY MOUNTAIN,
HOLY HILL,
HOUSE OF GOD,
THE GOD OF JACOB,
HOUSE OF CHRIST,
HOUSEHOLD OF GOD,
INHERITANCE,
ISRAEL OF GOD,
KING'S DAUGHTER,
KINGDOM OF GOD,
Mat 6:33; 12:28; 19:24; 21:31;
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN,
Mat 3:2; 4:17; 10:7; 5:3, 10, 19, 20;
HIS KINGDOM,
Psa 103:19; 145:12; Mat 16:28; Luk 1:33;
MY KINGDOM,
THY KINGDOM,
Psa 45:6; 145:11, 13; Mat 6:10; Luk 23:42;
LAMB'S BRIDE,
LAMB'S WIFE,
LOT OF GOD'S INHERITANCE,
MOUNT ZION,
MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE,
NEW JERUSALEM,
PILLAR AND GROUND OF THE TRUTH,
PLACE OF GOD'S THRONE,
PLEASANT PORTION,
SANCTUARY OF GOD,
SISTER OF CHRIST,
SPIRITUAL HOUSE,
SPOUSE OF CHRIST,
STRENGTH AND GLORY OF GOD,
SOUGHT OUT, A CITY NOT FORSAKEN,
THE LORD'S PORTION,
TEMPLE OF GOD,
TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD,
VINEYARD,
Christ's love for,
Jhn 10:8, 11, 12; Eph 5:25-32; Rev 3:9.
Loved by believers,
Psa 87:7; 137:5; 1Cr 12:25; 1Th 4:9;
is prayed for,
dear to God,
safe under his care,
salt and light of the world,
Militant,
Sgs 6:10; Phl 2:25; 2Ti 2:3; 4:7; Phm 1:2.
God defends,
Psa 89:18; Isa 4:5; 49:25; Mat 16:18.
God provides ministers for,
Is glorious,
Is clothed in righteousness,
Believers continually added to, by the Lord,
Unity of,
Rom 12:5; 1Cr 10:17; 12:12; Gal 3:28; Eph 4:4.
Privileges of,
Worship of, to be attended,
Harmonious fellowship of,
Psa 133; Jhn 13:34; Act 4:32; Phl 1:4; 2:1; 1Jo 3; 4.
Divisions in, to be shunned,
Baptized (immersed) into by one Spirit,
Ministers commanded to feed,
Is edified by the word,
Rom 12:6; 1Cr 14:4, 13; Eph 4:15, 16; Col 3:16.
The wicked persecute,
Not to be despised,
Defiling of, will be punished,
Extent of, predicted,
Isa 2:2; Eze 17:2; Dan 2:34, 35.
See ECCLESIASTICISM; JESUS, KINGDOM OF; MINISTERS; USURPATION, IN ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS.
Church: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Deu 32:9; Psa 2:6; 9:11, 14; 14:7; 20:2; 46:4, 5; 48:1, 2, 11-13; 50:2; 51:18; 53:6; 65:1; 69:35, 36; 74:2; 84:1-10; 87:1-6; 99:2; 102:13, 14, 16, 19-21; 110:2; 111:1; 114:2; 125:1; 126:1, 2; 129:5; 132:13-16; 133:1-3; 134:1-3; 137:1-6; 149:2; Isa 1:8, 27; 2:3; 4:2-6; 12:6; 14:32; 24:23; 27:2, 3; 28:5, 16; 31:4, 5; 33:5, 14, 20-24; 35:1-10; 40:9-11; 43:1-7, 21, 25; 44:23; 49:14-17; 52:1, 2, 7-12; 59:20; 60:1-6, 19-21; 61:1-3; 62:1, 3, 11, 12; 66:8, 18; Jer 3:14, 15; 12:10; 13:11; 31:6, 7, 12, 23; 33:9; 43:7; Joe 2:1, 15-17; Zec 8:3; Mat 13:24; 16:18; Act 7:38; 20:28; 1Cr 3:9; 12:28; 15:9; 2Cr 8:1; Eph 1:22, 23; 2:21, 22; 3:15, 21; 5:23-27, 29; Col 1:24; 1Ti 3:14, 15; Hbr 3:6; 12:22, 23; 1Pe 2:5; Rev 1:20; 21:2, 11, 23
Church: Backslidden
Psa 12:1; 80:1-19; Isa 1:2-27; 17:9-11; 43:22-28; Jer 2:5-34; 3:1-25; 8:5-22; 9:1-3; 10:19-22; 18:11-17; 50:4-7; Eze 2:3-5; 5:5-17; 16:23; Hsa 2; 4; 6; Joe 2; Amo 6; Mat 21:33-46; Mar 12:1-12; Luk 13:6-9; Rev 2:1-6, 12-25; 3:1-4, 14-20
Backslidings of Israel.
See sub-topic BACKSLIDING OF ISRAEL, under BACKSLIDERS;
See CORRUPTION IN, below; BACKSLIDERS.
Church: Beneficence Of
See BENEFICENCE; GIVING; LIBERALITY.
Church: Christ, Head Of
Psa 118:22, 23; Isa 33:22; 55:4; Mat 12:6, 8; 21:42, 43; 23:8, 10; Mar 2:28; 12:10; Luk 6:5; 20:17, 18; Jhn 13:13; 15:1-8; Act 2:36; Rom 8:29; 9:5; 1Cr 3:11; 11:3; 12:5; Eph 1:10, 22, 23; 2:20-22; 4:15; 5:23-32; Col 1:13, 18; 2:10, 19; 3:11; Hbr 3:3, 6; 1Pe 2:7; Rev 1:13; 2:1, 9, 12, 13, 18, 19; 3:1, 7; 5:6; 21:22, 23; 22:16
Church: Christian, Divinely Established
Church: Corruption In
Hsa 4:9; Mic 3:1-4, 9, 11; Mat 21:33-41, 45; 23:2-7, 13-33; 26:14-16, 59-68; Mar 12:1-12; 14:10, 11; Luk 22:3-6
Church: Design Of
Church: Duty Of, to Ministers
1Cr 16:10, 11; Phl 2:29; 4:10-18; 1Th 5:12, 13; 1Ti 5:17; Hbr 13:7, 17
See MINISTERS
Church: Government Of, Mosaic and Christian
Deu 17:8-13; Mat 16:19; Luk 9:46-48; 22:24-30; Jhn 20:23; Act 1:15, 23-26; 6:2, 3, 5, 6; 11:22, 29, 30; 13:1, 3, 5; 14:23; 15:1-31; 16:4, 5; 20:17, 28; 1Cr 7:17; 11:2, 33, 34; 12:5, 28; 14:26, 33, 40; 16:3, 16; 2Cr 2:2-11; Gal 2:9, 10; Eph 4:11, 12; Phl 1:1; 1Ti 3:1-13; 4:14; 5:1, 22; 2Ti 1:6; Tts 1:5; Hbr 13:17, 24; Jam 5:14, 15; 1Pe 5:1-3; 3Jo 1:9, 10; Jud 1:22, 23
Church: Rules of Discipline In, Mosaic and Christian
Gen 17:14; Exd 12:15; 30:33, 37, 38; Lev 7:27; 17:8, 9; 19:5-8; 20:18; 22:3; Num 9:13; 15:31; 19:13, 20; Deu 13:12-18; 17:2-13; 19:16-21; 21:1-9, 18-21; 22:13-29; Ezr 10:1-44; Mat 16:19; 18:15-18; Jhn 9:22, 34, 35; 16:2; 20:23; Rom 14:1; 15:1-3; 16:17; 1Cr 4:19, 21; 5:1, 2, 4-7, 11-13; 16:22; 2Cr 2:6-8, 10, 11; 6:14, 15; 7:8; 10:1-11; 13:1, 2, 10; Gal 5:10, 12; 6:1; 1Th 5:14; 2Th 3:6, 14, 15; 1Ti 1:19, 20; 5:1, 2, 19, 20; 6:3-5; 2Ti 4:2; Tts 1:13; 2:15; 3:10, 11; 2Jo 1:10, 11; Jud 1:22, 23; Rev 22:19
Church: Love For
Psa 102:14; 122:6, 9; 128:5, 6; 137:1-6; Isa 22:4; 58:12; 62:1, 6, 7; 66:10, 13, 14; Jer 9:1; 14:17; 51:50, 51; Lam 2:11; 3:48-51
Church: Membership In
Isa 44:5; Eze 44:6, 7, 9; Mat 12:50; 19:14; Mar 10:14; Luk 18:16; Jhn 15:5, 6; Act 2:41, 47; 4:4; 5:14; 9:35, 42; 11:21; Rom 12:4, 5; 1Cr 3:11-15; 12:12-28; Eph 4:25; 5:30; Phl 4:3; Rev 21:27
Church: Prophecies concerning Prosperity Of
Gen 12:3; 49:10; Deu 32:21; Psa 2:8; 22:27-31; 46:4, 10; 65:2; 66:4; 68:31, 32; 69:35, 36; 72:1-20; 85:10-12; 86:9; 87:4; 89:1-37; 96:1-13; 102:13-16, 18-22; 110:1-7; 113:3; 118:24; 126:5, 6; 132:15-17; 138:4, 5; 145:10, 11; Isa 2:2-5; 4:2, 3, 5, 6; 9:1-7; 11:1-10; 18:7; 19:24, 25; 23:17, 18; 24:16; 25:6-8; 29:18-24; 30:20; 32:1-20; 33:5, 13-24; 35:1-10; 40:4-11; 41:17-20; 42:1-12; 44:3-5; 45:6, 8, 14, 23, 24; 46:12, 13; 49:6-12, 18-23; 51:3-16; 52:1-15; 53:10-12; 54:1-17; 55:1-13; 56:3-8; 59:19-21; 60:1-22; 61:1-11; 62:1-12; 65:1-25; 66:7-23; Jer 3:17; 4:2; 16:19-21; 31:7-9, 34; 33:22; Eze 17:22-24; 34:23-31; 47:1-12; Dan 2:35, 44, 45; 7:13, 14, 18, 22, 27; 12:1-13; Joe 2:26-32; 3:18; Amo 9:11, 12; Mic 4:1-7; 5:2-15; Hab 2:14; Zep 2:11; 3:9-20; Hag 2:7-9; Zec 2:10, 11; 6:15; 8:20-23; 9:1, 9-17; 14:8-21; Mal 1:11; Mat 8:11; 11:5, 11; 13:16, 17, 31-33; 16:18; Mar 4:26-32; Luk 7:22; Jhn 8:35; 10:16; Act 2:16-21; Rom 1:5-7; 1Cr 15:24-28; Eph 1:10; Hbr 12:23, 24, 27, 28; Rev 5:10, 13, 14; 11:15; 12:10; 15:4; 20:4-6; 21:9-27; 22:1-5
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