who are those that came out of the great tribulation????

[B-A-C]

The Tares seeds have always been tares, the wheat seeds has always been Wheat,

I've heard this before, and yet it seems some people change.

Matt 5:13; "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

Some people who were once salty, lose their flavor.

Matt 25:8; "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Some people that once had oil, ran out.

Rev 2:4; 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

Some people that once loved Jesus no longer do.

Rev 2:5; 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.

Some people that used to do good deeds no longer do.

Luke 8:13; "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

Some people believe for a while, and then fall away.

2Pet 2:20; For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2Pet 2:21; For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

Some people who have escaped the sin and defilements of the world, turn back to them.

 

[DieAmartyr]

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2. I've heard this before, and yet it seems some people change.
   
   Matt 5:13; "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
   
   Some people who were once salty, lose their flavor.
   
   Matt 25:8; "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
   
   Some people that once had oil, ran out.
   
   Rev 2:4; 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
   
   Some people that once loved Jesus no longer do.
   
   Rev 2:5; 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.
   
   Some people that used to do good deeds no longer do.
   
   Luke 8:13; "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.
   
   Some people believe for a while, and then fall away.
   
   2Pet 2:20; For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
   2Pet 2:21; For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.
   
   Some people who have escaped the sin and defilements of the world, turn back to them.

   That is the beauty of being human is that we change. The tricky part is that God does not change but if we are made in His image, why did He give us qualities that He Himself does not have? And another thing- how did Jesus Christ live for 33 years and not sin once? He makes it look so easy!

 

[PloughBoy]

I've heard this before, and yet it seems some people change.

Matt 5:13; "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

Some people who were once salty, lose their flavor.

Matt 25:8; "The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

Some people that once had oil, ran out.

Rev 2:4; 'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

Some people that once loved Jesus no longer do.

Rev 2:5; 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.

Some people that used to do good deeds no longer do.

Luke 8:13; "Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

Some people believe for a while, and then fall away.

2Pet 2:20; For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
2Pet 2:21; For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

Some people who have escaped the sin and defilements of the world, turn back to them.

That is one reason why we must "Love" everyone. You see there are goats that acts like sheep and there are sheep that acts like a goat. Most of the time, the true sheep might have had a bad shepherds, a unskilled shepherd, or just a hireling. And that true sheep from"birth" have not been fed healthy grain, the grain is mix with leaven and have been adulterated. Or have been wounded and butted, ran off by other bully or older sheep. And the Shepherd did not care or watch over 'The TRUE Sheep in the Flock. But nurtured the bully's and goats so well, they look like Healthy Sheep. And The True Sheep have wandered, stumble, fallin in pits, hid in caves, malnutrition, and been a prey, to a host of demons. They have never been guided to the True Shepherd of Their "SOULS" or learn The sound of HIS voice.

To me "Covid-19" is The very hand of GOD, Snatching His "True Children" out of These "Shepherds Churches", and Ezekiel's Prophecy is coming to hand.
and when you read "Ezekiel" you cannot miss these things that is coming to pass even "The Rapture"!

(Ezeliel 34).
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 3You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. 4You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 5So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. 6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

7“ ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.

11“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land.

Churches of today are making "healthy goats" and Powerful "Nominals Christians" and causing the real flock of GOD to be infested with "spiritual failures"! as been describe in the "Prophetic Books" specially revealed in "THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL" by GOD Himself.

"Nominal christians" are not GOD"S Sheep! They do not belong to the FLOCK of GOD, period. But the shepherds are taking care of Them and Dress them In Sheep Clothing. and Those goats contaminate and disease The Truth Sheep of GOD. Per se "The Holy Scriptures" The very words of GOD.

I do not know One "TRUE Child of GOD" who wants to live a evil lifestyle and break fellowship with GOD and Jesus the Son of The Living GOD! No True Child of GOD wants to Live in SIN! But they do not understand "Their FELLOWSHIP of Their surroundings in these churches is "Contaminating" them. Like the Word of GOD been telling them, They are having fellowship with demons! Their fellowship is mix with Leaven!

 

[DieAmartyr]

The "kingdom of heaven" is not exactly the same as heaven itself. The kingdom of heaven is more of a spiritual place that is within Christians.
Part of the kingdom of heaven is right here on earth. The true (3rd) heaven is where God the Father and Jesus are currently.

Remember Satan and the fallen angels were once in heaven. They were "kicked out". Although it seems Satan is able to visit from time to time.
It seems there was/will be a war in heaven at one point.

Rev 12:7; And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war,
Rev 12:8; and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
Rev 12:9; And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

Luke 10:18; And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

There are tares ( stumbling blocks ) in the kingdom of heaven. There are "bad fish" in the kingdom of heaven. They will be removed at some point.

Matt 13:24; Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Matt 13:25; "But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

Matt 13:40; "So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.
Matt 13:41; "The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
Matt 13:42; and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matt 13:47; "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;
Matt 13:48; and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.
Matt 13:49; "So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,
Matt 13:50; and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Once you physically die, you fate is set for all eternity. You will spend eternity with Jesus or in the Lake of Fire.

Heb 9:27; And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,

As far as "heaven" itself goes. There really isn't any verse in the Bible that says Christians actually go to heaven to stay and live forever.
There is a place called the New Jerusalem that will "come down out of heaven" where they will stay.

Rev 21:2; And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

So tares are people pretending to be Christians to try to come off as spiritual but are just weeds? I am not familiar with the term.

 

[DieAmartyr]

That is one reason why we must "Love" everyone. You see there are goats that acts like sheep and there are sheep that acts like a goat. Most of the time, the true sheep might have had a bad shepherds, a unskilled shepherd, or just a hireling. And that true sheep from"birth" have not been fed healthy grain, the grain is mix with leaven and have been adulterated. Or have been wounded and butted, ran off by other bully or older sheep. And the Shepherd did not care or watch over 'The TRUE Sheep in the Flock. But nurtured the bully's and goats so well, they look like Healthy Sheep. And The True Sheep have wandered, stumble, fallin in pits, hid in caves, malnutrition, and been a prey, to a host of demons. They have never been guided to the True Shepherd of Their "SOULS" or learn The sound of HIS voice.

To me "Covid-19" is The very hand of GOD, Snatching His "True Children" out of These "Shepherds Churches", and Ezekiel's Prophecy is coming to hand.
and when you read "Ezekiel" you cannot miss these things that is coming to pass even "The Rapture"!

(Ezeliel 34).
1The word of the Lord came to me: 2“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Woe to you shepherds of Israel who only take care of yourselves! Should not shepherds take care of the flock? 3You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with the wool and slaughter the choice animals, but you do not take care of the flock. 4You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally. 5So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild animals. 6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

7“ ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered and has become food for all the wild animals, and because my shepherds did not search for my flock but cared for themselves rather than for my flock, 9therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 10This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.

11“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. 12As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. 14I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land.

Churches of today are making "healthy goats" and Powerful "Nominals Christians" and causing the real flock of GOD to be infested with "spiritual failures"! as been describe in the "Prophetic Books" specially revealed in "THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL" by GOD Himself.

"Nominal christians" are not GOD"S Sheep! They do not belong to the FLOCK of GOD, period. But the shepherds are taking care of Them and Dress them In Sheep Clothing. and Those goats contaminate and disease The Truth Sheep of GOD. Per se "The Holy Scriptures" The very words of GOD.

I do not know One "TRUE Child of GOD" who wants to live a evil lifestyle and break fellowship with GOD and Jesus the Son of The Living GOD! No True Child of GOD wants to Live in SIN! But they do not understand "Their FELLOWSHIP of Their surroundings in these churches is "Contaminating" them. Like the Word of GOD been telling them, They are having fellowship with demons! Their fellowship is mix with Leaven!

So what is the True church? I have not found one church trying to prepare it's members for the Rapture and the last church I went to talked about obeying the government! The point he was making was to obey the government up to the point that it interfered with the word of God and then to listen to God above man but that sounds a little post Rapture to me. I was not happy with the sermon because to me this message was a given.

 

[PloughBoy]

So what is the True church? I have not found one church trying to prepare it's members for the Rapture and the last church I went to talked about obeying the government! The point he was making was to obey the government up to the point that it interfered with the word of God and then to listen to God above man but that sounds a little post Rapture to me. I was not happy with the sermon because to me this message was a given.

True Church is "The Body of Jesus Christ", "The congregation of Jesus", The invisible Spiritual people of GOD", People who have had a "Spiritual Birth" who Have been 'Born of HIS Spirit" those who has had a "Heavenly Birth" "Those who have become a "New Creature" than the creature they were, when they came out of their mother's womb. They are The "Temple of GOD", They have another Being living in them with them in their being. (Advocate). There is only One True Church, One body of Christ. and it consists of All nations all races and all colors all ages as ONE. The True Church does not consists of many churches that has come together. There is only "ONE Assembly of GOD" not many . You do not look for a church of GOD, you are The Church of GOD and HE dwells in you! You Look for like minded people "Birds of The same feathers flock together"

 

[DieAmartyr]

True Church is "The Body of Jesus Christ", "The congregation of Jesus", The invisible Spiritual people of GOD", People who have had a "Spiritual Birth" who Have been 'Born of HIS Spirit" those who has had a "Heavenly Birth" "Those who have become a "New Creature" than the creature they were, when they came out of their mother's womb. They are The "Temple of GOD", They have another Being living in them with them in their being. (Advocate). There is only One True Church, One body of Christ. and it consists of All nations all races and all colors all ages as ONE. The True Church does not consists of many churches that has come together. There is only "ONE Assembly of GOD" not many . You do not look for a church of GOD, you are The Church of GOD and HE dwells in you! You Look for like minded people "Birds of The same feathers flock together"

Thank you. There aren't any for everyone wears make-up and jewelry and brings things that belong to satan into the churches giving him legality there and it saddens me. I find a good church and then during worship they get on stage with an electric guitar and this should not be in worship music honestly. So I am having trouble finding a church where the people have enough respect to at least "Act" holy. I don't think we can find God in places where satan's property is. Then again aren't we born as satan's property since we are all sinners?

 

[PloughBoy]

Thank you. There aren't any for everyone wears make-up and jewelry and brings things that belong to satan into the churches giving him legality there and it saddens me. I find a good church and then during worship they get on stage with an electric guitar and this should not be in worship music honestly. So I am having trouble finding a church where the people have enough respect to at least "Act" holy. I don't think we can find God in places where satan's property is. Then again aren't we born as satan's property since we are all sinners?

Why would I true "Son of GOD" go looking for His Father in a institutional church" and feel the need to do so? Puzzles me. Some of us were purchase by the blood of Jesus the Christ and became bondslaves unto him and now he is our "lord" and Master"! Their are many who pretends and call him lord and call him master but does nothing he says. He will bring that to Light.

 

[DieAmartyr]

Why would I true "Son of GOD" go looking for His Father in a institutional church" and feel the need to do so? Puzzles me. Some of us were purchase by the blood of Jesus the Christ and became bondslaves unto him and now he is our "lord" and Master"! Their are many who pretends and call him lord and call him master but does nothing he says. He will bring that to Light.

So you don't attend a church? I don't think people who are searching for truth and love Jesus are " pretending" anything. I think some people are delusional and have visions of grandeur but most of them are on medication for it. Just because someone feels like they are a chosen Saint " hearing the voice of the Lord" does not mean they are. Theology will not save anyone.

 

[Dave M]

Why would I true "Son of GOD" go looking for His Father in a institutional church" and feel the need to do so? Puzzles me.

I go to church for many reasons, one is the bible says
Hebrews 10:25
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.


I go to worship God my father with other saints, as the bible says
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”


I go to church because Jesus died for me and the church, and what better place to help encourage each other and build each other up, I can not understand any son of God not wanting to go to church to worship with other saints. No church is going to be perfect because non of us are perfect, we all need to stop looking down on each-other and start pushing each other up cant do that alone.

Jesus himself was in the temple everyday with the Pharisees and we know they certainly were not perfect LOL yet Jesus called it his fathers house.

As a matter fact we are supposed to be able to endure evil and be patient and kind
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

 

[DieAmartyr]

I go to church for many reasons, one is the bible says
Hebrews 10:25
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.


I go to worship God my father with other saints, as the bible says
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”


I go to church because Jesus died for me and the church, and what better place to help encourage each other and build each other up, I can not understand any son of God not wanting to go to church to worship with other saints. No church is going to be perfect because non of us are perfect, we all need to stop looking down on each-other and start pushing each other up cant do that alone.

Jesus himself was in the temple everyday with the Pharisees and we know they certainly were not perfect LOL yet Jesus called it his fathers house.

As a matter fact we are supposed to be able to endure evil and be patient and kind
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

This is very true. I hope I did not come off rude. I just don't feel that though I am not a " Son of God" that it makes me a pretender or a fake Christian. Sure I have not been reading the Bible for very long and only recently really felt " on fire" for Christ's word, but my lack of Bible knowledge does not make me love Him any less than anyone else. I can only learn so much in a day but I am trying!

 

[Dave M]

This is very true. I hope I did not come off rude. I just don't feel that though I am not a " Son of God" that it makes me a pretender or a fake Christian. Sure I have not been reading the Bible for very long and only recently really felt " on fire" for Christ's word, but my lack of Bible knowledge does not make me love Him any less than anyone else. I can only learn so much in a day but I am trying!

you do not come off rude at all, you come off as some one who loves our Lord Jesus so we are family , Love seeing people on fire for Christ !!

 

[PloughBoy]

I go to church for many reasons, one is the bible says
Hebrews 10:25
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.


I go to worship God my father with other saints, as the bible says
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”


I go to church because Jesus died for me and the church, and what better place to help encourage each other and build each other up, I can not understand any son of God not wanting to go to church to worship with other saints. No church is going to be perfect because non of us are perfect, we all need to stop looking down on each-other and start pushing each other up cant do that alone.

Jesus himself was in the temple everyday with the Pharisees and we know they certainly were not perfect LOL yet Jesus called it his fathers house.

As a matter fact we are supposed to be able to endure evil and be patient and kind
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Do not forsake to assembly together, did not say nothing about going to a church building! Period. I can read. And I do believe i understand the culture of that time and the writer.
And Jesus was in the Temple courts. I do understand also the difference between a synagogue and "the structure of the Temple in Jerusalem" and its features and functions and for what purposes for over 40 years and don't have to look it up! But have at least over a 100 hours of intense study the purpose the details for each court and purpose even the "Tabernacle" since I am quite sure you have not been lazy in your "biblical studies" as well we should both be in agreement for there is only one truth of "Holy Scripture". And in this truth there is only one plain sense of biblical truth.

So if I am wrong, charge it to my reading the wrong Bible Translations and "Biblical Encyclopedias" "ISBE" and going to false Reformed Bible College and not my Head. And it is a Reason that we have become the "Temple" of GOD and There will no "Temple" in "The New Jerusalem"! And Jesus has never or the Apostles of GOD never told anyone to attended a "Circe"!

And if I have lead you astray in biblical Orthodox in anyway Biblically you have my apologies in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. "And may the LORD judge between me and you while we are away from one another" in Jesus name.

 

[DieAmartyr]

you do not come off rude at all, you come off as some one who loves our Lord Jesus so we are family , Love seeing people on fire for Christ !!

Thank you so much! That means so much to me!

 

[Dave M]

Do not forsake to assembly together, did not say nothing about going to a church building! Period. I can read. And I do believe i understand the culture of that time and the writer.
And Jesus was in the Temple courts. I do understand also the difference between a synagogue and "the structure of the Temple in Jerusalem" and its features and functions and for what purposes for over 40 years and don't have to look it up! But have at least over a 100 hours of intense study the purpose the details for each court and purpose even the "Tabernacle" since I am quite sure you have not been lazy in your "biblical studies" as well we should both be in agreement for there is only one truth of "Holy Scripture". And in this truth there is only one plain sense of biblical truth.

So if I am wrong, charge it to my reading the wrong Bible Translations and "Biblical Encyclopedias" "ISBE" and going to false Reformed Bible College and not my Head. And it is a Reason that we have become the "Temple" of GOD and There will no "Temple" in "The New Jerusalem"! And Jesus has never or the Apostles of GOD never told anyone to attended a "Circe"!

And if I have lead you astray in biblical Orthodox in anyway Biblically you have my apologies in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ. "And may the LORD judge between me and you while we are away from one another" in Jesus name.

nothing but Love you brother, keep that fire for the Lord. wish you lived close by me I would invite you to my church building where the saints gather o what a glorious time we have worshiping the father !

yes a few tares are present as they were in the times of the apostles also

 

[B-A-C]

The word church is in the New Testament 77 times. It appears in every letter that Paul wrote to the Gentiles, as well as Matthew, Acts, Hebrews, 3rd John, James and Revelation.
So what is the church? The body of Christ, which is made up of Christians, believers.

Eph 5:23; For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body.
Col 1:18; He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
Col 1:24; Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.

If you're not part of a church, you're not part of the body.
You need to be around other Christians.

Heb 10:25; not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

The church is an institution sanctioned by Jesus.

Matt 16:18; "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Peter wasn't the rock Jesus was speaking of here, if you read the previous passage, it was who Peter believed Jesus was "who do you say I am?"

Church is a place where Christians gather, it doesn't have to be a building (although a building is nice when weather is bad)

Acts 14:27; When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.

Sometimes churches were simply in someone's house.

Rom 16:5; also greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia.
Phm 1:2; and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

The Bible mentions the church in Rome, the church in Corinth, the church in Ephesus, the church in Collosae, the church in Thessalonia, and the church in Phillipi, as well as the churches in
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. Also Cenchrea and Antioch.

Eph 5:27; that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.
Eph 5:29; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church,
Eph 5:32; This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Sometimes the building is referred to as the house of God.

Matt 12:4; how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?
Heb 10:21; and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

 

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Acts 8:1; Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Acts 9:31; So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

Acts 11:26; and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

Acts 18:22; When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.

Acts 20:17; From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church.

Rom 16:1; I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;

1Cor 1:2; To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1Thes 1:1; Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.

Rev 2:1; "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this:
Rev 2:8; "And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this:
Rev 2:12; "And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this:
Rev 2:18; "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this:
Rev 3:1; "To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.
Rev 3:7; "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
Rev 3:14; "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

A church cannot be one person, a group of people make up a church.

Rom 12:5; so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
1Cor 12:12; For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
1Cor 12:18; But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.
1Cor 12:20; But now there are many members, but one body.

 

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G1577
ἐκκλησία
ekklēsia
ek-klay-see'-ah
From a compound of G1537 and a derivative of G2564; a calling out, that is, (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both): - assembly, church.
Total KJV occurrences: 115

 

[DieAmartyr]

nothing but Love you brother, keep that fire for the Lord. wish you lived close by me I would invite you to my church building wear the saints gather o what a glorious time we have worshiping the father !

yes a few tares are present as they were in the times of the apostles also

We do not know who they are yet because they have not been tested or shed their blood for Jesus. We will not know this until it happens but they will be tortured for 10 days before they are beheaded. This we know. They will face horrors no one has ever seen and make Job look like a slap on the hand.

 

[PloughBoy]

I think so people donot relize there were english "Bibles" and Manuscripts" before 1611. the Geneva, The Bishop Bible, The Great Bible, The Coverdale, The Tyndale,

is it not amazings , Milions got saved under them, and the word "Church" is not recorded in any one of the "English" translation speaking bibles.

I am not fighting anyone, but in presuit of The "truth"!

Edification only.

The Mysterious Word "Church" | Bein' a Berean