Sermon Series: Misunderstood Words
“Church”
if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. — 1 Timothy 3:15
- negative associations
- history of oppression
- division in the church
- 3 descriptions of church in the passage:
- Household of God – assembly of God, where God’s family is
- Church of the living God – even though God is omnipresent, church is the place to meet God (“where two or three gather in His name”), like seeing doctor in his office
- Pillar and bulwark of the truth – place of instrument for God’s Message
- we are like early adopter, where church is like beta version of Kingdom of God
