Who Is The Church?

Matthew 16:18 (NLT)
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18
Now I say to you that you are Peter (which
means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the
powers of hell will not conquer it.

Here’s today’s principal,
“The Church is the hope of the
world.”

1.
The Church’s founder is the
_____________
______________

Matthew 16:13 (NLT)
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13
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea
Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man
is?”
Matthew 16:13
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17 (NLT)
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13
When Jesus came to the region of
Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the
Son of Man is?”
14
“Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist,
some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.”
15
Then he
asked them, “But who do you say I am?”
Matthew 16:16
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17 (NLT)
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16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17
Jesus replied, “You are blessed,
Simon son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to
you. Y
ou did not learn this from any human being.
Matthew 16:16
–
17 (NLT)
—
16
Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17
Jesus replied, “You are blessed,
Simon
son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to
you. You did not learn this from any human being.

2.
The Church’s foundation
is
______________________

3.
The Church’s
________________

4.
The Church’s focus is to reach a lost world,
to reach a
___________ __________.

Luke 5:30
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32 (NLT)
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30
But the Pharisees and their teachers of
religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat
and drink with such scum?”
31
Jesus answered them, “Healthy people
don’t need a doctor
—
sick people do.
32
I have come to call not those
who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and
need to repent.”
Matthew 28:18
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20 (NLT)
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18
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I
have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.
19
Therefore, go
and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
20
Teach these new disciples to
ob
ey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with
you always, even to the end of the age.”