The Summation of All Things in Christ

Studies in Ephesians with a Local Church Emphasis

Lesson 119 : The Doctrine of the Church in Ephesians (5:22-33)

PAUL TO THE CHURCHES – ECCLESIA – ADMITTED BIAS – THE FIRST CENTURY ECCLESIA – DID THE NT USE ‘ECCLESIA’ TO MERELY REFER TO THOSE ‘CALLED OUT’? – HOW WAS ECCLESIA USED – ECCLESIA WAS A COMMON WORD – THE SECULAR ECCLESIA – THE WORD ‘CHURCH’ IS A SUBSTITUTION, NOT A TRANSLATION – WHAT IS OUR CHURCH’S POSITION? – WHAT IS PAUL SAYING IN EPHESIANS 5? – WHAT ABOUT v. 27, THE ‘CHURCH IN GLORY’? – WHAT ARE THE REAL ISSUES? – PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS – CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS NOT MAGIC – WE NEED TO ATTEND CHURCH