STANDING IN THE GAP FOR THE CHURCH

Forty days of focussed prayer and fasting 20 June – 29 July

FAITH FOR A CHURCH, FAITH FOR A CITY

2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Eph:20-23 All this energy issues from Christ; God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ's body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.
'Thy Kingdom Come Thy Will be Done'

Sunday 24 June 2007

Devotion - Day 5

The Church. OT and NT Terminology

When Christ came and established the Church, the Church became all that Israel was to be, so much so that the exact same terminology is used of the Church in the New Testament as was used of the Church in the Old Testament.
Notice the following chart:

TERM USED ------- O.T. CHURCH ------ N.T. CHURCH
A Chosen People ---- Deut. 10:15 ---------- I Peter 2:9
A Holy Nation ------ Exodus 19:6 ---------- I Peter 2:9
The People of God -- Psalm 100:3 ---------- II Cor. 6:16
A Priesthood ------- Exodus 19:6 ---------- I Peter 2:9
God’s Treasure ----- Exodus 19:5 ---------- Matt. 13:44
The Bride or Wife -- Isaiah 54:6; 62:5 ----- II Cor 11:2-3
God’s Vineyard ----- Isaiah 5:7 ----------- Matt. 20:1; I Cor. 3:9
God’s Inheritance -- Isaiah 19:25 ---------- I Peter 5:3
Israel --------------- Isaiah 44:6 ---------- Gal. 6:16
God’s Flock -------- Jer. 23:3 ------------- I Peter 5:2
A House ------------ Ezek. 18:31 ---------- I Tim. 3:15
A Light ------------ Isaiah 60:1,3 -------- Matt. 5:14
God’s Witness ------ Isaiah 43:10 --------- Acts 1:8
A Church ----------- Acts 7:38 ------------ Gal. 1:13

The great mystery hidden for ages but preached by the apostles in the New Testament was that the Jew and the Gentile were now made one (Eph. 2:14; 3:5-6), in one body and one building. This building is built upon the foundation laid by the Old Testament prophets and the New Testament apostles, Jesus Christ being the Chief Cornerstone (Eph. 2:20-22). The old and new were built into one habitation of God through the Spirit.

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