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INTRODUCTION: Building a room on Devaneys garage.
Need to know what this room is for, what is its purpose?
We need to identify what it will be.
So, to understand what it means to be the church is of utmost importance.
If we are to understand Hickman Community Church and its purpose we must identify the church according to God’s divine purpose.
There is a crisis of identity when it comes to the Church – What is it?
For many, the church is a building with stain-glassed windows and a steeple, which sits as an imposing structure of greatness, on a main street in the centre of town.
For others, the church is something you go to one day a week to fulfill your religious duty.
For others it is a place where you go for confession and cleansing at the hand of a priest or minister of religion.
It is the place where babies are christened, men and women get married and the dead are buried.
For others, the church is a mysterious thing, a mystical and religious entity that we should never try to understand.
We won’t find any of these definitions in the Bible.
Paul says the church was a mystery revealed:  Colossians 1:25-27*/"/**/Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God,/**/ /**/that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints,/**/ /**/to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory./**/"/*
So the church consists of those whom Christ dwells in – both Jews and Greeks.
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The word *church* is used some 114 times in the NT and is always a translation of the Greek word /ekklesia.
Ekklesia/ is a compound word of /ek/, “out” and /kaleo/, “to call or summon,” which together mean “called out.”
This is a good start to defining the church.
*Walk with me through some Scriptures that speak of the called: *
 
/Romans 1:6-7 "//among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; //to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
(Romans 1:6-7)/
/"//And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
(Romans 8:28)/
/"//and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified."
(Romans 8:30)/
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"even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles."
(Romans 9:24)
 
*/1 Corinthians 1:2,26 /**/ 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 upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: …/*
*/1 Corinthians 1:9/*/"//God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."/
/26/…*/for consider your calling brethren…./*
/"//I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;" (Galatians 1:6) /
/"//But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased" (Galatians 1:15) /
/"//This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you."
(Galatians 5:8) /
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/"//It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ."
(2 Thessalonians 2:14) /
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/"//For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance."
(Hebrews 9:15) /
 
/"//But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;" (1 Peter 2:9) /
/"//not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing."
(1 Peter 3:9)/
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So then as we consider how to identify the church from these verses alone we can see that the Church is people “the called” We are the Church.
Our very destiny is to be found in this community called the church.
We need to know who we are!
We need to see ourselves as God sees us not as we perceive we are.
It was the perceived reality and grandeur of the church that caused Paul to burst forth in praise to God – Paul understood what a glorious entity the church was and so was willing to endure prison and hardship for her sake .
How vital is the church in your life?
What vision of the church do you see?
What value does the church have to you?
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\\ *Turn to Ephesians 1:3-5 -READ*
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*Context~/ Background:*
 
Title: Church in the city of Ephesus, capital of the Roman province of Asia (Asia Minor, modern Turkey).
Author and Date: Apostle Paul (1:1; 3:1).
The letter was written from prison in Rome (Acts 28:16–31) sometime between a.d.
60–62 and is, therefore, often referred to as a prison epistle (along with Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon).
Background and Setting: Ephesus Located at the mouth of the Cayster River, on the east side of the Aegean Sea.
Best known for its magnificent temple of Artemis, or Diana, one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world.
It was also an important political, educational, and commercial center.
The fledgling church begun by Priscilla and Aquila was later firmly established by Paul on his third missionary journey (Acts 19) and was pastored by him for some 3 years.
After Paul left, Timothy pastored the congregation for perhaps a year and a half, primarily to counter the false teaching of a few influential men (such as Hymenaeus and Alexander), Thirty years or so later, Christ gave to the Apostle John a letter for this church indicating its people had left their first love for Him (Rev.
2:1–7).
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*Join me in Ephesian 1:3-5 where we will consider the God given identity of the Church.
We are going to see four (of eight) distinguishing marks of the church which define who and what we are to be.  \\ Proposition: You are going to see “Three Distinguishing Marks” of the church which define who and what you are to be.
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*The first distinctive mark of the church is that we are:*
 
*I.
**You are the Called to Blessing v. 3*
 IN this verse we see six aspects of blessing as Paul considers the awesome reality of the Church
a.
The blessed One: /The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ – /Blessed – /eulogeo/ = a message of praise and commendation – declaration of goodness
b.
The blesser: /God­/ – every spiritual blessing (James 1:17)
c.
The ones blessed: /believers/
d.
The extent of the blessing – /Ever /– total, complete, of a spiritual source
e.
The location of the blessing: /heavenly places/
f.
The agent of the blessing: /Christ Jesus/
 
So you are truly the blessed – Your calling has bought you into the immeasurable blessings of God grace.
*The second distinctive mark of the church is that we are:*
 
*II.
**You are the Called before Time: Chosen by God before time began.
The elect v. 4a*
 
*The author of our choosing is God*:  It is not of accidental existence, nor of the will of man, but it is sovereignly planned and predetermined.
The church *is not* those who by their own will and effort have got it together, for there in would be a boast of the greatness of man.
The church *is those* who by the will of God have been drawn together according to the kind intention of His will.
We exist then, not as a human organization but as the people of God, We exist by God, through God, and for God.
We are the building blocks that make up the church.
*The time of our choosing is *before the foundation of the world – literally “from *before time* began.”
*The nature of our choosing* is to be holy and blameless.
*/Ephesians 1:4b…that we should be holy and blameless before Him.
In love – NOTE: He did not choose us because we were holy…./*
Note: He did not call us because we were holy – He calls us to be holy…
Christians you have been called from the world to pursue holiness.
*Romans 12:2* says…do not be conformed to the pattern of the world.
This literally means to be squeezed into the mould of the world.
We are to be separate from the world.
Instead of trying to be as much like the world as we can without slipping over the mark we should be pursuing holiness and righteousness.
*/1 Timothy 6:11 But flee from these things, you man of God; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness./*
*/2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart./*
The bottom line for me is found in 1 John 2:15 which says, “Do not love the world, nor the things in the world.
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