What is the New Testament Definition of a Church

Robert · 08-04-2023, 05:19 PM

I want to encourage all to make Bible STudy on word ecclesia, crowd, multitude, Bride.
My way is to find all verses, read all of them in context. Then I can clearly see what Bible says and how God sees it.
Let's say I reject for a while such a word like "church" for sake of this study and take only real greek meaning, then I can be free from all concepts of degradated Christianity.
"So we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally mambers one of another." Rom 12:5
This is description of spiritual reality. We are spiritual. But it must have any expression in love. In acts. In daily life. That's it!
Why should I be bothered by any vision of global "church" or "body" or " one new man" if I, she or he can not be one!
It must be experienceable!
That is why I claim that Christians spend too much time on definitions of something closer unknown in context of already existing concepts or "churches".
Personally I do care only about fellowship in Holy Spirit. Day by day, with this or that brother or sister. I can not create or recreate anything which is out of us. It is we, who are ( or not) mambers connected to head.
Definition of gathered crowd is... people!
Just try to read all verses with "church" with replaced word " gathered called out". With strong imagination of real people which we know personally.
This is how I do, read and apply Word of God.

08-04-2023, 05:19 PM	#35
Robert Member Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 278	Re: What is the New Testament Definition of a Church I want to encourage all to make Bible STudy on word ecclesia, crowd, multitude, Bride. My way is to find all verses, read all of them in context. Then I can clearly see what Bible says and how God sees it. Let's say I reject for a while such a word like "church" for sake of this study and take only real greek meaning, then I can be free from all concepts of degradated Christianity. "So we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally mambers one of another." Rom 12:5 This is description of spiritual reality. We are spiritual. But it must have any expression in love. In acts. In daily life. That's it! Why should I be bothered by any vision of global "church" or "body" or " one new man" if I, she or he can not be one! It must be experienceable! That is why I claim that Christians spend too much time on definitions of something closer unknown in context of already existing concepts or "churches". Personally I do care only about fellowship in Holy Spirit. Day by day, with this or that brother or sister. I can not create or recreate anything which is out of us. It is we, who are ( or not) mambers connected to head. Definition of gathered crowd is... people! Just try to read all verses with "church" with replaced word " gathered called out". With strong imagination of real people which we know personally. This is how I do, read and apply Word of God.