The C.h.u.r.c.h.

Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it....

The 1st time that the word Church is used is found here in this Scripture.......

2 Tim 2:15.... Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth...

This Morning we’ve entitled our Message The CHurch

What is the Church?,

How does God Look at The Church?

What does God expect of The Church?

We are The Church Those of Us sitting here right now although the church is comprised of Denominations ; The Church is not A Denomination by Denomination i mean Baptist, Protestant, Adventist, Catholic or seventh day Adventist , No my Friend The Church is what Jesus was referring to in

Matt 16:16.... the Church are those People that Declare And Stand on The truth That Jesus is the Son of God The Savior , Messiah and soon coming King and Jesus Calls The Group of People The Church....

What i would like to do this Morning is Take the Word Church and define The Church by using The word Church as an Acronym are you ready..

C. Called out Ones , the word church That Jesus uses is the Greek word G1577 ekklesia .. ek-kla-se'-ä and it Means Called out or Called Forth ... Called out or Called forth,

The Church are Those who have responded to the Invitation to Salvation, Called out of A Life of Unholiness,Darkness and Called to reach a lost and Dying World... as the Called Out Ones ; we have a responsibility to Live Holy Lives separated from Sin, abstain from every appearance of Evil, and not give the Enemy an opportunity to Mock God

1 Peter 1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;Be ye Holy for I am Holy,

Rom 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Eph 5:8-12 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret..

Called forth , we are called to go Forward; Forward and do What? Soul Snatching “ Win Souls” proclaim The Good News of Salvation to whosoever will

Jesus Said Mk 16:15... Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. And add to the Church those who will say Yes to Gods Amazing Gracious call To Salvation...The Church we Gods People are Ambassadors

2 Cor 5:20... Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. As The Church we should be Leading People to The Lord.. Evangelism is everyone’s Calling ( Turn and tell your Neighbor “ You’re An Evangelist”

Its one of our Victory Outreach Int. Core Values

Its our CAUSE Its what We Were Born For... The Cause is the army of the Lord. We are an army with a mission that God has given us to reach the world. We are a mighty army set aside to do battle against the powers of darkness through obedience and loyalty.

Called to Worship.... Rom 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

H. Holy Ghost Hospital ... The Churches Mission Statement is found in Lk 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised....

The Church is A Place where where we can find Healing and where others can come to receive Healing from their Broken Hearts , How many came to God with A Broken Heart “ I Did” tried to drown it with drugs, Alcohol, Anger, Promiscuity ...

The church is A Place where People that want to be healed and delivered can “Stretch out Their Withered Hand” To begin to move in The Impossible to begin to operate in The Supernatural..

What about the Homeless we’ve been accused of not feeding The Homeless my response was “were not a Homeless Ministry where we feed them once a week.... No we go a step further and and take them into our Recovery Homes and Feed Them every Day, House Them, Clothe and Counsel them and watch God restore Them”