Church notes
- ekklēsia used not necessarily of the NT church
- Ac 7:38; 19:32, 39, 41; 20:28 (alludes to Ps 74:2); Heb 2:12 (cites Ps 22:22); Heb 12:23
- synagōgē used of the church
- Jas 2:2
Jon Stoddard did a word search for me of ἐκκλησία in the LXX: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2lj9k5ozrrt8u8/Morph_Search_for_lemma_ἐκκλησία.pdf]
Grudem’s Systematic Theology chapter 44 section A.5. has a number of biblical proofs that the church is the new Israel. I should document those here.
Mt 16:18
What Hebrew or Aramaic word did Jesus actually say that is translated into Greek as ἐκκλησία in Mt 16:18? If, as dispensationalists allege, the church is a people of God wholly separate from Israel, to avoid ambiguity, what word could Jesus have used that was not already used of the assembly of Israel?
More topics for the first section of the page
- Purity and unity of
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Mission of
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- Evangelism
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- Discipleship
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- Fellowship
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- Benevolence, mercy
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