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Essentials!
Week 15
Lessons 99-105 are about discovering Jesus’ view of Church.
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Overview:
- Worship In The Body
- “I Will Build My Church"
- “I Will Build My Church” – The Big Picture
- Local Church Organization
- The Church Universal
- Unity In Christ’s Universal Body
Video Lesson
Memory Verses
Primary Verse:
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
Secondary Verse:
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.
Mark 1:35
Daily Lessons
Fellowship-Day 99
May 11th, 2026
Read Matthew 16:13-20, 18:15-20 As a 1st Century Jew, if you wanted to communicate or impress someone that you were going to a “religious gathering,” you would use the word synegoge (synagogue). If you were just wanting to communicate that you were going to participate in some generic meeting, city council, men’s guild, shepherd’s gathering or even an out of control mob of sign carrying zealots, y...
Fellowship-Day 100
May 11th, 2026
Read Matthew 16:13-20, 18:15-20 For the next few days, I suggest you jump onto www.biblegateway.com and go to keyword search. Type in the word “church” and read through the different verses that come up. You’ll be surprised at the range of meaning given to the word. Some verses DIRECTLY tie together the idea of Christ’s “Body” Soma with “Church” Ecclesia. But look for two different distinctions as...
Fellowship Ekklesia-Day 101
May 11th, 2026
Look at the church passages you’ve set aside as “Local Leadership/Governance.” What leadership titles do you see? “Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust” (Acts 14:23).“And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of he...
Fellowship-Day 102
May 11th, 2026
Read Ephesians 5:21-33 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved...
Fellowship Ekklesia-Day 103
May 11th, 2026
Matthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are...
Fellowship-Day 104
May 11th, 2026
Imagine having the opportunity to jump through a secret time portal, set to 29 A.D., landing in the very room where Jesus prayed one of His last prayers with His disciples. Suddenly, your ears train in on what He is saying and WHO He is praying for. HE’S PRAYING FOR YOU! Listen in…John 17:20-26 My prayer is not for them [ His disciples ] alone. I pray also for those [ you and me! ] who will believ...
Fellowship-Day 105
May 11th, 2026
Ephesians 4:1-6 “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; ...