The Church

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Across
  1. 2. stones — believers are _______ being built together into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4–5)
  2. 3. — the church is the household of God and every member belongs to his _______ (Ephesians 2:19)
  3. 4. — the community of disciples are a visible, light-giving presence in the world (Matthew 5:14)
  4. 5. — Christ loved, cleansed, and gave himself for the church as a groom does for his _______ (Ephesians 5:25–27)
  5. 6. humanity — Jew and Gentile are made into one new _______ through Christ (Ephesians 2:15)
  6. 9. field — the church is a field where wheat and weeds grow together until the end (Matthew 13:30)
  7. 11. of the New Jerusalem — the church at the end of history is a _______ prepared and adorned for her husband (Revelation 21:2)
Down
  1. 1. — Jesus is actively constructing something and the church is what he is _______ (Matthew 16:18)
  2. 2. — the churches hold _______ before God and the world and Christ walks among them (Revelation 1:20)
  3. 3. — Jesus is the Good Shepherd and the church is his _______ (John 10:11)
  4. 5. — the church is organically connected to Jesus; apart from him they can do nothing (John 15:5)
  5. 7. — the church gathers all kinds of people and the sorting comes later (Matthew 13:47–48)
  6. 8. — believers together are the _______ where God's Spirit actually dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16)
  7. 10. priesthood — the church is a holy _______ offering spiritual sacrifices and declaring God's praises (1 Peter 2:9)
  8. 11. — Christ is the head and the church is his _______, many members but one (1 Corinthians 12:27)