The Church

2. stones — believers are _______ being built together into a spiritual house (1 Peter 2:4–5)
3. — the church is the household of God and every member belongs to his _______ (Ephesians 2:19)
4. — the community of disciples are a visible, light-giving presence in the world (Matthew 5:14)
5. — Christ loved, cleansed, and gave himself for the church as a groom does for his _______ (Ephesians 5:25–27)
6. humanity — Jew and Gentile are made into one new _______ through Christ (Ephesians 2:15)
9. field — the church is a field where wheat and weeds grow together until the end (Matthew 13:30)
11. of the New Jerusalem — the church at the end of history is a _______ prepared and adorned for her husband (Revelation 21:2)

1. — Jesus is actively constructing something and the church is what he is _______ (Matthew 16:18)
2. — the churches hold _______ before God and the world and Christ walks among them (Revelation 1:20)
3. — Jesus is the Good Shepherd and the church is his _______ (John 10:11)
5. — the church is organically connected to Jesus; apart from him they can do nothing (John 15:5)
7. — the church gathers all kinds of people and the sorting comes later (Matthew 13:47–48)
8. — believers together are the _______ where God's Spirit actually dwells (1 Corinthians 3:16)
10. priesthood — the church is a holy _______ offering spiritual sacrifices and declaring God's praises (1 Peter 2:9)
11. — Christ is the head and the church is his _______, many members but one (1 Corinthians 12:27)