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CHURCH ARTICLE | Osamagbe Lesley Egharevba | Lagos, Nigeria

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In the book of Revelation chapter 1, we read of the seven churches in the Roman province of Asia. John said,

“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.” (Revelation 1:10–11)

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CHURCH ARTICLE | Osamagbe Lesley Egharevba | Lagos, Nigeria

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“Now, therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fittted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:19-22, NKJV)

As seen in our text above, the Bible describes Jesus as the Chief Cornerstone of His Church. This is the church that He promised to build (Matthew 16:18), the church that He purchased with His own blood (Acts 20:28), the church that He is the head of (Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18), and the church that He is the Chief Shephard (I Peter 5:4). Read More →

CHURCH ARTICLE | Osamagbe Lesley Egharevba | Lagos, Nigeria

Background

The establishment of the Lord’s church in the city of Thessalonica is found in Acts 17:1-10. During Paul’s second missionary journey, which begins in Acts 16, Paul heard the “Macedonia call” to send out the light (God’s Word). Specifically, he saw in a vision a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “come over to Macedonia and help us” (Acts 16:9). After seeing the vision, Paul and the men with him concluded that the Lord had called them to preach the gospel in that region. They traveled to Philippi (a Roman colony and the foremost city of that part of Macedonia). After they had preached and converted souls in Philippi, they moved to Thessalonica (another prominent city in Macedonia). They continued their preaching (Acts 17:1-10). Read More →