Apocalipse 1

Apocalipse 1

Wuest writes that "The word assembly is a good one-word translation of ekklesia." Church - English word - derived from Middle English chirche, from Old English cirice, ultimately from Late Greek kyriakon (doma - house) = a temple of God, from Greek neuter of kyriakos = of the Lord or pertaining to the Lord from kyrios lord, master. Friberg - (1) in a general sense, as a gathering of citizens assembly, meeting (Acts 19.32); (2) as the assembled people of Israel congregation (Heb 2.12); (3) as the assembled Christian community church, congregation, meeting (Ro 16.5); (4) as the totality of Christians living in one place church (Acts 8.1); (5) as the universal body of believers church (Eph 1.22) (Borrow Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament ) Ekklesia in Revelation - Rev. 1:4; Rev. 1:11; Rev. 1:20; Rev. 2:1; Rev. 2:7; Rev. 2:8; Rev. 2:11; Rev. 2:12; Rev. 2:17; Rev. 2:18; Rev. 2:23; Rev. 2:29; Rev. 3:1; Rev. 3:6; Rev. 3:7; Rev. 3:13; Rev. 3:14; Rev. 3:22; Rev. 22:16 Related Resources from Gotquestions.org Questions about the Church (e.g., What is the church?) What was the first / original church? Is the original / first church the true church? Grace (favor) (5485) charis from from chairo = to rejoice. English = charity. Beggars need "charity" even as sinners need grace, for we are all spiritual paupers outside of Christ, but "God gives where he finds empty hands" - Augustine [cp Mt 5:3+]) is a word which defies a simple definition but at its core conveys the sense of undeserved or unmerited favor, and more specific aspects of charis depend on the context in which it is used. For example, grace is necessary for believers to be spiritually strengthened, Paul commanding Timothy "be strong (present imperative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." (2Ti 2:1+). The word grace is one of the greatest word in the Scriptures, even greater even than “love,” because grace is (God's) love in action, and therefore includes it. It is hardly too much to say that God has in no word uttered Himself and all that was in His heart more distinctly than in this word grace (charis)!