CHURCH: Family of Families

Read Ephesians 2.11-22

1. The Church of Christ is an Open Door Church

People from every nation come to Jesus and become ONE in Him. One body, one family, one building, one congregation!
This Church is a multicultural Church and it has to be like that!
This is the Jesus' Purpose :
“…His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility”. (15,16)


We came from different countries and cultures, languages and families. But in Jesus Christ we became ONE.
ONE in Mission
ONE in Love
ONE in fellowship
ONE in services, in ministries.
That is the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth!

2. The Church of Jesus Christ has HIS DNA
We now have the DNA of Jesus Christ which is Love. The love of Jesus on the cross brought us into a new reality: we are now children of God. We have the same FATHER, this is, ONE FAMILY.
See that the gentiles were
· Separated from Christ
· Excluded from citizenship in Israel
· Foreigners to the covenants of promise
· Without hope AND without God in the world
But after having an encounter with Jesus Christ, they became:
· Fellows citizens with God’s people – 19
· Members of God’s household 19
· Building built on the cornerstone who is Jesus -21
· Building built on the Word of God - 20
· Building as dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit - 22

3. The Church of Jesus Christ is where God lives by His Spirit
Eph 2.21,22
“In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit”.
The Church of Jesus Christ is not an organization.
The Church of Jesus Christ is not an company
The Church of Jesus Christ is itself the Temple of the Living God!
We are the Temple of the Holy Spirit! He lives in us!
There is no place for our will in this Church. There is no place for our desires!
This Church is a Tabernacle filled by the Holy Spirit and goes to the Holy Spirit wants us to go!

4. The Church of Jesus Christ is Family of Families.
Family is the way God leads us to fill this world. He made a man and a woman, just because they can have babies and be productive filling the world with God’s Glory!
So, let me try to show you how this House, this Family should be in this world to proclaim the
a) This house must to be built on Jesus Christ as the cornerstone
Jesus is the cornerstone, it means, He is the main part of this house. A family who wants to live in harmony has to serve Jesus. Jesus is the centre of our lives and motivations. There is no blessed marry without Jesus as the cornerstone.

b) This house must to be built with columns that are the Word of God
The Word of God, the Bible, will give to us wisdom. A family that wants to be successful has to learn from the Word of God. For instance: Ephesians 6.1-4

c) This house must to be built with a locked up garden
It means, a private garden or better a secure relationship. Protect your family from the garbage of this world.
Husband: protect your wife from evil hunters…
Wife: protect your husband from evil hunters…
Say like Salomon:

Song of Solomon 4:12 You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

d) This house must to be built with a roof of spiritual protection
Parents are the roof of the house to protect children. We should be the defenders, the army against the enemy. We pray, we teach, we resist the devil.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

e) This house must to have the light of Jesus to proclaim Him to the world
The Energy of this house is Jesus himself that shines inside, cleaning us and shines outside through us, while we preach His Gospel.

f) This house must to have Communication among its members like the water system in a house.
The water is essential for a house. We cook and we clean, using it. The water system is the communication among members of this family. The Christian family has to be an example of communication! We have to be in the same page, speaking the same language, acting through the same love.

g) This house must to have Acts of Kindness like the heater in a house.
What an important device is the heater in our homes! It warms us and allows us to live comfortably. We become as more comfortable when we live with acts of kindness. Show love, show goodness, show the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5.22,23).

h) This house must to see the world like Jesus saw the multitudes as sheep without shepherd (Matthews 9.36)
The windows of this house are eyes that see the world like Jesus sees the world. This house understands what Jesus says in Matthews

Matthew 6:22-23 22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

and

Matthew 9.36-38 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."