“Church”
LONG STORY SHORT
1. A NEW CREATION
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has
gone, the new is here!

Acts 16:31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and
your household.”

Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of
refreshing may come from the Lord,

Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins
away, calling on his name.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of
God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor
men who have sex with men (10) nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers
nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. (11) And that is what some of you were.
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

2. A NEW COMMUNITY
Matthew 16:17-18 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not
revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. (18) And I tell you that you
are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome
it.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special
possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into
his wonderful light.

1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

1 Peter 2:17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God,
honor the emperor.