Aim: To love and relish the Savior of God's universal church.
Doctrine: The true, holy, ''catholic'' church is for all people, everywhere. Christ's variegated body is not like the world's ''diversity;'' the glory of God shines through the beautiful bride of Christ.
Exegesis: Lovely characteristics of God's universal church: she spreads the gospel all over the world (vv. 1-3); she embraces people from every tribe (v. 4); she unites saints in Jesus and His ministry (vv. 5-6).
Further application: How we are to grow in our appreciation of Christ's universal church: through understanding the miracle of Sunday worship, where we experience oneness with the Holy Trinity and all true believers.
Key verse: v. 4 ''Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.''
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Rev. Mark Henninger is a retired, ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He graduated from the University of Northern Iowa (B.A.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div). He is married to his wife, Lesley, and together they have one daughter and...
