Church
_ Gather to me my holy ones, who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice (Psalm 50:5).
_ Because one day in God's courts is worth more than a thousand other days. It is better for me to be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tent of wickedness (Psalm 84:10).
_ Let men also exalt Him in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the elders (Psalm 107:32).
_ I rejoiced when it was said to me: Let us go to the house of the LORD (Psalm 122:1).
_ We will enter Your dwelling place and worship before Your footstool – Arise, O Lord, to enter into Your resting place, with the ark of Your might! – May your priests be clothed with righteousness, and your holy ones shout for joy (Psalm 132:7-9)
_ When you enter God's house, watch your feet. It is better to come near and listen than to offer sacrifice to a fool; because he does not understand that he is doing evil (Ecclesiastes 5:1).
_ Establish a fast, and call a solemn council, and gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land together to the house of the LORD your God; and cry to the LORD! (Joel 1:14)
_ As for me, I say to you: You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it - and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven (Matthew 16:18-19).
_ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20).
_ May the God of patience and comfort grant you that you may be of one mind and heart together according to the Lord Jesus Christ - so that with one heart and one mouth you may praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ - Receive one another, just as Christ welcomed you, so that God may be glorified (Romans 15:5-7).
_ I appeal to you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you speak with one voice, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be of the same mind and of the same mind (I Corinthians 1:10).
_ ..But God has arranged the human body so that the parts that are lacking are of greater value - so that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same concern for each other (1Corinthians 12:24-25 )
_ For you are the body of Christ, and members of the body, each of you according to his own part - whom God has appointed in the church, first as apostles, second as prophets, third as teachers, next to the one who performs miracles, then to the one who has the gift of healing, helping, governing, and speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 12:27-28).
_ The spirit of the prophets is subject to the prophets - For God is not a God of chaos, but of peace -. Let it be as in all the churches of the saints - let the women keep silence in your congregations: It is not lawful for them to speak there, but they must be in subjection, as the law commands - If they want to learn wisely. anything, each of them must ask her husband at home; because it is not appropriate for women to speak in the church - If anyone thinks he is a prophet or is enlightened by the Holy Spirit, let him know that what I am writing to you is a commandment from the Lord - But if anyone wants to ignore it, let them ignore it! (1 Corinthians 14: 32 – 35, 37 – 38)
_ He put all things under His feet, and gave Him head over all things to the Church - The Church is the body of Christ, that is, the fullness of Him who includes all things in all things (Ephesians 1:22 – 23 )
_ But in Christ Jesus you who were once far away have now been brought near through the blood of Christ - for through Him we both have access to the Father in the same spirit. One Spirit – In this way you are no longer foreigners, nor strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God's household (Ephesians 2:13; 18-19).
_ So now the wisdom of God in all his ways is being revealed through the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places - according to His eternal purpose, which was completed in advance in the Lord. Jesus Christ, our Lord – in Him we have freedom and boldness to approach God through faith in Him (Ephesians 3:10 – 12).
_ There is one body, one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope by your calling – one Lord, one faith, one baptism – one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all - but has given grace to each one of us according to the measure of the gift of Christ (Ephesians 4:4-7).
_ It is He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and still others to be pastors and teachers - that the saints may be perfect in the work of ministry and the building up of the body of Christ - until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and become mature, attaining to the measure of the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:11- 13 )
_ Do not forsake meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but exhort one another; and as you see the day drawing near, do so all the more (Hebrews 10:25).