1/05/25 Sermon Notes
We Believe: The FBC Affirmation of Faith
Chad Zaucha
Part of Sermon Notes—2025
January 3, 2025

“We Believe: The FBC Affirmation of Faith”

“The Definition of the Church”

Introduction

The first mention of the word

in the Bible is in Matthew 16:18: And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (ESV)

“This is one of the most discussed,

, and researched verses in Scripture.” Michael J. Wilkins

The Context and Setting: Matthew 16:13-17

Exposition - The Church Is…

  1. (ekklesia)

  2. (“my church”)

  3. (“on this rock”)

  4. (“I will build”)

  5. (‘the gates of hell shall not prevail”)

  6. (“whatever you bind/loose”)

[19] I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Application – How Should We Then Live?