For the teaching of the church, see Chapter Eight, "The Gospel of Jesus Christ." For the leadership, see Chapter Ten, "Priesthood."

NAME AND IDENTIFICATION

GOD'S PEOPLE ARE CALLED SAINTS

Ps. 30:4-"Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his."

Ps. 31:23-"O love the Lord, all ye his saints."

Ps. 37:28-"For ... forsaketh not his saints."

Ps. 50:5-"Gather my saints together unto me."

Ps. 89:5, 7-"In the congregation of the saints.... in the assembly of the saints."

Ps. 116:15-"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

Rom. 1:7-"Beloved of God, called saints."

I Cor. 1:2-"To them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints."

2 Thess. 1:10-"He shall come to be glorified in his saints."

Jude 3-"The faith which was once delivered to the saints."

Deut. 33:2, 3; Dan. 8:13; Eph. 1:1; Phil. 1:1; Col. 1:2; I Thess. 3:13. Jude 14; Rev. 5:8; 11:18; 13:10; 14:12; 19:8.

CHURCH MEMBERS CALLED SAINTS

Ps. 34:9; 97:10; 132:9, 16; 149:1, 5, 9; Zech. 14:5; Matt. 27:56; Acts 9:32, 41; 26:10; Rom. 15:25, 26, 31; 16:2, 15; I Cor. 14:33; 16:1, 15; 2 Cor. 1:1; 13:13; *1 Tim. 5:10; Heb. 6:10.

NAMES APPLIED TO THE CHURCH OR GOD'S PEOPLE

IN THE JEWISH OR OLD TESTAMENT

Congregation

Exod. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15 (The congregation.... congregation of Israel).

Ps. 149:1 (Congregation of saints).

Num. 27:17; Deut. 23:1, 2, 3; Josh. 22:16 (Congregation of the Lord).

Neh. 13:1 (Congregation of God).

Assembly

Num. 10:2, 3; 20:8; Deut. 5:22; Ps. 89:7; 111:1 (Assembly; ... assembly of the saints; ... assembly of the upright).

Branch

Isa. 4:2; 11:1; 60:21; Jer. 23:5; 33:15; Zech. 3:8; 6:12

(Branch; ... branch of the Lord).

Flock

Isa. 40:11; 63:11; Jer. 13:17; 23:2, 3; Ezek. 34:3, 6, 8, 15 (Flock; ... the Lord's flock).

Sheep

Ps. 79:13; 95:7; Jer. 23:1; 50:6, 17; Ezek. 34:6, 1l, 12; Zech. 13:7 (Sheep; ... sheep of his hand; ... my sheep; ... sheep of my pasture).

Saints

I Sam. 2:9; Ps. 37:28; 50:5; 89:5; 149:5; Dan. 7:18, 22, 25, 27 (Saints; . . . his saints; . . . My saints; ... the saints; ... saints of the Most High).

Inheritance

Exod. 34:9; Deut. 4:20; I Kings 8:51; Ps. 28:9; 78:71; Isa. 19:25 (Thine inheritance; ... people of inheritance; ... his inheritance; ...mine inheritance) Kingdom

Exod. 19:6; Dan. 7:22, 27 (Kingdom).

Special

Isa. 62:12 (The holy people; the redeemed; sought out).

Heritage

Jer. 12:8, 9; 50:11 ; Joel 2:17; 3:2; Mic. 7:14, 18 (Mine heritage; ... thine heritage; ... my heritage; ... his heritage).

Other References

†Gen. 7:23, 25, 26, 34, 38, 54, 59, 70, 72, 77; Ps. 48:11; 146:10; Isa. 1:27; 51:16; 52:1 (Zion).

CHRISTIAN NAMES OF THE CHURCH

Body

Rom. 12:5; I Cor. 10:16, 17; 12:12, 27; Eph. 1:22, 23; 3:6; 4:4; 5:30; Col. 1:18, 24 (One body in Christ; . . . body of Christ; . . . one body; . . . the church; . . . his body; . . . the body, the church; his body's sake, the church).

Church

Matt. 16:18; 18:17; Acts 15:22; Eph. 5:23, 27; Heb. 12:23 (My church;..... the church;..... the whole church; . . . Christ head of church;..... glorious church;..... church of the Firstborn).

Acts 20:28; I Cor. 1:2; 10:32; 11:22; 15:9; II Cor. 1:1; Gal. 1:13; I Tim. 3:15 (The church of God; . . . church of the living God).

Rom. 16:16; I Cor. 11:16; 14:33 (The churches of Christ; . . . churches of God; . . . churches of the saints). Rom. 16:4 (churches of the Gentiles).

Family

Eph. 3:15 (Whole family in heaven and earth).

Flock

Matt. 26:28; Luke 12:35; Acts 20:28, 29; I Peter 5:2, 3 (Flock; ... little flock; ... flock of God; ... God's heritage)

House-Building

I Cor. 3:9 (God's husbandry, God's building).

Heb. 3:6 (Christ's own house).

I Tim. 3:15; Heb. 10:21; I Pet. 2:5 (House of God; ... spiritual house).

Household

Eph. 2:19 (Household of God).

Temple

Eph. 2:21 (An holy temple).

I Cor. 3:16, 17; 2 Cor. 6:16 (The temple of God; ... temple of the living God).

The Kingdom

It is well here to understand that while "the church" and "the kingdom" have some areas in common, they are not entirely synonymous. Some in the church may not yet truly be "born of the Spirit" (John 3:3-5). "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven."-Matt. 7:30.

*Matt, 6:38; 12:23; 21:31 (The Kingdom of God.) *Luke 17:21.

Matt. 3:28; 4:16; 5:2; 10:6; 13:22, 30, 32, 46, 47 (The kingdom of heaven),

Saints

Acts 9:13; *Rom. 1:7; 8:27; I Cor. 6:2; Eph. 4:12; 2 Thess. 1:10; Jude 3; Rev. 13:10; 19:8 (Thy saints; . . . called saints; ... the saints; . . . his saints; saints).

Sheep

Matt. 10:6; 25:32, 33; 26:31; Mark 14:27; John 10:3, 4, 8, 11-16, 27; 21:16; Heb. 13:20 (Lost sheep; . . . his sheep; . . . the sheep; . . . his own sheep; . . . my sheep; other sheep).

BRIDE

John 3:29; Rev. 21:2, 9; 22:17 (The bride; ... a bride).

Eph. 5:23-25, 30-32; Rev. 19:7; 21:9 (Wives compared to church; . . . his wife; . . . the Lamb's wife).

Of God

Alma 1:10; 1:28-57; 2:4; 3:3, 7; 21:39; 15:30; 17:7; Helaman 2:24, 44 (Church of God).

I Nephi 3:144, 227, 230 (Saints of God).

I Nephi 3:221, 222, 226, 227, 230 (Church of Lamb of God).

Of Christ

3 Nephi 12:13, 18, 19; 13:36; 4 Nephi 1:28, 31; Moroni 6:4 (Church of Christ).

Of Jesus

4 Nephi 37 (People of Jesus).

Disciples

3 Nephi 12:14; 4 Nephi 1:6, 14, 15, 32, 41, 54; Mormon 4:12 (Disciples of Jesus).

MISCELLANEOUS

4 Nephi 1:40, 41 (Nephites, Jacobites, Josephites, and Zoramites).

Mosiah 9:39 (Fold of God).

Mosiah 9:5 5; 11:96, 100, 103 (Children of God).

D. and C. 16:4, 5 "Take upon you the name of Christ, and speak the truth in soberness, and as many as repent, and are baptized in my name, which is Jesus Christ, and endure to the end, the same shall be saved. Behold, Jesus Christ is the name which is given whereby man can be saved; wherefore, all men must take upon them the name which is given of the Father, for in that name shall they be called at the last day; wherefore, if they know not the name by which they are called, they can not have place in the kingdom of my Father . . . and I, Jesus Christ, your Lord and your God, have spoken it."

D. and C. 17:1, 13, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25 (Church of Christ).

D. and C. 17:1, 19, 21, 22, 23; 19:3 (Church of Jesus Christ).

D. and C. 77:4; 104:9; 90:4 (Church of Firstborn).

CHURCH ORGANIZATION

THE CHURCH IN THE TIME OF JESUS

Matt. 16:19-Jesus said, "I will build my church" (18).

Matt. 18:17-Jesus said, "If he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church." The church was functioning as an organization at that time.

ANTIQUITY OF THE GOSPEL

Mark 1:1-"The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God."

Mark 1:12-"Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God" (14).

Gal. 3:8-"Preached before the gospel unto Abraham."

POWER AND WORK

FUNCTIONS OF THE CHURCH

Matt. 28:18, 19-"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, lo, I am with you always, unto the end of the world" (19, 20).

Rom. 3:2-"Chiefly because that unto them were committed the oracles of God."

Rom. 10:14, 15-"How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?"

James 5:14, 15-"Is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him."

I Pet. 2:5-"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ."

Matt. 16:20; Mark 16:14; Acts 20:28; *Rom. 9:4; I Cor. 12:14; 2 Cor. 12:19; Eph. 1:22; 2:20-22; 4:11, 12; Col. 1:24.

D. and C. 43:3; 44:2; 53:2; 105:11.

(Also see Assembly, Baptism, Laying on of Hands, Lord's Supper, Marriage, Prayer, Preaching, Stewardship, and Zion.)

THE ENDURANCE OF THE CHURCH

Matt. 16:19-Jesus said, "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" ( 18).

Mosiah 11:166-"For the Lord hath said, This is my church, and I will establish it; and nothing shall overthrow it, save it is the transgression of my people."