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===The Meaning of the Name of the Church and the History of the Early Church=== | ===The Meaning of the Name of the Church and the History of the Early Church=== | ||
The name “Church of God” means the church established by God, and the church of which the owner is God.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="신동아6">{{Cite web|url=https://shindonga.donga.com/3/all/13/1752139/1 |title=World Mission Society Church of God Opens the Age of 3 Million Saints on Golden Jubilee|publisher=Monthly Shindonga |date=June | The name “Church of God” means the church established by God, and the church of which the owner is God.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="신동아6">{{Cite web|url=https://shindonga.donga.com/3/all/13/1752139/1 |title=World Mission Society Church of God Opens the Age of 3 Million Saints on Golden Jubilee|publisher=Monthly Shindonga |date=June 2019}}</ref> In the Bible, the early Church that Jesus Christ established, and which the apostles Peter, John, and Paul all attended, was called the “Church of God.”<ref name="고린도전서1장">{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A2&version=NIV |title=1 Corinthians 1:2 |quote=}}</ref> The Bible described it as the “church bought with God’s own blood.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+20%3A28&version=NIV |title=Acts 20:28 |quote=}}</ref><br>The new covenant that Jesus kept and which He taught as an example for us is the complete truth of the early Church and the “[[Gospel of the Kingdom|gospel of the kingdom]].” The saints of the early Church kept all of the precious truths that Jesus taught during His ministry, including the Passover of the new covenant established by the sacrifice of His blood shed on the cross. After the resurrection and ascension of Christ, the apostles and the saints of the early Church of God received the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost and boldly preached the gospel; this led the number of people who received Jesus as Savior to exponentially increase. The fact that the gospel was rapidly preached to Gentile nations and cities beyond [[Jerusalem]] and Judea is evident in the record of Apostle Paul’s missionary journeys. Churches were established in Ephesus,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+20%3A17&version=NIV |title=Acts 20:17 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> Corinth,<ref name="고린도전서1장"></ref> Antioch<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+13%3A1+&version=NIV |title=Acts 13:1 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> etc., and the gospel was preached in many European regions, including Thessalonica,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+17%3A1-2&version=NIV |title=Acts 17:1–2 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> Athens,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+17%3A16-17&version=NIV |title=Acts 17:16–17 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> Malta,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+28%3A1-8&version=NIV |title=Acts 28:1–8 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> Perga,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+14%3A20-25+&version=NIV |title=Acts 14:20–25 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> Cyprus,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+13%3A4-5&version=NIV |title=Acts 13:4–5 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> and Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A7&version=NIV |title=Romans 1:7 |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> | ||
===Restoration of the Truth and Succession of the Early Church of God=== | ===Restoration of the Truth and Succession of the Early Church of God=== | ||