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12.5 Let’s Personalize this Lesson…
Activity: When Jesus took his disciples to Banias, he asked them to testify that they believed He
was the Messiah, the Son of God. In doing so, he foretold of the church to come and informed
his disciples that the “gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.” Jesus promised that the church
would survive even the fiercest attacks from Satan, and it has through the centuries. The church
is the body of Christ. It is all believers. And Satan has no power to control God’s children. He
tries to disrupt our local churches, but he has no power to take away our faith in Christ.
Do you have any problems in your local church of believers? Sometimes some people get out of
fellowship with Christ and can cause problems among the believers. List some of the concerns you have
about your local church:
God is able to resolve these problems, one way or another. Let’s trust Him now in prayer and give them
to Him.
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