"...And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved."
Acts 2:47b
And it grew steadily,
"And Believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women." Acts 5:14

We saw last week that the Lord was preparing a church without spot or wrinkle to present to Himself.

What is the church? It is not a building though most people today do refer to the church as a building where Christians meet.
"Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible" tells us the Greek word is EKKLESIA, 'a calling out, a religious congregation, assembly, church.'
Another definition I found was, 'the called out ones.'
Not a build, but an assembly; a congregation of people who have been called out of darkness into His glorious light!

There are different titles that are applied to the Church in Scripture as we see a few in the following (read them in context to get the whole meaning):
The body of Christ:
"And He (God) put all things under His (Christ) feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all." Ephesians 1:22-23

"And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the first born from the dead..." Colossians 1:18 (Read Vs. 18-22)

"And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ." Ephesians 4:11-12

Church of the first born:
"But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the first born who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect." Hebrews 12:22-23

The Church of God:
"To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, call to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord..." 1 Corinthians 1:2

Church of the living God:
Paul writes to in 1 Timothy 3:15.
"But if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth."

God's field and God's building:
"For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building." 1 Corinthians 3:9

A Spiritual house:
"You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 2:5

"....Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit." Ephesians 2:20-22

And what is the purpose of the church? To bring honor and glory to its head, Jesus Christ!

"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen."

We thank you Most Holy God for loving such as we and making us, Your church, apart of Your plan for all eternity. We love and adore You! Amen