The church as first living work of the spirit

1. CHURCH AS FIRST LIVING WORK
OF THE SPIRIT

2. The first “living” work of the Holy
Spirit, the “Giver of Life,” is the
Church

3.  The Church is alive because it constantly
grows. It is active. It is involved in the life of the
people.

4.  It constinously responds to the work and
mission of Christ guided and moved by the
Holy Spirit.

5.  The Church is not just the beautiful and
magnificent structure that holds people
together in worship. The Church is the people
of God.

6. THE CHURCH AS
MYSTERY

7. What is mystery?

8. Church as a mystery leads us to the truth
of who we are as a creation of the
devine, and of God the Creator of
everything.

9. In Christian faith, there are mysteries or
devine truths proposed to our belief “that
are hidden in God and which can never
be known unless they are reveled by God
himself”.

10. THE CHURCH AS SACRAMENT

11. Many of us pertain to the seven rituals
sacraments whenever we talk about
sacraments. There is an underlying truth
when we get to understand its meaning.

12. Based on the Catechism for Filipino
Catholics, sacrament is “a visible sign
that makes present a spiritual reality.

13. Key Points:

14. Ritual Sacrament- It is commonly refer to
the seven Sacraments.

15. Mystery- This is called the truths of faith we
believe as Christians even if they are not
so clear to our human understanding.

16. Incarnation- It refers to when God
became man and dwelt among us

17. Devine-It refers to something scared or
supernatural in origin and existence.

18. Church- a place to worship