→The Church as belonging to Jesus and his presence among it
====The Church as belonging to Jesus and his presence among it====
The church, although consisting of people, Biblically speaking, is not simply an instution created by people. In Matthew 16:16 18 Jesus spoke about building '''his''' church and later, in [[Matthew 18:20]] he spoke about being present among the church: ''{{web_verse|matthew|16|1618}}'' (Matthew 16:1618)