THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT<br> <br>

PROGRAM AIR DATE – 2-9-14<br> <br>



LESSON TITLE:  “THERE IS ONE CHURCH.”<br> <br>



WELCOME<br> <br>

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING, LET ME WELCOME YOU TO THE PROGRAM. THE LIVING WORD IS A WORK OF OUR LORD, DEDICATED TO DOING GOD'S WILL IN HIS WAY! AS ALWAYS, IT WILL BE OUR PRIVILEGE TODAY TO SING SONGS OF PRAISE AND TO STUDY FROM HIS WORD. IN THESE ACTS OF WORSHIP, MAY WE ALL BE ENCOURAGED, BUT ULTIMATELY MAY WE EACH PRAISE GOD ACCORDING TO THE SACRIFICES TO OFFER TOWARD HIS THRONE. IT WILL ALSO BE OUR HONOR THIS MORNING TO SPEAK WITH GOD THROUGH PRAYER. WILL YOU BOW WITH ME AS WE TALK TO OUR CREATOR? <br> <br>



PRAYER:  OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE MANY BLESSINGS OF LIFE AND THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN AND TO SERVE YOU. FATHER, WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS COME FROM YOU, WHETHER THEY BE OF A PHYSICAL NATURE OR SPIRITUAL NATURE AND BECAUSE OF THAT WE KNOW THAT WE CAN HAVE ETERNAL LIFE SOMEDAY AND LIVE FOREVER WITH YOU IN HEAVEN. FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT THESE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GIFTS GIVEN THROUGH JESUS CHRIST YOUR SON AND THAT GREAT SACRIFICE HE MADE ON THE CROSS, AS WELL AS HIS RESURRECTION. THESE THINGS WE PRAY THROUGH HIS NAME, AMEN.<br> <br>

OUR FIRST SONG THIS MORNING IS A BEAUTIFUL OLD HYMN WHICH CHALLENGES US TO REALIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT OUR COMMUNICATION WITH GOD IS. ARE YOU STRIVING TO BE PRAYERFUL IN ALL YOU DO THROUGHOUT LIFE? WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE BRETHREN AT THIS TIME AS WE SING TOGETHER, "SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER!"XXXX<br> <br>







DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS<br> <br>

THE INTERNET IS AN UNBELIEVABLE TOOL IN OUR DAY AND TIME. YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING YOU NEED ON IT. MOST THINGS ARE VERY WORTHWHILE, YET OTHERS ARE WORTHLESS. PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY, I RECEIVE REALLY GOOD STORIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS THAT HELP ME TO BE A BETTER PERSON. ONE REALLY NEAT ARTICLE I RECEIVED REMINDED ME OF HOW GREAT MY GOD IS, THE ONE WE ALL SERVE. ONE EXCERPT FROM THIS EMAIL WENT LIKE THIS:<br> <br>

WHEN I FALL, HE LIFTS ME UP! WHEN I FAIL, HE FORGIVES ME! WHEN I AM WEAK, HE IS STRONG! WHEN I AM LOST, HE IS THE WAY! WHEN I AM AFRAID, HE IS MY COURAGE! WHEN I STUMBLE, HE STEADIES ME! WHEN I AM HURT, HE HEALS ME! WHEN I AM BROKEN, HE MENDS ME! WHEN I AM BLIND, HE LEADS ME! WHEN I AM HUNGRY, HE FEEDS ME! WHEN I FACE TRIALS, HE IS WITH ME! WHEN I FACE PERSECUTION, HE SHIELDS ME! WHEN I FACE PROBLEMS, HE COMFORTS ME! WHEN I FACE LOSS, HE PROVIDES FOR ME! AND WHEN I FACE DEATH, HE CARRIES ME HOME! <br> <br>

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AND WONDROUS STATEMENT THIS IS ABOUT OUR ALL ENCOMPASSING GOD, WHO PROVIDES OUR EVERY NEED AND RELIEVES OUR EVERY CARE. I THINK WE OFTEN FORGET JUST WHAT TYPE OF GOD WE SERVE AND ALL THAT HE TRULY DOES FOR US. 

ANOTHER STATEMENT IN THE SAME ARTICLE SAID THIS ABOUT OUR GOD, íHE IS EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME, AND IN EVERY WAY - HE IS GOD, HE IS FAITHFUL, I AM HIS AND HE IS MINE!ë PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR THESE PRECIOUS PROMISES AND TRUTHS WHICH WE ALL MUST BELIEVE IN. IN FACT, THINK HOW MUCH EASIER LIFE CAN BE IF WE BUT PUT OUR TRUST AND FAITH IN A GOD LIKE THIS. 

AS THE ENCOURAGING OLD SONG SAID, "WITHOUT HIM I AM NOTHING." BUT REMEMBER WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, "WITH HIM, I AM AND CAN DO EVERYTHING". GET BACK TO SERVING THIS ALMIGHTY GOD TODAY, OR IF YOU ARE NOT PRESENTLY DOING HIS WILL - START SERVING HIM TODAY, ACCORDING TO WHAT HE COMMANDS. AS WE HAVE SEEN TOGETHER, IT IS WORTH THE EFFORT, IT IS WORTH THE PRICE. WILL YOU PUT GOD FIRST IN ALL THINGS? <br> <br>

IT IS GREAT TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE BROTHER JERRY SULLINS, WITH US THIS MORNING AS OUR GUEST SPEAKER. BROTHER JERRY IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BIBLE INSTITUTE OF MISSOURI. WE THANK HIM FOR BEING WITH US AND LOOK FORWARD TO HIM LEADING OUR THOUGHTS FROM GOD'S WORD AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. <br> <br>

AS FAR AS OUR STUDY OF THE DAY, WE WILL AGAIN BE CONSIDERING THE STATEMENT OF JESUS, "UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH." OUR SPECIFIC LESSON OF THE MORNING WILL COVER THE TRUTH THAT, “THERE IS ONE CHURCH.” SO PLEASE STAY WITH US AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG WE WILL BE LED IN THIS IMPORTANT STUDY OF THE MORNING. NOW LET'S AGAIN JOIN IN SONG TOGETHER. THE NAME OF THIS HYMN, "THE GLORY LAND WAY." <br> <br>



LESSON<br> <br>

BY JERRY SULLINS<br> <br>

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU AGAIN TO THE LIVING WORD BROADCAST.  WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO VIEW THIS PROGRAM THIS MORNING AND TO BE A PART OF OUR STUDY TOGETHER IN GOD'S HOLY WORD. WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE MANY YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON THE AIR AND WE ARE THANKFUL THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WRITE US AND COMMUNICATE WITH US CONCERNING HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATE THIS PROGRAM AND THEIR DESIRE TO SEE US CONTINUE TO SPEAK FORTH THE TRUTH THAT WE FIND IN GOD'S WORD. JUST RECENTLY WE'VE BEGUN A SERIES ON THE CHURCH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHICH IS THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. 

IT IS A PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO CONTINUE THIS STUDY AS WE VIEW THE ONE CHURCH THAT IS SO MUCH TAUGHT IN THE WHOLE OF THE BIBLE. AS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED, THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH BEGAN BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD OR THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD IN THE MIND OF GOD HIMSELF. IT WAS PROPHESIED THAT THE KINGDOM, WHICH IS THE CHURCH AND WHICH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, WAS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN JERUSALEM AND WE SEE THAT VERY ESTABLISHMENT IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 WHERE THE DISCIPLES WERE GATHERED TOGETHER IN THE CITY OF JERUSALEM AND THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED UPON THEM AND THEY BEGAN TO SPEAK IN TONGUES. THERE WE SEE THE BEGINNING OF THE LORD'S CHURCH. FOR IT WAS PETER AND THE APOSTLES WHO STOOD UP AND THEN PETER PROCLAIMED IN ACTS 2:38 FOR THOSE WHO WERE THERE TO, “REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, EVERYONE OF YOU, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.” THE VERY LAST PART OF THAT CHAPTER SAYS THE LORD WAS ADDING TO THE CHURCH DAILY SUCH AS WERE BEING SAVED. SO WE KNOW THE ORIGIN OF THE CHURCH, WE KNOW WHO THE CHURCH IS AND WE ARE THE CHURCH. <br> <br>

THERE ARE MANY DESCRIPTIVE NAMES IN THE BIBLE'S VERSES WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT BEFORE WE ADDRESS THE SUBJECT OF THE ONE TRUE CHURCH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. FIRST OF ALL, I CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO A VERSE THAT HAS BEEN READ SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROGRAM AND IT IS FROM FIRST PETER CHAPTER 2:9 WHERE IT SAYS, “BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD OF A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE OR HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM FORTH THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO HAS CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.” WE AS THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BE OF CHRIST HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT. WE ARE THAT KINGDOM. IT WAS PAUL WHO SAID IN THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 1:13 THAT HE HAS DELIVERED US FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS AND TRANSLATED US INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS DEAR SON IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS. SECOND TIMOTHY 3:15 SAYS WE ARE INDEED THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD. WE ARE A BODY WITH CHRIST AS THE HEAD. ANY CHURCH TODAY THAT CLAIMS THAT THEIR HEAD IS SOMEONE OTHER THAN CHRIST, AND I DON'T CARE IF THEY CLAIM THAT IS A HEAVENLY HEAD OR AN EARTHLY HEAD, THE ONLY HEAD OF THE CHURCH THAT I KNOW OF IN THE BIBLE THAT IS TAUGHT IS JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. <br> <br>

NOW THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAUGHT IN THIS PROGRAM THIS MORNING. WE ARE CALLED TO BE IN HIS BODY. IN COLOSSIANS 3:15, IT WAS PAUL WHO SAYS LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS TO WHICH ALSO YOU WERE CALLED IN ONE BODY AND BE THANKFUL. BE THANKFUL FOR THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED, AND THAT MEANS INVITED IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, WE HAVE BEEN INVITED INTO THE ONE BODY WHICH, AS WE HAVE SEEN IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, IS HIS CHURCH. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN IN THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS THAT IS HIS KINGDOM. MY FRIENDS, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CALLED OUT OF THIS WORLD BY THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHICH WE SEE IS FOUND IN SECOND THESSALONIANS 2:14. IT WAS THAT CHURCH AND THAT KINGDOM THAT WAS PROPHESIED OF IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND EVEN PROPHESIED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST AND JESUS, THE SON OF GOD. THEY PROPHESIED THAT THE KINGDOM WOULD SOON BE ESTABLISHED. IT'S THAT KINGDOM THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF AND THAT IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE ONE BODY THAT WE SEE SO VIVIDLY REVEALED IN ALL OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT WAS JESUS WHO, OR ACTUALLY GOD HIMSELF THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, MENTIONED IN EPHESIANS 4:4 THAT THERE IS ONE BODY AND NOT MANY BODIES. LET US LOOK AT WHAT THE SCRIPTURE ACTUALLY SAYS AS IT RELATES TO THE ONE BODY, WHICH IS HIS CHURCH AND HIS KINGDOM. REMEMBER WHEN JESUS WAS SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 16? HE ASKED THEM THE QUESTION: WHOM DO MEN SAY THAT I, THE SON OF MAN, AM? THEY SAID WELL, SOME SAY THAT YOU ARE JOHN THE BAPTIST AND SOME SAY YOU ARE YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET. JESUS SAID: BUT WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM? PETER SPOKE UP IMMEDIATELY, AS I'M SURE HE OFTEN DID. HE SAID THOU ART CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD. THEN JESUS SAID TO PETER: BLESSED ARE YOU, SIMON BAR JONAH, FOR FLESH AND BLOOD IS NOT REVEALED UNTO YOU, BUT MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN. THOU ART PETER, OR YOU ARE PETER, AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HADES SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT. HE WOULD BUILD HIS CHURCH FOR THOSE WHO ARE CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT. 1PETER CHAPTER 2:9, AS WE JUST READ A FEW MOMENTS AGO, IT WAS THAT CHURCH THAT JESUS WAS SPEAKING OF AND HE SAID I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH. YEARS AGO WHEN WE LIVED IN NAIROBI, KENYA I WOULD GO OUT PREACHING IN THOSE VILLAGES AND THOSE HUTS WERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE. CHILDREN WOULD BE SITTING ON THE FLOOR, I MEAN THERE WASN'T EVEN BREATHING ROOM IN SOME OF THOSE PLACES. I PREACHED ABOUT THE TRUE CHURCH, WHICH IS THE CHURCH THAT WE READ ABOUT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. I WOULD BRING UP THE VERSE OF MATTHEW 16:18, “UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND THE GATES OF HADES SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT.” THEN I WOULD HAVE IT TRANSLATED IN SWAHILI OR SOME OTHER LANGUAGE DEPENDING ON WHATEVER LANGUAGE GROUP WAS THERE AND THEN I WOULD ASK A CHILD WHO WAS SITTING THERE WITH THEIR EYES WIDE OPEN AND LISTENING SO INTENTLY. CAN YOU IMAGINE OUR CHILDREN DOING THAT TODAY? THESE CHILDREN DID AND I WOULD ASK THAT CHILD SIMPLY, HOW MANY CHURCHES DID JESUS BUILD? THE CHILD WOULD ANSWER MOJO AND IN SWAHILI THAT MEANS ONE. EVEN A CHILD UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. MY FRIEND, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE INTERPRET THAT SCRIPTURE FOR YOU. IT IS GIVEN TO US BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IT IS IN VERY CLEAR LANGUAGE. JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR HIS CHURCH AND THOSE CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT MADE UP HIS ONE BODY. THAT ONE TRUE CHURCH IS MENTIONED IN EPHESIANS 1:22 AND 1:23 WHERE PAUL SAID AND HAS PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET AND GAVE HIM TO BE HEAD OVER ALL THINGS TO THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY. THE FULLNESS THAT FILL ALL IN ALL. <br> <br>

AS WE MENTIONED A FEW MOMENTS AGO IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 4:4 IN THOSE SEVEN POINTS THAT PAUL GAVE CONCERNING WHAT MUST TAKE PLACE FOR THERE TO BE TRUE UNITY IN THE CHURCH, HE MENTIONED THERE IS ONE BODY. THE BIBLE USES OTHER TERMS REFERRING TO THE CHURCH IN ADJECTIVE FORMS AND DESCRIPTIVE FORMS. WE ARE THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD. WE ARE THE KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST (JOHN 3:5). WE ARE THE BODIES THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED AND WE ARE THE BRIDE OF CHRIST. REVELATION 21:19. WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD. 1CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3:16-17. LET'S TURN OVER THERE FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND LOOK AT FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3 AND THAT IS FOUND IN VERSES 16 AND 17. IT SAYS, “DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU? IF ANYONE DEFILES THE TEMPLE OF GOD, GOD WILL DESTROY HIM. FOR THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS HOLY IN WHICH TEMPLE YE ARE.” WE ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD. WE ARE THE VINEYARD IN WHICH AND JESUS IS THE VINE AND WE ARE THE BRANCHES. WE ARE HIS CHURCH, WE ARE HIS FAMILY. EPHESIANS 3:15.<br> <br>

 NOW THE TRUE PROBLEM IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE CHURCH OF OUR LORD AND JESUS CHRIST IS ONE-OF-A-KIND, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THE CHURCH IN DIFFERENT WAYS. JESUS WARNED OF THIS. THEY SAY OH WELL, WE ARE ALL THE CHURCH AND WE ARE ALL THE BODY OF CHRIST. WE ARE JUST DIFFERENT CHURCHES. WHAT SENSE DOES THAT MAKE? WE ALL ARE FOLLOWING THE WAY BUT WHEN YOU DISCUSS IT WITH THEM IT IS A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES. MANY CLAIM TO BE CHRISTIANS. WAS IT NOT JESUS WHO SAID IN MATTHEW 7:20-21, “THAT NOT EVERY ONE THAT SAITH UNTO ME LORD, LORD, SHALL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, BUT HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.” FOR MANY IN THAT DAY WILL SAY HAVE WE NOT PROPHESIED IN THY NAME, IN THY NAME DID MANY WONDROUS WORKS. SO MANY OTHER THINGS THEY WERE DOING IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS CHRIST, OR SO-CALLED AUTHORITY OF CHRIST. THEN I WILL SAY UNTO THEM DEPART FROM ME, YE THAT WORK WITH INEQUITY. I NEVER KNEW YOU. THERE ARE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF DENOMINATIONAL GROUPS WHO CLAIM TO BE THE BODY OF CHRIST BUT YET THEY ALSO CLAIM TO BE THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. DO THEY WEAR CHRIST'S NAME? NO, THEY DO NOT WEAR HIS NAME. IS THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN HEAVEN? NO, THEIR HEADQUARTERS MAY BE IN ROME. THEIR HEADQUARTERS MAY BE IN CLEVELAND, TENNESSEE, OR IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. WE KNOW THE TRUE HEADQUARTERS OF THE CHURCH AND THAT IS IN HEAVEN. THEIR HEAD MAY BE JOSEPH SMITH OR THEIR HEAD MAY BE MARTIN LUTHER. THEIR HEAD MAY BE THE POPE. BUT WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH? WHO WILL ALWAYS BE THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, WHETHER IT BE IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH? JESUS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND HE GAVE HIM TO BE HEAD OVER ALL THINGS OF THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY THE FULLNESS THAT FILL IT ALL IN ALL. JESUS CHRIST IS THE HEAD. 

WHAT WAS IT THAT PAUL SAID IN 1CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1? LET'S LOOK AT 1CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1:10. WE KNOW THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN THE CHURCH AT CORINTH. THERE WAS ONLY ONE CHURCH BACK THEN BECAUSE JESUS ONLY BUILT ONE CHURCH. YOU DIDN'T SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS. THEY DIDN'T START COMING INTO EXISTENCE UNTIL CENTURIES LATER. THERE WAS ONE CHURCH BACK THEN, AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S ONLY ONE CHURCH NOW. THEY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM THOUGH IN THE EARLY CHURCH BECAUSE SOME WERE SAYING I'M OF A PAUL OR I'M OF APOLLOS OR I'M OF CEPHAS OR I'M OF CHRIST. PAUL SAID IS CHRIST DIVIDED? WAS PAUL CRUCIFIED FOR YOU? WERE YOU BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF PAUL? THEN HE WENT ON TO SAY IN THESE VERSES. HE SAID IN VERSE 10, “I PLEAD WITH YOU BRETHREN, BY THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT YOU ALL SPEAK THE SAME THING. THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, BUT THAT YOU BE PERFECTLY JOINED TOGETHER IN THE SAME MIND AND IN THE SAME JUDGMENT. THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU.” BUT YET THE VERY WORD DENOMINATION MEANS DIVISION. MY FRIEND, WHY CAN YOU NOT SEE THE TRUTH THAT IS REVEALED TO US IN GOD'S HOLY WORD? THE CHURCH IN THE BIBLE, AS WE ARE GOING TO BE EXAMINING IT FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE WILL FIND OUT HOW IT IS THAT WE BECOME PROPER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. <br> <br>

WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TRUE CHURCH. THE BIBLE SHOWS US HOW TO ORGANIZE THE CHURCH. WE WILL SEE HOW THE NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS WERE AUTHORIZED TO WORSHIP GOD AS IT IS CLEARLY REVEALED TO US IN GOD'S HOLY WORD. WE WILL SEE THE DAILY WORK THAT A CHRISTIAN OUGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN AS WE EXAMINE IT AS IT IS REVEALED IN GOD'S HOLY WORD. NOW THE CHOICE IS CLEAR. I BELIEVE IT IS VERY CLEAR. IF YOU RESPECT JESUS AS THE SON OF GOD AND YOU RESPECT GOD AS THE TRUE AND THE LIVING GOD AND THE BIBLE AS THE INSPIRED, INHERENT, AND....TH INFALLIBLE WORD OF GOD THEN MY FRIEND THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH THAT YOU CAN ACCEPT ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ONE BODY. THE KINGDOM......THE CHURCH. THE DECISION HAS ALWAYS BEEN YOURS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU OBEY THE GOSPEL. PAUL WASN'T TWISTING THE ARMS OF PEOPLE TO GET THEM TO OBEY THE GOSPEL IN ACTS 2 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CHURCH, NOR DID THE APOSTLE PAUL AS HE WENT OUT THROUGH ASIA MINOR TWIST PEOPLE'S ARMS TO OBEY AND TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH. IT IS UP TO YOU TO BELIEVE THE TRUTH OR NOT BELIEVE THE TRUTH. ONE THING IS FOR SURE, JESUS SAID YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE. NOW THE PROBLEM TODAY IS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE IN SLAVERY BECAUSE THEY ARE UNWILLING, WHETHER IT HAS BEEN THE WAY THEY WERE RAISED OR FOR SOME OTHER REASON, THEY ARE UNWILLING TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD. I PLEAD WITH YOU TODAY TO LOOK INTO THE PAGES OF GOD'S WORD AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TRUE CHURCH IS AS IT IS REVEALED IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. NOT ONLY JUST TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT TO OBEY THE TRUTH AND BE ONE WHO IS ADDED TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. THAT IS YOUR DECISION. OUR PRAYERS ARE THAT YOU MAKE THE DECISION AND BECOME ONE OF HIS AND BE IN THE TRUE CHURCH.<br> <br>



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THANKS BE TO GOD FOR THE CHURCH WHICH HE ESTABLISHED „ HIS CHURCH! THEREFORE, MAY WE NEVER BE SATISFIED WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS SET UP BY MAN. FOR CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR US AND ESTABLISHED HIS CHURCH OF US TO BE A PART OF! ARE YOU IN CHRIST'S CHURCH, OR ANOTHER?<br> <br>