THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT
PROGRAM AIR DATE: 6-2-19
LESSON TITLE: "THE ONE TRUE CHURCH"
WELCOME
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?
PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY OF LIFE. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN AND TO BE SERVANTS IN YOUR KINGDOM. AND HELP US THIS DAY AND EVERY DAY TO SHINE AS LIGHTS IN THIS WORLD THAT OTHERS MIGHT KNOW, RESPOND TO YOUR WILL AND OBEY THAT THEY MIGHT BE RECIPIENTS OF YOUR GREAT BLESSINGS TODAY AND ETERNALLY. WE KNOW FATHER THESE THINGS ARE ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST AND IN HIS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
IT'S NOW TIME TO START OUR SONGS OF PRAISE. WE WANT TO BEGIN BY SINGING A HYMN THAT REMINDS THE FAITHFUL OF THE GREAT DWELLING PLACE PREPARED BY GOD! OH, HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO KNOW THAT GOD IS THERE AND THAT HE HAS PROMISED TO BLESS US IN SO MANY WAYS. SO, WON'T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AT THIS TIME AS WE SING TOGETHER, "THERE IS A HABITATION"
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HARD TO GET ALONG WITH? I GUESS WE ALL HAVE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. HOWEVER, WHAT A TRULY SAD THING IT IS TO KNOW HOW WE OFTEN REACT TO THOSE WHO DON'T TREAT US LIKE THEY SHOULD. OF COURSE I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A GOOD REASON FOR WHY WE DON'T LIKE THEM. MAYBE THERE KIDS PLAY NEXT TO OUR PROPERTY LINE AND THEY ACTUALLY GET ON OUR GRASS FROM TIME TO TIME. SOME MIGHT EVEN HAVE A PIECE OF TRASH THAT BLOWS OVER FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND MESSES UP OUR FLOWER BED. OR POSSIBLY IT IS SOMETHING AS UNBELIEVABLE AS A PERSON�S CULTURE, BACKGROUND, OR RACE THAT MAKES YOU AUTOMATICALLY DISLIKE WHAT YOU SEE.
WELL, WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT ALL OF THIS THROUGH HIS INSPIRED WRITERS? READ WITH ME FROM PROVERBS 14:21, THERE IT SAYS, "HE WHO DESPISES HIS NEIGHBOR SINS; BUT HE WHO HAS MERCY ON THE POOR, HAPPY IS HE." DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE SINNING WHEN YOU THINK, ACT, AND SAY THESE TYPES OF THINGS IN RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR NEIGHBOR?
OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS WOULD MAKE PERFECT SENSE IN CONSIDERATION OF WHAT JESUS SAID OF A SIMILAR NATURE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. THERE WE FIND VERSE AFTER VERSE THAT REMINDS US OF HOW WE SHOULD TREAT OUR NEIGHBOR. WASN'T IT CHRIST HIMSELF WHO SAID THAT THE SECOND AND GREATEST COMMANDED WAS TO, "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOUR SELF," MATTHEW 22:39? THIS SAME JESUS TOLD THE BEAUTIFUL STORY OF THE GREAT SAMARITAN, WHO WAS WILLING TO STEP OUTSIDE THE BARRIERS WHICH SOCIETY HAS SET UP AND TO SHOW THE TRUE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.
A FINAL FAMILIAR VERSE I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS FOUND IN MATTHEW 5:44, WHERE JESUS EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT WE ARE TO, "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE YOU, DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU." WELL, BY THIS TIME YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, BUT WHY, OR YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING. BUT THE QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER IS WHY! LOOK AT THE SAME PASSAGE, MATTHEW FIVE, BUT NOW LOOK AT THE NEXT VERSE, 45, THERE WE READ, "THAT YOU MAY BE SONS OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN." DID YOU CATCH THAT? WE TREAT OTHERS AS WE WANT TO BE TREATED BECAUSE WHEN WE DO WE GLORIFY THE FATHER AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SEE HIS SON IN US.
SO, HOW DO YOU REACT TO YOUR NEIGHBORS IN LIFE. DO YOU SAY AND DO THOSE THINGS WHICH CAUSE THEM TO SEE CHRIST? ARE YOU WILLING TO "GO THE EXTRA MILE," AND "TURN THE OTHER CHEEK?" THE REAL QUESTION IS CAN THEY SEE JESUS IN YOU?
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES IT WILL BE TIME TO BEGIN OUR MAIN STUDY OF THE DAY. THIS MORNING, WE WILL BEGIN A NEW SERIES OF STUDY ENTILTLED, "THE ONE TRUE CHURCH." OUR SPECIFIC LESSON OF THE MORNING WILL BEARS THE SAME NAME AS THE SERIES. SO PLEASE STAY WITH US AND AFTER OUR NEXT SONG, WE WILL BE LEAD IN THIS IMPORTANT STUDY FROM GOD'S WORD. TODAY WE ARE AGAIN HAPPY TO HAVE BROTHER JERRY SULLINS WITH US. HE WILL BE LEADING OUR MAIN LESSONS THOUGHTS FROM GOD'S WORD IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT FOR NOW, LET'S AGAIN JOIN IN SONG TOGETHER, IN ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME. THE NAME OF THIS HYMN, "WHAT WILL YOUR ANSWER BE."
LESSON
JERRY SULLINS
WELCOME AGAIN TO THE LIVING WORD BROADCAST. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU CHOSE TO VIEW OUR TELEVISION PROGRAM THIS MORNING TO LISTEN TO WORDS THAT WILL COME STRAIGHT FROM GOD'S WORD. WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN KNOWING WHAT GOD'S WILL IS FOR YOU. WE ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD'S WILL IS FOR US, AND WE CAN FIND IT IN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE. THIS COMING SERIES THAT WE'RE BEGINNING THIS MORNING HAS TO DO WITH THE ONE TRUE CHURCH. THE CHURCH THAT WE READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE. I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE ASK ME IN AFRICA AND OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD, WELL, WHICH CHURCH DO YOU BELONG TO OR WHAT DENOMINATION DO YOU BELONG TO? AND I SAY SIMPLY THAT I AM A PART OF THE ONE TRUE CHURCH THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN ACTS CHAPTER TWO. NOW WE WANT TO REVEAL TO YOU COMPLETELY THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS WHAT THE TRUE CHURCH IS THAT JESUS BUILT. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ALL THE ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. WHEN WE BEGAN THIS DAY WE WILL CONSIDER WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE IN IT'S BEING BEGUN AND MANY OTHER THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CHURCH ITSELF.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH ACTUALLY BEGAN. NOW NEXT WEEK, I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEEK, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LESSON ON THE PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHURCH, SO ALOT MORE DETAIL WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AT THAT TIME. WHEN WE DISCUSS WHAT THE CHURCH IS AND WHERE IT ACTUALLY ORIGINATED, IT ORIGINATED IN THE MIND OF GOD. IF YOU JUST CASUALLY READ THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT IS SAID ABOUT THE CHURCH AND WHERE IT ORIGINATED. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A FEW PASSAGES FROM THERE AS WELL AS OTHER VERSES THAT WE SEE IN THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S ETERNAL PURPOSE WAS STATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS AS TO HIS IDEA OR HIS CONCEPT ABOUT HOW HE WOULD SAVE ALL PEOPLES FROM THEIR SIN. AND IT INVOLVED A BLOOD-BOUGHT INSTITUTION, ACTS 20 VERSE 28, THAT WOULD BE PURCHASED WITH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, THAT WOULD OFFER SALVATION TO ALL AS THEY WERE OBEDIENT TO THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.
SO LET US CONSIDER JESUS' PART IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH. NOW, HE ACTUALLY CAME TO THIS WORLD TO ESTABLISH HIS CHURCH, TO PRESENT THE GOSPEL PLAN OF SALVATION AND AS ACTS TWO VERSE 47 SAYS AND WHEN THE CHURCH ACTUALLY BEGAN IN ACTS CHAPTER TWO THE STATEMENT IS MADE, "AND THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY SUCH AS WERE BEING SAVED." NOW WE KNOW THAT IT WAS PROPHESIED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. DANIEL SPOKE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH IN DANIEL CHAPTER TWO VERSE 44. THERE WOULD BE A KINGDOM SET UP AND ALL NATIONS WOULD FLOW INTO IT OR ALL KINGDOMS WOULD FLOW INTO IT. IN ISAIAH TWO VERSE TWO, THERE WOULD BE A HOUSE, THE LORD'S HOUSE, THAT WOULD BE BUILT ON THE MOUNTAINS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF JERUSALEM BUT IT WOULD BE BUILT ON THE MOUNTAINS, FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, THE MOUNTAINS OF GOD'S TRUTH BASICALLY IS WHAT I BELIEVE IT IS TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT WOULD BE WHEN ALL PEOPLES OF THE EARTH WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO FLOW INTO IT. JEREMIAH SPOKE OF THE KINGDOM AND SO MANY OF THE PROPHETS SPOKE OF THE MESSIAH WHO WOULD COME TO THIS EARTH TO ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM. IN FACT, DO YOU REMEMBER JOHN THE BAPTIST? HIS BASIC MESSAGE WAS WHAT? REPENT YE FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. HE WAS PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD WHO WOULD COME, THAT IS THE LORD JESUS, AND WHAT WAS THE CENTRAL MESSAGE THAT JESUS BROUGHT TO THIS WORLD? REPENT YE FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS COME. IN MARK NINE VERSE ONE, THAT IS MARK CHAPTER NINE VERSE ONE, HE SAID, "'THERE ARE SOME STANDING HERE,'" HE WAS SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES, "'WHO WILL NOT TASTE OF DEATH TILL YOU SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME WITH POWER.'"
NOW, I'D LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER JESUS CHRIST AND HIS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CHURCH. THIS WILL GIVE US AN IDEA AS WE SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES THIS MORNING AND FIND OUT ABOUT THE CHURCH AS IT WAS IN THE MIND OF CHRIST. NOW, PETER MADE MENTION IN FIRST PETER TWO VERSE NINE THAT WE ARE A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, WE'RE A HOLY NATION, WE'RE A PEOPLE OF GOD'S OWN POSSESSION, WE'RE A VERY MUCH A CHOSEN PEOPLE. YES WE ARE TODAY! HE IS SPEAKING OF CHRISTIANS THERE. THAT WE WILL WHAT? SING FORTH HIS PRAISES AND BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT. SO NOW WE, AS CHRISTIANS, ARE HIS CHOSEN GENERATION. WE BECOME A PART OF THE LORD'S CHURCH, WHICH ALSO IS REFERRED TO AS HIS BODY. JESUS CHRIST IS THE BUILDER OF HIS CHURCH, MATTHEW 16 VERSE 18, JESUS SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES AND SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING TO PETER THIS TIME, AND "YOU ARE PETER, AND UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH." IT WAS NOT REFERRING TO PETER. HE WAS JUST A SMALL STONE BUT A BIG ROCK UPON THE ROCK OR THE FOUNDATION THAT THERE'S NO OTHER NAME GIVEN AMONG HEAVEN, AMONG MEN, WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED OR WHEREBY WE CAN BE SAVED WHICH WOULD BE WHOM? JESUS CHRIST. SO UPON THIS ROCK, THE ROCK THAT WAS STATED IN THE CONFESSION THAT PETER MADE "THOU ART THE CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD," THAT THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED. AND WHO WAS THAT PERSON? IT WAS JESUS. BY THE WAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHO FOUNDED YOUR CHURCH? NOW YOU NOTICE I DIDN'T SAY CHRIST'S CHURCH. I SAID WHO FOUNDED YOUR CHURCH? IS THE HEAD OF YOUR CHURCH THE POPE OF ROME? YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT. IS HE REALLY THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH? JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND HE IS THE SAVIOR OF THE BODY. EPHESIANS, THERE IN THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS CHAPTER ONE VERSE 22 AND 23, HAVE PUT "ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET, AND GAVE HIM TO BE HEAD OVER ALL THINGS TO THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY (THE CHURCH IS HIS BODY) THE FULLNESS THAT FILLETH ALL AND ALL." SO WHO IS THE HEAD OF YOUR CHURCH? IS THE HEAD OF YOUR CHURCH LOCATED SOMEWHERE ON THIS EARTH RIGHT NOW? HOW COULD HE BE? BECAUSE THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH THAT JESUS BUILT IS JESUS CHRIST AND JESUS CHRIST ONLY. IS THE HEAD OF YOUR CHURCH NAMED AFTER SOME MAN OR WAS SOME MAN? DO YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE 1500'S OR THE 1600'S OR THE 1800'S OR THE 1900'S TO FIND THE HEAD OF YOUR CHURCH? THE ONE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY WORSHIPED BUT THE ONE IS HELD UP HIGHER ABOVE THAN ANY OTHER PERSON IN YOUR CHURCH. IS YOUR CHURCH BASED UPON THE NAME OF SOME MAN ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH? HOW COULD THAT BE AND IT BE THE CHURCH, THE TRUE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. JESUS CHRIST WAS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. THAT IS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND INTIMATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE SCRIPTURE.
SO WHAT ABOUT SECTARIANISM, DENOMINATIONALISM? IS CHRIST DIVIDED? THAT QUESTION WAS ASKED IN FIRST CORINTHIANS CHAPTER ONE. IS CHRIST DIVIDED? NO, HE IS NOT DIVIDED. HE IS ONLY DIVIDED BY THOSE WHO SEEK TO DIVIDE HIM AND RAISE UP SECTARIANISM AND DENOMINATIONALISM BUT JESUS STILL BUILT ONE CHURCH. AND WHO IS THAT CHURCH? YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT FROM THE SCRIPTURE THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES WHO THAT CHURCH IS. IT IS NOT "WHAT IS THAT CHURCH?" IT'S, "WHO IS THAT CHURCH?" WHO MAKES UP THAT CHURCH? WHAT IS THAT THE NAME OF THAT CHURCH AS WE SEE IN THE SCRIPTURE? WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATION OF THAT CHURCH AS WE SEE IN THE SCRIPTURE? WHAT IS THE PLAN OF SALVATION AS FAR AS THAT CHURCH IS CONCERNED AND WHAT IS THE TRUE PLAN OF SALVATION THAT WE SEE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT JESUS DIED FOR ON THE CROSS? SO JESUS ADDED THOSE PEOPLE WHO OBEYED HIS GOSPEL TO THE CHURCH, ( ACTS 2 VERSE 47 ), THE CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED IN ACTS CHAPTER TWO. DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT? WELL, READ ACTS CHAPTER ONE AND CHAPTER TWO AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FIRST GOSPEL MESSAGE WAS PREACHED BY PETER ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST AS IS RECORDED IN ACTS CHAPTER TWO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO THOSE PEOPLE? THOSE JEWS AS HE CLAIMED IN CHAPTER TWO VERSE 37, YOU'VE CRUCIFIED THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. THEY CRIED OUT, WHAT CAN WE DO? WE KNOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS SIN? NOW, WHAT DID PETER SAY? ACTS 2 VERSE 38, "'REPENT AND BE BAPTIZED, EVERY ONE OF YOU, IN THE NAME OF (OR BY THE AUTHORITY OF) JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF YOUR SINS; AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.'" NOW THAT'S THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT JESUS ADDED TO HIS CHURCH. THOSE WHO WERE WILLING TO DO WHAT HE SAID. YOU KNOW HE SENT HIS DISCIPLES OUT ON THE GREAT COMMISSION TO GO UNTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE. HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED. HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE SHALL BE CONDEMNED. JESUS IS NOT ONLY THE FOUNDATION OF THE CHURCH HE'S THE SAVIOR OF THE CHURCH, EPHESIANS 5:23, "FOR THE HUSBAND IS THE HEAD OF THE WIFE EVEN AS CHRIST ALSO IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH AND HE IS THE SAVIOR OF THE BODY." NOT THE BODIES, BUT THE BODY WHICH IS CALLED WHAT IN THE SCRIPTURE? THE CHURCH WHICH IS CALLED THE KINGDOM IN THE CHURCH IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER ONE WHERE HE SAYS HE TRANSLATED US OUT OF THE POWER OF DARKNESS INTO THE KINGDOM OF HIS DEAR SON IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. AND GOD GAVE HIM TO BE THE HEAD OVER THE CHURCH. HE PURCHASED IT WITH HIS OWN BLOOD. WE'RE SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST! ARE WE NOT? YES. IN THE BOOK OF ACTS CHAPTER 20 VERSE 28 HE MAKES CLEAR THAT HE PURCHASED THE CHURCH WITH HIS OWN BLOOD.
NOW MY FRIEND, IS IT POSSIBLE TODAY TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF THE BIBLE? WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE. I'M JUST A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH THAT YOU READ ABOUT IN ACTS CHAPTER TWO. PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT DENOMINATION DO YOU GO TO? I DON'T GO TO A DENOMINATION. THE LORD DID NOT ESTABLISH DENOMINATIONS. MEN ESTABLISH DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS MEANS THIS. THEY HAVE DENOMINATED THE BODY OF CHRIST. THEY BROUGHT DIVISION TO THE BODY OF CHRIST. WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST BE A PART OF THE CHURCH THAT WE READ ABOUT IN ACTS CHAPTER 2 THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE HOLY APOSTLES ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF CHRIST? THEY WERE GIVEN THE PLAN OF SALVATION, MATTHEW 16, THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. HERE IS THE WAY YOU GET INTO THE KINGDOM. HERE'S THE WAY YOU GET INTO THE CHURCH AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO BE DOING AS THE CHURCH AS HE SENT HIS APOSTLES OUT ALL OVER ASIA MINOR AND ALL OVER THE WORLD TEACHING AND PREACHING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET INTO THE CHURCH. THERE WAS ONLY ONE UNTIL ABOUT 600 AD. THERE IS ONLY ONE, ONE CHURCH. IN FACT, ACTUALLY THERE WAS ONE CHURCH IN 325 WHEN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH BEGAN AND IT WAS NOT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. NO IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH WAS A DIVISIVE THING THAT WAS SET UP BY CHRISTIANS. PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS TO ESTABLISH AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU CANNOT FIND IN THE BIBLE. YOU CANNOT FIND MAN-MADE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BIBLE.
SO WHAT I'M SOLICITING FOR YOU THIS MORNING OR TO YOU THIS MORNING IS THAT YOU REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NOW HERE. THE CHURCH OF THE BIBLE IS NOW IN EXISTENCE. IT IS NOW WORSHIPING IN THIS CITY. WE ARE HERE! WE ARE PREACHING THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT! THE CHURCH OF THE BIBLE! BY THE WAY WHICH IS CALLED, ROMANS 16 VERSE 16, THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST SALUTE YOU. WE'RE SALUTING YOU IN A SENSE. WE'RE DESIRING THAT YOU BECOME A PART OF THE CHURCH. LET'S DROP ALL NAMES, ALL TITLES, THAT DIVIDE US IN CHRIST. LET US OBEY THE GOSPEL AND BECOME A PART OF THE CHURCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER THESE MATTERS AS WE DETAIL THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES THE CHURCH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. IT IS HIM WHO WE MUST OBEY NOT THE COMMANDS AND THE DOCTRINES OF MANKIND.
CLOSING COMMENTS
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WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD THE CHURCH IS. FOR HE HAS PROVIDED FOR US A PLACE ON THIS EARTH TO DWELL AS THE SAVED OF GOD. THE QUESTION YOU MUST ASK THIS MORNING IS, "ARE YOU IN THE TRUE CHURCH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST?" IF NOT WHY NOT? MAKE TODAY THE DAY OF SALVATION ACCORDING TO HIS PERFECT WILL.