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Religious division is a product of mankind and is not approved of by God. There was no such thing as a denomination in the first century. There was only one church, the one Jesus established (Matt. 16:18) and Christ is the head of that church (Eph. 1:22). Likewise today, there is only one true church -- the one established by Christ. All churches founded by fallible men are not the true church. Jesus said in Matt. 7:21-23, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (NKJV)
So, we can see from the words of Christ that many sincere, religious people who follow the commandments of men rather than the doctrine of Christ (Matt. 15:9) will be lost because they do not follow the will of God. These people are like the Jews described by Paul,"For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge" (Rom. 10:2-NKJV).
The plea of the church of Christ is for the religious world to return to simple, New Testament Christianity -- to speak where the Bible speaks and to be silent where the Bible is silent. Only by obeying the New Testament, "the perfect law of liberty" (James 1:25), without adding to or detracting from it, can mankind have the hope of an eternal home in heaven.
We are told in Acts 2:47 that those who are saved are added by the Lord to His church.
Have you followed the steps to salvation which are found in the New Testament? To be saved,
one must:
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This website was developed by and is maintained by Michael Willey, and was last updated in August 2008. Please feel free to download any of the information on this site to use to teach others about Jesus Christ.