The Undenominational Church – Bible study
Throughout the world, there are congregations of Christians who have obeyed the commands of our Lord with regard to salvation. These Christians are organized into local congregations (Titus 1:5-NKJV), having no central government and no earthly headquarters (John 18:35-36-NKJV). Each congregation is independent, taking the New Testament as its sole authority in religion (1 Corinthians 2:1-5-NKJV; Gal. 1:6-12-NKJV; Ephesians 3:1-11-NKJV).
The members of the Lord’s church in the twenty-first century believe the exact same things that first century Christians believed, and by doing the same things they did, they become the same thing Christians (Acts 11-26-NKJV; cf. Isaiah 62:2-NKJV).
The Lord’s church was established on Pentecost day, 33 A.D. And as we read in Acts 2, every saved person was added to the church by the Lord Himself (Acts 2:47-NKJV). Thus the church is composed of folks who have obeyed from the heart the Lord’s plan of salvation (Romans 6:17-18-NKJV; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4-NKJV; Romans 6:1-8-NKJV; Ephesians 5:23-NKJV).
God’s word is similar to a seed planted (Luke 8:11-NKJV). This seed produced Christians in the first century, and will produce Christians in the twenty-first century (1 Peter 1:13-25-NKJV; James 1:18-NKJV; cf. 1 Corinthians 4:15-NKJV).
Twenty centuries have passed since the beginning of the church, but we still have the same truth (John 17:17-NKJV) that will judge us on that last day (John 12:48-NKJV). We still have the same church unchanged in name (Matthew 16:18-NKJV), doctrine, organization, faith, and practice.
The Lord’s church does not use any creed other than the inspired New Testament (2 Timothy 3:16-17-NKJV; 2 John 9-NKJV), nor does it add any doctrine or commandment of man (Matthew 15:9-NKJV; cf. Colossians 2:18-23-NKJV; Revelation 22:18-19-NKJV).
The only plea of the Lord’s church is the plea for unity not unity in diversity but for unity based on the standard revealed in God’s Word (John 17-NKJV; Ephesians 4:1-6-NKJV). The Lord’s church pleads the merit of no man only the merit of Christ’s shed blood and of His holy Word (Romans 5:6-9-NKJV; Ephesians 1:3-7-NKJV; Hebrews 9:11-14-NKJV; 1 John 1:7-NKJV).
Dear reader, will you not this day study the above statements along with your Bible (Acts 17:11-NKJV), seriously and prayerfully consider them, and then become obedient to the Lord’s teaching regarding the New Testament church (Romans 6:17-NKJV).
May the Lord bless you as you think on the Scriptures provided in the above study.
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