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We Can Be “Just A Christian” – Bible study

We Can Be “Just A Christian” – Bible study

In the midst of the religious confusion that exists in our creed-bound, denominational divided world, it is possible for us to become “just a Christian.”

What does it mean to be “just a Christian”? It means more than just being a good moral person more than just attending church services on Sunday more than giving mere mental assent to certain denominational beliefs more than just having one’s name on a church roll.

It means going back beyond any denominational doctrines of men to the first century church as revealed in the inspired New Testament (Matthew 16:18; Acts 20:28). Back to the time when the disciples were members of “one” body “the church” (Romans 12:5; Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 1:24).

The disciples did not follow any creeds of men, but were guided by “the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3). This faith (there was only one not many) was delivered by “holy men of God” as they were guided by the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). We have this same “faith” today contained in the completed New Testament. This faith “the faith” is capable of reproducing the same pure Christianity today that flourished in the first century. If we will obey the Lord’s commandments contained in the New Testament, we can be “just a Christian” nothing more nothing less.

To discover the details of how we can become and remain “just a Christian” like Peter, Paul, and Barnabas, we must be willing to open our New Testament, read it, and study it for ourselves (Ephesians 3:3-4; 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV; Acts 17:11). The New Testament teaches that we can be added to the same body as those individuals who were added “to the church” by the Lord in the first century (Acts 2:47). All we have to be willing to do is:

  • Believe in Jesus Christ as God’s Son (Acts 8:37).
  • Repent of our sins (John 8:24; Acts 17:30).
  • Be “baptized into Christ” (Gal. 3:27; cf. Romans 6:3-4 for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16).

Why not today become “just a Christian” (Acts 11:26), worshipping and working in the non-denominational church of our Lord the church “the body” that is made up of saved individuals (Acts 2:47; Ephesians 5:23).