1 Peter 3:1516

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1 Peter 315-16 But sanctify the Lord God in
your hearts, and always be ready to give a
defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the
hope that is in you, with meekness and fear16
having a good conscience, that when they defame
you as evildoers, those who revile your good
conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
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Have You Heard .

• The Church Of Christ Believes

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Being NARROW MINDED?
• The Way To Eternal Life Is Narrow -

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Matthew 713-14 Enter ye in by the narrow gate
for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that
leadeth to destruction, and many are they that
enter in thereby. 14 For narrow is the gate, and
straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and
few are they that find it.
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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Being NARROW MINDED?
• The Way To Eternal Life Is Narrow
• We Can Be OPEN MINDED

• Willing To Turn To The Bible And Change To Any
  Truth Found In It
• Are You Willing To?

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Being NARROW MINDED?
• The Way To Eternal Life Is Narrow
• We Can Be OPEN MINDED To Truth
• Truth Is Narrow

• 2x24
• Only One Number In 100 Is Correct . 99 Are
  Wrong
• Must One Deny Truth In Order To Be Acceptable?

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Being NARROW MINDED?
• The Way To Eternal Life Is Narrow
• We Can Be OPEN MINDED To Truth
• Truth Is Narrow
• We MUST Be Narrow Only To the Extent Truth Is
  Narrow

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY One Right?

• That Is False!
• We Believe That The Bible Is Right And ALL Who
  Teach Only The Bible Are Right

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1 Thessalonians 213 And for this cause we also
thank God without ceasing, that, when ye received
from us the word of the message, even the word of
God, ye accepted it not as the word of men, but,
as it is in truth, the word of God, which also
worketh in you that believe.
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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY One Right?
• That Is False!
• We Believe That The Bible Is Right And ALL Who
  Teach Only The Bible Are Right
• We Believe One Should Be Willing To Change ANY
  Teaching Or Practice To Conform To Bible Truth

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY One Right?
• That Is False!
• We Do Not Claim We Are Right, But That The BIBLE
  Is Right!

• Will You Change Anything You Practice
  Religiously That Is NOT Taught In The Bible?

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY Church?

• Having A Proper Understanding Of The Word
  Church, All Will See The Answer Is YES
• Some Say You Dont Have To Belong To Any Church
  To Be Saved
• If By Church They Mean A Denomination We Agree

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY Church?
• The BIBLE Teaches We Have To Belong To Christs
  Church To Be Saved

• The Church Is His Kingdom -

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Matthew 1618-19 And I also say unto thee, that
thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build
my church and the gates of Hades shall not
prevail against it. 19 I will give unto thee the
keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever
thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.
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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY Church?
• The BIBLE Teaches We Have To Belong To Christs
  Church To Be Saved
• The Church Is His Kingdom
• All Should Believe One Has To Be A Member Of The
  Kingdom Of Christ To Be Saved (John 33)

• . Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
  kingdom of God

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY Church?
• The BIBLE Teaches We Have To Belong To Christs
  Church To Be Saved
• To Be In Christ, Body, Kingdom, Family, Church
  Are All The Same -----

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2 Corinthians 517 Wherefore if any man is in
Christ, he is a new creature the old things are
passed away behold, they are become new.
1 Corinthians 1227 Now ye are the body of
Christ, and severally members thereof.
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Colossians 113-14 who delivered us out of the
power of darkness, and translated us into the
kingdom of the Son of his love 14 in whom we
have our redemption, the forgiveness of our
sins
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Galatians 326-29 For ye are all sons of God,
through faith, in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of
you as were baptized into Christ did put on
Christ. 28 There can be neither Jew nor Greek,
there can be neither bond nor free, there can be
no male and female for ye all are one man in
Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye are Christs, then are
ye Abrahams seed, heirs according to promise.
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Ephesians 122-23 and he put all things in
subjection under his feet, and gave him to be
head over all things to the church, 23 which is
his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
all.
Ephesians 44 There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as also ye were called in one hope of your
calling
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Ephesians 523 For the husband is the head of
the wife, as Christ also is the head of the
church, being himself the saviour of the body.
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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• They Are The ONLY Church?
• The BIBLE Teaches We Have To Belong To Christs
  Church To Be Saved
• To Be In Christ, Body, Kingdom, Family, Church
  Are All The Same
• Union Meeting Example

• Thus, Only Those In The Lords Church Will Be
  Saved!

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Running Other Religions Down?

• Why Is It Not Running Down A Drunkard To Condemn
  Drinking?
• Yet, To Condemn Religious Error Is?
• The Lord Condemned Religious Error

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Running Other Religions Down?
• The Lord Condemned Religious Error
• To Sadducees Ye Do Err (Matt. 2229)

• To Pharisees And Scribes In vain do they
  worship me (Matt. 159)

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Running Other Religions Down?
• The Lord Condemned Religious Error
• He Said, Woe unto you, scribes, Pharisees,
  hypocrites, . blind guides . whited sepulchers
  serpents. (Matthew 23)

• Paul Said, Am I become your enemy because I
  tell you the truth (Gal.416)

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes .

• In Running Other Religions Down?
• The Lord Condemned Religious Error
• All Churches Condemn What They Believe Is False
  Doctrine

• Are They Running The Church Of Christ Down When
  They Tell You What They Disagree With Us About?

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ .

• Was Started By Alexander Campbell?

• Name ONE Thing That We Teach Or Practice That
  Originated With Him!

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ .

• Was Started By Alexander Campbell?
• Facts About Alexander Campbell

• Born In 1788 In Ireland
• In 1793, When He Was Five Years Old, Still In
  Ireland, James OKelley Was Already Preaching In
  North Carolina
• In 1800, He Was Twelve Years Old, Still In
  Ireland, Abner Jones Was Preaching In N.
  Hampshire Ver.

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ .

• Was Started By Alexander Campbell?
• Facts About Alexander Campbell
• In 1804, Age 16, Still In Ireland, Barton W.
  Stone Was Preaching In Kentucky

• In 1809, Age 21, He Came To America
• In 1812, Age 24, He Was Baptized

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ .

• Was Started By Alexander Campbell?
• How Could He Have Started The Church If The Truth
  Had Been Preached In This Country For 20 Years
  Before He Came To America

• The Church Of Christ Was Founded By Jesus In
  Jerusalem (Matt. 1618 Acts 247)

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ .

• Was Started By Alexander Campbell?
• The Church Of Christ Was Founded By Jesus In
  Jerusalem (Matt. 1618 Acts 247)
• All Its Doctrines Practices Originated With
  Christ And Can Be Found In The New Testament -

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Matthew 2819-20 Go ye therefore, and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit 20 teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever I commanded you and lo, I am
with you always, even unto the end of the world.

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes.

• Other Churches Do Not See The Truth

• Jesus Fulfilled All O.T. Scriptures, Yet
• Jews Did Not See It Why?
• Paul, A Scholar In O.T. Scriptures, Trained Under
  Gamaliel, Did Not See It Why?
• Answer Is Found In Two Passages -

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2 Corinthians 43-4 And even if our gospel is
veiled, it is veiled in them that perish 4 in
whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds
of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel
of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God,
should not dawn upon them.
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Matthew 1315 For this peoples heart is waxed
gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And
their eyes they have closed Lest haply they
should perceive with their eyes, And hear with
their ears, And understand with their heart, And
should turn again, And I should heal them.
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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes.

• Other Churches Do Not See The Truth
• Jesus Fulfilled All O.T. Scriptures, Yet
• Jews Did Not See It Why?
• Paul, A Scholar In O.T. Scriptures, Trained Under
  Gamaliel, Did Not See It Why?
• Answer Is Found In Two Passages
• They Are Blinded By The World

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes.

• My Parents Will Be Lost If I Believe That Way

• NOT True
• It Means You Will Be Saved If You Believe The
  Bibles Teachings And Obey Them (Mk. 1615-16)
• What You Believe Or Do Neither Saves Nor Condemns
  Anyone Else!

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Have You Heard The Church Of Christ Believes.

• My Parents Will Be Lost If I Believe That Way
• Nothing You Do Determines The Eternal State Of
  Someone Else

• They Are In Gods Hands
• You Do What Is Your Duty To God
• God Will Do What Is Right About Them According
  To His Word, TRUTH

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Have You Heard

• Dont Let Mans Misconceptions About Truth And
  The Lords Church Keep You From Obeying His Word

• Dont Let Them Keep You From Working And
  Worshipping According To The Bible
• If You Have Been Mislead Or Have Not Understood
  What You Are To Do, You Are Now Without Excuse!
• All Must Obey God

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