The One True Church of the Bible

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The One True Church of the Bible By Willie
Alvarenga www.willie75.wordpress.com
Willie.alvarenga_at_browntrailschoolofpreaching.com
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• Is there one true church in existence today?
• Can we really know whether there is one true
  church?
• Can we really know whether we are members of the
  one true church?
• Are you a member of the one true church of the
  Bible?

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An Overview of Todays Lesson
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• A call to search the Scriptures
• The Importance of our topic
• Our present condition
• How to identify the one true church of the Bible

In This Lesson
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• A call to study the Bible

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• Acts 1711
• I Thessalonians 521
• I John 41

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• The importance of our subject

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Why is the subject of the One True
church important?
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• Its a Bible subject
• Its a life and death subject
• Its a subject related to Jesus
• Its a subject people need to know about
• Many are teaching false doctrine on this subject

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Our presente condition
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• There are about 1,500 organized religions in
  America today. Others have suggested that there
  are 30,000 denominations in the world

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• There is so much confusion and religious division
  in the world that people are confused about what
  to believe

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• 3 Erroneous concepts about the church

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Many believe The building Is the church
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Many believe The church is not important
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Many believe The church is just A plan B
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Many believe The church is just Another
denomination
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• How to identify the one true church of the Bible

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Can we actually know About the One True church?
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• John 717
• John 832
• Eph. 34
• Eph. 517

We can Understand The Bible
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Identifying the One True church
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• What would you do if your child was missing?

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• Call police
• Provide physical descriptions (e.g. hair color,
  color of her eyes, stature, clothes she was
  wearing, etc.
• Police might be able to find her with these
  descriptions

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• The Bible provides several descriptions that can
  help us to find the one true church of the Bible

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Descriptions To Identify The One true church
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Descriptions

• Name
• Founder
• Worship
• Organization
• Authority
• How to be a member

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• Church of Christ (Romanos 1616)
• Church of God (1 Corintios 12)
• The Body of Christ (Colosenses 124)
• The House of God (1 Timoteo 315)

Biblical Descriptions
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• The names of which we hear today do not find
  their origin in the pages of the New Testament.
  These are human names which find no authority
  within the Scriptures.

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Many argue that the name by which the church is
identified is not important
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If the name is not important, then
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Can I write my name in your weekly pay check?
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If the name is not important

• Would you name your new born baby, Judas
  Iscariot, or perhaps, Ahab?

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• The name by which the church is known is very
  important to God, and it should be to all of us!

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• Matthew 1618 My church
• Romans 1616 Churches of Christ
• Ephesians 122-23 Christ is the head of the
  church
• Acts 2028 Christ shed His blood for the church

Why Church Of Christ?
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Founder of the One true church
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Founder of the church
Matthew 1618
Ephesians 220
1 Corinthians 311
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Head of the church Christ
Colossians 118
Ephesians 122-23
Ephesians 523
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Worship of The one true church
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Authorized acts of worship

• Singing without the use of instruments (Ephesians
  519 Colossians 316)
• Lord supper every Sunday (Acts 242 207)
• Contribution on Sundays (I Corinthians 161-2)
• Prayer (Acts 242 1 Thess. 517)
• Preaching of the Word (2 Timothy 42)

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The Authority Of the one true Church
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Our only Authority In religion

• The inspired Word of God is our only authority to
  follow (2 Timothy 316-17 2 Peter 120-21 Col.
  317 1 Peter 411)

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Our Only Authority
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Organization Of the one true Church
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Organization of the church

• Christ is the head, not man (Ephesians 122-23)
• Plurality of elders (Acts 1423 Philippians 11
  1 Timothy 31-7 Titus 15)
• Deacons (1 Timothy 38-13 Philippians 11)
• Evangelists, ministers, preachers (Efesios 411
  2 Timothy 45)
• Members, Christians (Acts 1126 2628 1 Peter
  416)

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Establishment Of the one true Church
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The church was Established in Jerusalem
(Approx.. 30-33 A.D.)
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• Isaiah 21-4
• Acts 21-4
• Mark 91
• Acts 18
• Acts 21-47

According To N.T. Scriptures
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What can a person do to be part of the New
Testament church?
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• People must do exactly what the early Christians
  did to be saved and to be part of the New
  Testament church

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• Consider Acts 222-47

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Destiny of the One true church
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• What is the destiny of those churches that do not
  belong to God?

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• Matthew 1513
• Psalm 1271
• Matthew 157-9
• Matthew 721-23

Destiny of Human Religions
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• John 141-3
• Philippians 320
• 2 Corinthians 51-2
• 1 Thessalonians 416-18

Destiny Of the one True chruch
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Thanks to our Heavenly Father We can know the
One true church of The Bible!
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We encourage you today To become a member Of the
one true church Of the Bible
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Please obey The gospel of Christ