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Those in the Church of Christ think they are the
only ones going to heaven.

• Form of a question
• Form of a statement
• Form of a Joke

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Will Only Those in the Church of Christ Go to
Heaven?
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Will Only Those in the Church of Christ Go to
Heaven?
I. Understanding the Question II. Understanding
the Answer III. Understanding What the Answer
Demands
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I. Understanding The Question
A. Why it is asked
1. Denominational view
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Denominationalism
Gods People (The Saved)
Adventist
Presb.
Catholic
Nazarene
Ch. Of Christ
Ch. Of God
Methodist
Baptist
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I. Understanding The Question
A. Why it is asked
1. Denominational view
2. Prejudice
3. Ignorance
B. What it does
1. Puts you in a dilemma
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The Dilemma
If Say No Hard to harmonize with what you
teach Not the truth!
If Say Yes Person is turned off to
further teaching Confirms their Prejudice
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I. Understanding The Question
A. Why it is asked
1. Denominational view
2. Prejudice
3. Ignorance
B. What it does
1. Puts you in a dilemma
2. Charges us with narrow-mindedness
3. Creates prejudice
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II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined
People Who Are Saved
Acts 247 Eph. 216 Eph. 523 Acts 1120-ff
Terms of entrance - Same
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Acts 11
Heard preaching the Lord Jesus
Believed turned to Lord
Received the grace of God
Church
Christians
Disciples
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II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined B. One Church
There is one body (Eph. 44) Body
Church (Eph. 122-23) Thus One Church
The Bible is silent about churches denom.
Christ only promised to build one (Matt. 1618)
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II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined B. One Church C.
Denominationalism is wrong

• Not found in the Bible (1 Pet. 411)
• Contrary to the pleas for unity (John 1720-21
  
  
  
  
  1 Cor. 110)
• Contrary to the idea of one body (Eph. 44)
• Contrary to the idea that it makes a difference
  
  
  
  
  what one believes (2 Thess. 210-12).

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II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined B. One Church C.
Denominationalism is wrong D. Gods Way Is Narrow
A. Church Defined
E. Parallel Question
YES! One must be a member of the Church of Christ
to go to Heaven!
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III. Understanding What The Answer Demands
That you be in the church of Christ to be saved.
That you leave and renounce denominationalism.
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