What must I do? That same question was asked in Acts 2:37 at the end of the very first gospel sermon ever preached. Want to know more? Here are 10 things everyone should understand about theĬhurch, here are some common misconceptions about the church,Īnd here is how God views the church. Jesus Christ, who is the head and the savior of the He wants you to be a ChristianĪnd only a Christian, wearing only the name of His Son, Then you are not serving God according to His plan orĪccording to His will. Of something else or something more or something less, Like theĪpostle Paul, we are saved when our sins are washed We are saved and added to the Lord’s church Thus, the real question is not what is the church ofĬhrist, but is rather how do you become a part of theĬhurch of Christ? That question was asked in the firstĬentury as it is asked today, and the answer remains
As Jesus said in John 14:6, “ IĪm the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto Jesus is not just a way to the Father he is Outside of the body of Christ – and that can never Toīe saved outside of the church of Christ is to be saved If you are saved, then you are in the Lord’s church. If youĪre not in the Lord’s church, then you are not saved. Who are going to be saved? Of course they are! GodĪdds people to His church when they are saved. Instead, God adds us toĪre those in the church of Christ the only people The church by men, and we do not join a church the way The church ofĬhrist is the church that belongs to Christ, that wasĮstablished by Christ, that was built by Christ, and That church is the church of Christ.Ī common misconception about the church of Christ is Pentecost following the Lord’s resurrection when Peter Lord’s church was established on that first day of Indeed, aĬloser study of the events in Acts 2 reveals that the Matthew 16 and Luke’s statement in Acts 2. Thus, we can conclude that Jesusīuilt His church sometime between His promise in In Acts 2:47, Luke tells us that people were beingĪdded to that church. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus promised to build a church. (MP3 format) Lesson 3: 1 Kings 18 Class Handout for 11 Lessons on Elijah and Elisha Lesson 1: