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The church is the body of Christ—all the people who accept Christ’s gift of salvation and follow Christ’s teachings. It is much more than a building. In the Bible, “church” never refers to a building. It always refers to people—the people who follow Jesus Christ. Being part of the body of Christ means we are called to be continually ...
Jan 21, 2022 · A true Christian will believe the Bible is exactly what it says it is—the inspired Word of God. The Bible, however, declares that “all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Christianity begins with Jesus Christ. The effects of his life, the response to his teachings, the experience of his death, and the belief in his resurrection were the origins of the Christian community. When the Apostle Peter is represented in the New Testament as confessing that Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God,” he speaks ...
Aug 16, 2018 · One Church. The scripture tells us that there are two churches only. One that belongs to God (Revelation 14:12) and the other belongs to the devil (Revelation 17). There is only one true church (Romans 12:5), into which Jesus calls His end-time people—the bride of Christ. “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one ...
A true Christian church is one that emphasizes an inner life of transformation, no matter what its name. And this transformation isn’t just patching up the outward so I am more pleasing to others, but a deep inner work, so I become a new man in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15) Nothing else will do. Continue reading below ↓.
2 Corinthians 1:1: “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia.”. Speaking of the endurance of the true Church, Jesus said, “I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).
Apr 23, 2014 · Test 1: We know that we are Christian because we walk in the light (1 John 1:4-7). Our style of life is gradually conformed to what God has revealed to us about His nature and will. Test 2: We know that we are Christian because our lives are marked by sensitivity to sin, repentance, and confession (1 John 1:8-10).
