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Volume 7 ... #28
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
I Cor. 1 ... 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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Baptist? Methodist? Catholic? ...
Some people love to say they are "such & such" ... Baptist, Methodist, Catholic ...
We who are of God should simply say we are "Christian" ... Identifying ourselves as belonging to Christ.
The church? All who belong to Christ and have been given HIS Spirit are the church.
People often want to witness to their church group thinking they witness to Christ when they tell they are Baptist, Methodist, Catholic ...
By their words, they divide the body of Christ and bring division.
Where do you "go" to church?
We are the church.
Some fail to know this.
I Cor. 6 ... 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Mt. 18:20 ... Jesus says ... For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
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Avoid being part of the division of the body of Christ by focusing on denominations.
This does not mean we join with others in strange doctrine. Far from it. Our doctrine is in Bible and by understanding of God by HIS Spirit. We cling to that.
I am an apostle/prophet appointed by Christ through God and the Holy Spirit. Anyone who tries to speak of God at all is in my "domain" as an officer of God.
For there is only one church.
Those who worship God in spirit and in truth ... Jn. 4
We try to bring those who speak of God to truth, exhorting them in the faith and truth of God at all times.
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