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1 | Joining a Church? | 1 Pet 5:1 | Hank | 158834 | ||
Truecalling: You have a right to be confused! The way "joining a church" is kicked around these days is confusing. There are two ways that "joining" a church is used. First, in Scripture. But there the word "joining" is not used, but "adding." Acts 2:47: "...And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved." At the moment of regeneration, believers become members of the body of Christ, His church. ..... The other meaning of "joining" has to do with becoming identified as a member of a specific local church. Different churches have different "rites of passage" as it were, i.e., conditions under which they receive members. It is quite possible to "join" a local church without having been "added" to the church, the body of Christ. That is another way of saying that joining a local church is not necessarily evidence of salvation, neither will it effect salvation. There is only one way to be saved, and that is by the grace of God through faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Joining a Church? | 1 Pet 5:1 | Truecalling | 158840 | ||
Thank you Hank for that reply and explanation on the joining churches. I really need to hear them words. God Bless you, | ||||||