Subject: Which Church is the right one? |
Bible Note: It sounds to me like the fellow who visited you was a name-dropper but if I were the one he was talking to he should have been expounding on a name that is above every name. What “I” look for in a local church is it’s ability to communicate and teach God’s Word to all levels of believers and it’s outreach to save a lost and dying world along with a strict adherence to biblical principals with ministers that aren’t so heavenly Holy that they are no earthly good; example, as Paul put it, 1 Cor. 9:18-23 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. [19] For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. [20] And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; [21] To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. [22] To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. [23] And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. From my point of view if people are not encouraged to carry a Bible to church by their ministers, so that they can prove their views, something must be wrong and they are afraid of being exposed by the truth if in fact they are teaching truth! Check out the first two words in this verse. 2 Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: Tie this with the following from the NASB with emphasis on the word SUM, meaning all added up together with nothing left out. Psalm 119:160 The sum of Thy word is truth, And every one of Thy righteous ordinances is everlasting. Sound like I’m at it again! CDBJ |