It is Found in the Bible
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09/13/15
- General
One body — Eph. 4:4
One body is the church — Col 1:18
Church began on Pentecost — Acts 2:36-47
Jesus is the one Head of the one body — Col. 1:18
Jesus is the Savior of the one body — Eph. 5:23-25
The Church was bought with Jesus' blood — Acts 20:28
Gospel — Rom 1:16
The death, burial, and resurrection of Christ — I Cor. 15: 1-4
All men are to obey — II Thess. 1:8
How to obey the gospel — Rom. 6:3-5
Jesus will return — II Thess. 1:6-10
Peter and Paul preached identical messages — Gal. 1:8-9
Man must repent, and be baptized to be saved — Acts 2:38, 22:16
God's grace saves — Col. 2:11-13
3,000 heard and were baptized — Acts 2:41
Sing with voices, without instruments — Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16
The Lord's church is not a denomination — Eph. 1:22-23
Nothing but the Bible as our guide — James 1:25, 2:12
The saved (Acts. 2:47) are added to the one body of Christ (Eph. 4:4), the church (Rom. 16:16)
They met the first day of the week to pray (Act 2:42, 20:7), sing (Eph. 5:19), give (I Cor. 16: 1-2), partake of the Lords' Supper and preach (Acts 20:7)
Each congregation is to be self-governed by qualified elders — I Tim. 3: 1-7
One man is never to make all the decisions for the church — I Tim. 5:17, Tim. 1:5
Rebukes human doctrines, human creeds, and human opinions — Matt. 15:9, Prov. 14:12
No conferences, councils, committees, presidents, or popes — Eph. 1:22-23
**** Ideas taken from MUSCLE AND A SHOVEL By: Michael Shank
