A Good Church
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Jehovah's Witnesses have Jesus. Islam has Jesus. Every single Christian denomination has Jesus. I think it has to be more specific than that 
1 John 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
So Muslims saying Jesus is simply just a prophet, denying the virgin birth/being sinless/ dying on the Cross/ being God / various others....
Jehovah's Witnesses saying Jesus is not God/ claiming Jesus is Michael the archangel/ various others.
Do you think they have the TRUE Jesus?
2 Corinthians 11
1 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little folly—and indeed you do bear with me.
2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ
4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!
Three great tips to build/restore a GREAT church.
1) Jesus
2) Jesus
And.. Jesus, so pretty much if you have Jesus you have a great church.
1) Jesus
2) Jesus
And.. Jesus, so pretty much if you have Jesus you have a great church
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"How do you know for sure that a church has Jesus? Sometimes I think churches might shut Jesus out of their churches, at least to a certain degree. They pray their obligatory prayers and sing their obligatory hymns, but I’m not sure they do that much more for him than that."
The evidence would be their fruits. See if their message and actions are christocentric(by that i mean christ centered) or not. Also if they have love, which from experience many churches don't have, yet it is one of the most essential parts of being a christian.
The evidence would be their fruits. See if their message and actions are christocentric(by that i mean christ centered) or not. Also if they have love, which from experience many churches don't have, yet it is one of the most essential parts of being a christian.
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1 Corinthians 2
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written:
“ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
16 For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?”But we have the mind of Christ.
John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
6 However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
9 But as it is written:
“ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
16 For “who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?”But we have the mind of Christ.
John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
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One - The Church must be united in Christ, and this includes being one visible institution.
Holy - It is because Christ is holy that the Church, being His body are also holy. It is through the Church that God's grace is administered.
Catholic - Contains the fullness of the means of salvation.
Apostolic - has a visible succession from the Apostles and carries their same teaching authority which was given to them by Christ.
Holy - It is because Christ is holy that the Church, being His body are also holy. It is through the Church that God's grace is administered.
Catholic - Contains the fullness of the means of salvation.
Apostolic - has a visible succession from the Apostles and carries their same teaching authority which was given to them by Christ.
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~ is made up of those that have been washed white as snow by the blood of Christ
~ grows in grace and knowledge of Christ and is strong in that grace
~ magnifies the word of God and esteems it above all that is necessary in life
~ puts on the Lord Jesus Christ and not the flesh of the old man
~ builds and edifies one another in grace and truth
~ does not engage in slander, gossip or maligning others
~ lays down its life for one another
~ forgives and loves one another
~ looks at one another through the finished work of Christ
~ takes up their cross and follows Christ
~ goes through trials together without becoming negative and thinking evil
~ believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things
~ never quits or gives up what Christ has called them to do
~ prays, intercedes and supplicates in all things
~ believes the promises of God and walks by faith without doubting
~ is a soul winning church with many ways to reach the lost locally and abroad
~ grows in grace and knowledge of Christ and is strong in that grace
~ magnifies the word of God and esteems it above all that is necessary in life
~ puts on the Lord Jesus Christ and not the flesh of the old man
~ builds and edifies one another in grace and truth
~ does not engage in slander, gossip or maligning others
~ lays down its life for one another
~ forgives and loves one another
~ looks at one another through the finished work of Christ
~ takes up their cross and follows Christ
~ goes through trials together without becoming negative and thinking evil
~ believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things
~ never quits or gives up what Christ has called them to do
~ prays, intercedes and supplicates in all things
~ believes the promises of God and walks by faith without doubting
~ is a soul winning church with many ways to reach the lost locally and abroad
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