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Greeting!...
from all of us
We are pleased
that you have chosen to visit our site and we hope you will browse it
thoroughly to see all of the links we have to great articles and
sermons by sound Gospel preachers. We also have a multitude of great
Bible study aids that will enable you to find scriptures relating to
almost any subject, or verse, and much more. Preachers, teachers, make
this your start page (see link at bottom) and have all the materials
you need at the click of a button.
Our purpose and plea
Our intention in publishing this site is to
make available, to as many people as possible, complete and adequate
information to lead one to everlasting life in glory with the Almighty
God. We feel compelled to do this thing in view of God's warning
contained in ( Ezekiel
3:18-19 ).
Our plea to all mankind is to drop all man made doctrines, practices
and names and return to the New Testament teachings of Jesus and His
apostles. We encourage you to read the information contained in the
article on the right side of this page and then go on to more extensive
Bible studies found on this site.
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The LORD bless you
and keep you;
The LORD make His face
shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His
countenance upon you,
And give you peace.
(Numbers
6:24-26 NKJV)
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How are churches of Christ different?
By
carefully studying the Bible and it's history, it is relatively simple
to find that God's plan for redeeming mankind included the
establishment of the spiritual kingdom (church) of Christ. Read and
meditate upon the following scriptures showing that Jesus foretold of
the establishment of His church, how and when it would come, and then
the record of it's coming...with power! ( Matthew
16: 13-19 ) ( Mark
9: 1: ) ( John
14 ) (
John 15 ) (
John 16: 6-8 ) ( Acts
2 )
Jesus left the comforts and glory which He enjoyed in heaven and
willingly lived in poverty and persecution for about 32 years. He did
this without sinning! Then, he willingly gave His life...by the most
horrendous method, that of crucifixion...in order to offer redemption
unto lost mankind. You and me. He accomplished the mission He came for,
that of establishing a safe haven, His body, His church, for those who
will obey Him. In this spiritual kingdom are all spiritual
blessings. And outside the kingdom, there are none.
( Luke
2:11 ) ( Hebrews
4:15 ) ( Ephesians
1:3 ) ( Acts
2:47 )
So! How are the independent churches of Christ different than other
churches? When the church was established, as Christ foretold the
apostles that it would, on the first pentecost after He arose from the
grave in A.D. 32, there were no Christian denominations...none. There
were no club-like Christian religious organizations whatsoever. All
people who believed and obeyed the commandments of Jesus Christ and His
apostles were added to His church, by Him and that's it! No if's, and's
or but's about it. That is still the way it is today. No further
edicts, rules or regulations have been issued by God since that time.
Those obedient people had their sins forgiven and they became
"Christians". Nothing else. And if all do that today, all will be one,
united in Jesus Christ. We will all be simply Christians, the name
given by inspiration. And it is the only way we can ever be united in
Christ, simply accepting what He says, nothing else.
NOTICE: Certain
articles linked
to from this site contain some error and false doctrine. They are
included here due to the fact that much valuable information is
contained also. We urge every Bible student to diligently compare all
writings, including our own, with what is written in the Holy Bible,
our only infallible source.
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