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UNION GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST, CLEVELAND TN. |
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FACTS ABOUT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH Jesus promised to build it (Matthew 16:18). Jesus did build it, just like He promised – In the New Testament we can read about it being in existence (Acts 5:11). It was established in Jerusalem in the 1st century in about the year A.D. 30 (Acts 2). Jesus bought it with His blood (Acts 20:28). Jesus has all authority in it (Matthew 28:18). Jesus is the Head of it (Ephesians 5:23). Jesus is the Savior of it (Ephesians 5:23). Jesus will deliver it up to the Father (1 Corinthians 15:24). Its members are called "Christians" (1 Peter 4:16; Acts 11:26). Its congregations are called "churches of God" (1 Thessalonians 2:14) or "churches of Christ" (Romans 16:16). It has only one creed – the gospel of the Christ (Galatians 1:6-8). The Lord adds saved people to it (Acts 2:47). Part of God’s mystery, He planned it before the beginning of the world (Ephesians 3:4-11). -- Roger D. Campbell |
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