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The Importance Of The NT Church

How important is the church of the NT? Comments about the church show how little some think of it:

  1. Join the church of your choice
  2. The church won’t save you
  3. The church isn’t important
  4. One church is as good as another
  5. The church was not in God’s original plan

Each of these statements is false for they originated with men not God. Where in the NT can one read those concepts?

Consider the importance God placed on the church:

  1. The church was in the eternal purpose of God (Eph. 3:10,11)
  2. The church manifests the manifold wisdom of God (Eph. 3:10,11)
  3. Christ gave Himself for the church (Eph. 5:25-27)
  4. Christ obtained the church with His blood (Acts 20:28)
  5. The church is the bride of Christ (II Cor. 11:1-3)
  6. When one is baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, he is baptized into the body of Christ which is the church of Christ (I Cor. 12:13; Eph. 1:22,23)
  7. When Jesus comes again, He will take the church (the kingdom) to heaven (I Cor. 15:24; I Th. 4:13-18)

Did God plan for Jesus to come into the world, suffer, and die for a church which is worthless or not necessary? Can men build a church just as good as the church for which Christ died? The answer is NO! Many churches exist by the power and authority of men, but none of them can compare with the church for which our Lord and Saviour died. One can read about the church of Christ in his NT, but one cannot read about the many churches made by men. Jesus has not promised to deliver the churches of men to God, only the one He built (Mt. 16:18). If you cannot take your NT and read about the church of which you are a member, it is not the church for which Christ died and it is not the church into which one is baptized when he is baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38). - Glenn Melton

Are You Concerned About The Way
You Appear Before Others?

Many seem to do that which is right in their own eyes: Believing that what is offered to God in worship, or service, He will accept. Cain (Gen. 4), Nadab, and Abihu (Lev. 10) found that one cannot offer just anything to God and be pleasing to Him. Most of us know that. Yet, some modern members of the church seem to think they can wear whatever they think is modest and God will be pleased. Not so, God has defined nakedness in His word. If not, there is no binding definition of it, except the customs of the time. It is past time for Christians to be concerned about their appearance before others (I Tim. 2:9; Gen 3; Ex. 28:42; Isaiah 47:1-3). Christians are to let their light shine (Mt 5:16). Study Carefully. - Glenn Melton

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