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The word church means assembly Jesus made the statement to Peter in Matt 16:18 "upon this rock,
I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" you notice he said church and not churches, look
at Eph 4, it tells us that there is ONE body, Eph 1:22-23 "and hath put all things under his feet and hath given him to be
the head over all things to the CHURCH which is his BODY, the fullness of him that filleth all in all" When Paul in Rom 16:16
says "the churches of Christ salute you" he was not talking about all the different churches or religions in the world, he
was talking about all the different congregations of his church over the world. If there is more than one church and
each one has a different name and different belief, then Christ has become the author of confussion.1 Cor 14:33 He has
been the author of devision, Rom 16:17; 1 Cor 1:10 he has become the author of a lie.John 14:6 "I am the truth"
To enter before a person can enter into Christ's church, he has to get rid of the old way
of life, the old way of sin, Jesus in John 3:3 to Nicodemas, " except a man be born again, he cannot see
the kingdom of God" and in verse 5 "except a man is born of WATER and of the SPIRIT, he
cannot enter into the kingdom" to be born again, is destroying the old man of sin through, hearing
the word of God, Rom 10:17; Matt 17:1-5; you must believe the word of God,Heb 11:6; Rom 10:17; John 8:24; you must repent,
Luck 13:3, Acts 2:38 and 3:19; a man cannot and again I repeat cannot enter
into or be part of the kingdon of God before he is baptized, Acts 2:38;Gal 3:27; Baptism is not having water sprinkled over
us or poured over us but it is a burial, Rom6:1-8; for the remission of our past sins Acts 2:38 "repent and be baptized for
the remission of your sins"
Inside the Kingdom: living the new life Rev 2:10; Gal 2:20; Jesus has promised to his saints John 14:1-4
only if we obey according to his will. If a man promotes the word of God falsely, God will condemn him Gal 1:8-9
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