THOUSANDS OF CHURCHES AND BELIEFS, WHO IS THE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD ?

[Kan]

What church do you believe is the one true church SINNERSAVED?

A classic loaded question, designed to pin the issue back on the individual rather than keeping the topic open by referring to scripture alone.

No, Im curious. Given the topics she has posted lately, I am curious what type of doctrinal background she has. It is not designed to trap anyone, or do anything other than help me understand the point of view of this member.

IMO the OP can be summarized by saying that there is a global tendency in religions to follow the broad way to destruction, and how important it is to be able to know where to anchor. 

General cliche's like 'Jesus loves' all of us, and 'the gospel is what we follow' does not cut it, because every blasphemy comes under that guise as well. There has to be a clear division between those who serve God and those who pretend to. What is it?

[Ezra]

For those who need a solid biblical understanding of a true Christian church, God has already given us a blueprint (Acts 2:36-47):

CHRIST IS PREACHED, AND HIM CRUCIFIED

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS SINNERS THROUGH THE GOSPEL

37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

REPENTANCE AND FAITH ARE PREACHED FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS AND THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

SALVATION IS FOR ALL, WHICH IS THE MESSAGE TO ALL

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD IS PREACHED, INCLUDING SEPARATION

40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

THOSE WHO TRULY BELIEVE ARE BAPTIZED IMMEDIATELY

41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

GOD HAS A PATTERN FOR THE LOCAL CHURCH

42 And they continued stedfastly in (steadfast continuance)

the apostles' doctrine (Bible doctrine)

and fellowship, (fellowship with believers)

and in breaking of bread, (the Lord’s Supper regularly)

and in prayers. (corporate prayers)

THE LOCAL CHURCH HAS AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY

43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IS ESSENTIAL

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

SHARING OF ALL THINGS IS ESSENTIAL

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

DAILY WORSHIP IS ESSENTIAL

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

REGULAR SALVATION OF SOULS IS ESSENTIAL, BUT IT IS GOD WHO ADDS TO THE CHURCH

47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

[angels4u]

Hello brothers and sisters , I have to ask this question, for all of the thousands of churches we have today and the denominations and different views and ways divided with the word of God ,and other Gods, how do we know who is the true and real church of today?

just with the Christian  churches alone, we have divisions due to interpretations and of different view points of what the scriptures says.

Why would this be, if we are all serving who we believe to be the God and creator of our beings, it also seems that what jesus said or taught  to the people , it is taking into many different roads, so why is there so much confusion, and no one able to all come to a agreement of who we serve and why we serve,

I know that satan has infiltrated most of the churches , with religious non sense, and man made rituals, and systematic institutional businesses and some have found ways to prostitute God for the money, that can be made easy. if you get enough people to believe a lie,, by deceiving the un learned and easy prey. we all know ,and we see this,

the largest churches today , that I see from my view, is the television large churches, but it is not jesus they teach, but prosperity and wealth , to those that pray for riches and ,high pay jobs and lots of money , and success in this world ,we see it is about money ,power and material things, we all see this , that they have ears to hear , but not of sound doctrines but lies,the truth is not there.

But getting down to the Christian churches , the bible teaching churches, there is a lot of deceptive and false teachings that are not inline with gods word, but inline with the modern day worldy views and how to prosper in todays world ,

when we all know that jesus, the real jesus of the bible was hated by this world and killed and tortured , and jesus tells us in advance that we are going to have tribulation, and the world will hate us also,

So is there a true ,bible teaching church out there that is teaching the real jesus,? for there will be many antichrists in the last days.

why so many Christian churches , is it confusion of interpretation of the scriptures, un able to come to the real truth of God?and all agree?

and wolves in sheeps clothing, that will come and scatter the sheep, and teach doctrines of evil and demonic wicked ness.

Sorry ,I'm not picking on you but I noticed you don't capital the name of Jesus but you do with the name of God?

Is that for a reason? 

So many different denominations but only one answer  just as Shiloh said, all the born again Christians are the Church from every denomination from all the Nations,all the people who gave their heart to the Lord and believe Jesus died for them are His children also called the Church..

[missmuffet]

The condition of the churches today is well described in Rev 18:2 A Babylonian bedlam.

Ancient Babylon incorporated or allowed the gods of other nations and tribes which it had conquered, to be all mixed into a multi cultural and multi -god society. Sound familiar. And of course in this climate, they introduced the great golden (logi) image that was worshiped above all. It represented humanism, the ultimate good of human ruling, as above the Lord God.

The other aspect of Babylon was it's mysticism, which is basically worshiping devils, as Revelation states.

Both mysticism and humanism are the doctrines of devils, they detract from Christ and seek to separate people, get them rely on human resources and knowledge instead of the Holy Spirit, bring in false versions of the Bible, by first introducing the subtle NKJV and ending up with paraphrases equivalent to Mad magazine, and divide Bible truth seekers, by over quoting scripture, fanaticism, heretic hunting, false doctrine, and personal attacks on believers. 

Being deceived, is a result of not knowing the scriptures, and having not experienced genuine conversion. This is plain when coming into contact with those who belong to the secret societies and churches loyal to the Roman church.

So, you're saying there IS no true church ? I think I'd have to disagree with that ( if that is in fact what you are saying ). BTW, thanks for going on topic bro.

I think that is right.It is all the born again believers instead of a literal Church.

[AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

The condition of the churches today is well described in Rev 18:2 A Babylonian bedlam.

Ancient Babylon incorporated or allowed the gods of other nations and tribes which it had conquered, to be all mixed into a multi cultural and multi -god society. Sound familiar. And of course in this climate, they introduced the great golden (logi) image that was worshiped above all. It represented humanism, the ultimate good of human ruling, as above the Lord God.

The other aspect of Babylon was it's mysticism, which is basically worshiping devils, as Revelation states.

Both mysticism and humanism are the doctrines of devils, they detract from Christ and seek to separate people, get them rely on human resources and knowledge instead of the Holy Spirit, bring in false versions of the Bible, by first introducing the subtle NKJV and ending up with paraphrases equivalent to Mad magazine, and divide Bible truth seekers, by over quoting scripture, fanaticism, heretic hunting, false doctrine, and personal attacks on believers. 

Being deceived, is a result of not knowing the scriptures, and having not experienced genuine conversion. This is plain when coming into contact with those who belong to the secret societies and churches loyal to the Roman church.

So, you're saying there IS no true church ? I think I'd have to disagree with that ( if that is in fact what you are saying ). BTW, thanks for going on topic bro.

I think that is right.It is all the born again believers instead of a literal Church.

Yes, the body of Christ which is all those who believe and have been born again! That is our church. Not Some organization ( though there are believers in some ).

Edited November 9, 2015 by AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken

[AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

1 Cor 12:27, Rom 12:5, Eph 4:12 & 5:23, Heb 13:3, Col 1:24.

 

[missmuffet]

You can not put God in four walls.

[AllTheGoodNamesAreTaken]

You can not put God in four walls.

Amen ! He is THE living God and is in our midst when we come together in His Holy name !

[missmuffet]

You can not put God in four walls.

Amen ! He is THE living God and is in our midst when we come together in His Holy name !

Amen to that as well 

[Kan]

For those who need a solid biblical understanding of a true Christian church, God has already given us a blueprint (Acts 2:36-47):

CHRIST IS PREACHED, AND HIM CRUCIFIED

36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

THE HOLY SPIRIT CONVICTS SINNERS THROUGH THE GOSPEL

37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

REPENTANCE AND FAITH ARE PREACHED FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS AND THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

SALVATION IS FOR ALL, WHICH IS THE MESSAGE TO ALL

39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD IS PREACHED, INCLUDING SEPARATION

40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

THOSE WHO TRULY BELIEVE ARE BAPTIZED IMMEDIATELY

41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

GOD HAS A PATTERN FOR THE LOCAL CHURCH

42 And they continued stedfastly in (steadfast continuance)

the apostles' doctrine (Bible doctrine)

and fellowship, (fellowship with believers)

and in breaking of bread, (the Lord’s Supper regularly)

and in prayers. (corporate prayers)

THE LOCAL CHURCH HAS AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY

43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IS ESSENTIAL

44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

SHARING OF ALL THINGS IS ESSENTIAL

45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

DAILY WORSHIP IS ESSENTIAL

46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

REGULAR SALVATION OF SOULS IS ESSENTIAL, BUT IT IS GOD WHO ADDS TO THE CHURCH

47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

This looks like a church cannon. All true, but many different churches have the same, some really crooked others average. People need a clear path, a simple sign between them and God, I'm sure you agree.