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Why do we need a local church?? We can see from the recent post why the local church can be a good thing. I'm certain that the majority that post on here feel that they understand the word and the things of God clearly.
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Chuck, by your own admission, you spent many years in your "church" thinking that you could lose your salvation, because that is what they taught you, only to have a man on this forum bring you the Good News that salvation was eternal, and could not be taken away.
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What we have seen here recently is a picture of the Christian world without the order of a local church..total confusion.
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No Chuck, what you have seen is the false doctrines of dead churches, exposed, and conquered with the word of God, just like the false teaching that decieved you for years was defeated.
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Without the local church we would be doing what we have seen lately..argueing till the cows come home.
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Chuck, the True Church will always be under attack, and men of religous denominations will always want to quarrel with Gods teachers.
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Thank God for law and order. I thank God for the Chaos I've seen on here lately.It's given me a real appreciation for the local church.
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Again, that {chaos} was what rescued from the depraved teaching of your local church a few months ago, or have you forgotten????
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My friends if church were not of God she would not have lasted as long as she has
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Chuck, the True Church has always been around, but your group, denomination, sect, or cult has not.
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The gates of Hell will not prevail against her. She is not one certain denonmination.
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The true Church is of no denominations. Denominations were not Created by God, nor are they mentioned in the Bible. They creations of satan, for the purpose of dividing the True Church
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She is made up of believers from many different Christian churches.
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No, there is only one True Church, and it is made up of believers world wide. There is a Congregation/Church is numerous locations, such as The Church in China, The Church in America, the Church in Sudan, and so forth. However, when one calls the Church ...Adventist, or Baptist, or Catholic, Church of Christ, or Nazarene, or Mormon, or Jehovah, and so forth, such inclination is from satan.
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After seeing the forum lately it makes me want to get on and support a local church more than ever before. A good local church ..
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The problem is, is that you think that your church is a good church. The Mormons think their church is a good church. The pentacostals think their church is a good church, and so fort, but the fact is your churches cannot be good because they are based on the doctrines of man. If you claim that your church is good, and truthful, you must claim that all groups that call themselves churches are also.
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1. Preaches the Good News
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False, Individual Christians preach the Good news, and they do it to the unsaved world, not in a building on sunday morning to each other.
False again....Souls are not won by men, for that is false, for profit, religous teaching. Souls are saved by God's Sovereign Mercy, and His Grace.
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3. Produces and send out missionaries
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False again....All True Believers are mission workers, assigned to take the Gospel out
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4. Encourages and equips the saints
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First part true. Christians with in the True Church are always encouraged by the Brethren, but the second part is false. Christians are equipted by God, and all true ministers use their own money to support themselves, and their preaching. Paul the Apostle is proof of this
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5. Cares for the sick and needy
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False, It is individuals that care for the sick and needy. I belong to no local congregation, yet for 2 years my wife and I cared for the Spiritual needs of 12 elderly ladies.
Nonsense, the Individuals with the Body of Christ are responsible for their own private prayers.
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7. Has a strong Biblical youth program
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More nonsense. Care for youths is the responsibility of parents, not a religous denomination. The "youth ministry" which is totally unBiblical was created by the for profit churches in an attempt tp get more bodies into church, in order to rake in more collections. A parent who turns the Spiritual education of their children over to hirling , and denominational clergy is neglecting their duty.
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Most of you know this.I just thought it needed to be said.
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No, most have simply been indoctrinated in what you said.
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Thank God for His church..and Satan will not prevail althiough he tries like crazy. You can't fool a real Christian.
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Then why did you walk around for soo many years thinking you could lose your salvation. Where did you learn such nonsense?
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