Articles
The Churches of Christ - Part 1
"Salute one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you" (Romans 16:16)
(1) The church of Christ is the ONE body, or ONE church spoken of in the New Testament (Eph 4:4; 1:22-23; Col 1:24; 1 Cor 12:12-13)
(2) The church was established (built) by Christ. He is its founder, head, and Saviour (Matt 16:18; Acts 4:12; Eph 5:23; Col 1:18)
(3) The church is NOT the building, but the people who have been saved and added to it (Acts 2:41, 47; 1 Cor 12:27)
(4) The church follows ONLY the rightly divided Bible, which is the authoritative, inspired, complete, and perfect will of God (2 Tim 3:16-17; James 1:25; 2 Pet 1:3)
(5) The church was NOT formed by division and bears only a Bible name (1 Cor 1:2, 10-13; Rom 16:16; Eph 4:12)
(6) The church does NOT practice any man-made doctrines (Matt 15:7-9; 1 Tim 4:1-3)
(7) The church does NOT follow any human creed books in order to please men (Gal 1:6-10)
(8) The church will be judged based upon the Law of Christ (John 12:48; Rom 8:1-3; Gal 6:2)
(9) The church is NOT bound by or amenable to the Old Testament Law of Moses (Col 2:14; Rom 7:1-6; Heb. 9:15-17)
(10) The church does NOT add to or take from God's written word (Rev 22:18-19)
(11) The church must give a Bible answer to a Bible question (1 Thess 5:21; 1 Pet 3:15; Rom 12:2)
