The Church of CHRIST

ByBrian Birdow

www.cmcoc.org

Objective of Lesson

To show the church of Christ is-

1. Un-Denominational

2. Non-Denominational

3. Anti-Denominatioal

What is meant by Church of CHRIST

• A people that have been called out of darkness into HIS marvelous light (1 Pet. 2:9)

• A purchased people– bought by the blood of Jesus Christ.

• Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of Godchurch of God, which he has purchased with His own bloodHis own blood.

Church of Christ

• Ephesians 1:22 And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the churchthe church,

• Ephesians 1:23 Which is His bodyHis body, the fullness of him that fills all in all.

Church of Christ

• Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

• Romans 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. The churches of Christchurches of Christ greet you.

Define Denomination• 1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by

the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

• 1 Corinthians 1:12-13 Now this I say, that every one of you says, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?

Prefixes Defined

• Un = the absence, the reverse of, reverse action…

• Non = never, not, nothing

• Anti = against

What joins us together?

The doctrine of Christ!

Doctrine of Christ

• 2 John 1:9 Whoever goes beyond, and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.

• 2 John 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:

Doctrine

• Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrineapostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

Doctrine• 1 Timothy 1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at

Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,

• 1 Timothy 6:3-4 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting over questions and disputes of words, out of which comes envy, strife, railings, evil suspicions,

Hold the doctrine!

• 2 Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the pattern of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

• 2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they draw to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto myths.

Hear the Word, Learn it, Do it• John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they

shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that has heardheard, and has learned of the Father, comes unto me.

• 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

• Deuteronomy 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: