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L Bre Breinholt 3 t- t Phone L 1 rH H oH r u JL PAID AID ADVERTISEMENT carried to every creature in all the world under heaven See ee Romans 1 1018 Colos ians 6 15 and Therefore whenever and wherever the The CHURCH of 01 C CHRIST gospel gospe of or Christ was preached those who became believing repentant imm immersed people were added by the Lord to the ONE true Church hurch of Christ P Presents resents Th The e T Truth rut h In Love WHAT IS THE DIVINE ORGANIZATION FOR THE CHURCH THE DIVINE ORGANIZATION OF CHRISTS CHRIST'S CHURCH OF CHRIST Unfortunately many people have never read and studied the New Testament of Christ therefore they do not know first hand Not very many p people ople will deny that tat J Jesus sus built and has His church churchon W what orga organization tion iz the original church of oL Christ was given by God Please I on the earth today Most people say Christ has as ONE church church and all ll e examine arnin the following passages people eople should be a part of f. f H His ONE NE ch church The Jle major majorr p problem is 1 I 1 Cor Corinth Corinthians following 1228 And God hath oath set some i in t the e church f first Which of the many religious organizations on the earth is Christs Christ's s apostles secondarily prophets thirdly te teachers after t er th that t. t miracles church then gifts of healings helps governments Diversities ties of tongues The Rom Roman Catholics say they are Christs Christ's true church 2 2 Ephesians 13 And He gave some apostles postle an and some The Baptists say they are prophets and some evangelists and some pastors and teachers ForThe For Fot Forthe The Methodists say they are the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry for the The Pres Presbyterians say they are edifying of the body body- of Christ Till we all come in the unity of the The Adventists ts c claim im to be the one true church faith fi th and of the irn knowledge of r. r th the Son of God unto a perfect perfect man The Jehovah's Jehovah S Witnesses say they are S unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ The people say they are the true church 3 Ephesians 22 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and The Church of Christ of which Bro Bra Gibbs is a member says it is foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household There are sever several l other religious orders that claim this ownership of God and are built upon the foundation of the apostles apostle and WHICH IS THE ONE TRUE CHURCH OF CHRIST Every one prophets Jesus Christ being the chief cornerstone In whom all the needs to to- answer this question sincerely and truthfully For if we are not building fit fitly y framed together unto an holy temple in thein the thein in the Q ONE E true church we are lost in sin and on the downward road read Lord In whom ye also are together for ian habitation of towards hell The Holy Bible teaches this very plainly God through th the Spirit I am persuaded that a knowledge of the Divine Organization which In the above 3 Bi Bible le passages W we learn of the e foundation of th the God p put t in His Sons Son's C Church will help us to distinguish the true church Lords Lord's church From all 3 3 scriptures WE we notice se several eral parts in th the functioning from the counterfeits Please open your Bibles with me me as we investigate t of the foundation on of the one great universal church of Christ the structure of the true church of Christ taught in the New Testament NOW please follow me very carefully Not all the parts which God put of Christ The Church of Christ of which I am a member was established in the foundation were necessarily present in the organization and functioning fune- fune by the Holy Spirit as He was sent from God by Christ see John 1526 to of a local congregation of Christians For example a local church the apostles as recorded in Acts 21 The rhe gospel of of Christ was preached of Christ is is' started made up of of or composed off off- any oft any number of immersed for the first time in Acts sinners became believers turned believers in Christ and His Hi's message Th There r may not be any AY apostles po from their sins and were immersed into Jesus to become a saved part prophets pastors or Inspired teachers in the membership of this s said d dof of his spiritual body the church Please Pleas read Acts Gal and local Church of Christ But the original apostles prophets and ALL Col other Divine helps mentioned in I Cor 1228 Eph 4 13 13 and nd 22 As the Holy Spirit inspired and guided the apostles and prophets are in the Divine foundation of every local church of Christ Christ- Please look of the Church of Christ in the first century the gospel of Christ was at the following diagram S Elders EZ 5 ElderS w El Elders ders De Elders Deacons Deacons Elders Deacons Deacons 7 Deacons Members Members Deacons Members Members I Members j M gover divers divers' ie of ton es lifts its 0 of he gs apostles helps S teachers eva Chief corner stone 5 Jesus Christ the 5 5 5 THE DIVINE FOUNDATION OF OF THE TRUE CHU CHURCH CH oF OP OF IN IN Tt Tl i pIE l The rhe above crude illustration will visibly show the Divine structure 31 2 and Titus 17 is the t term rm by w which ich older Chris Christian an qualified men of the original church of Christ as as taught in the message of Christ Let who have been chos chosen n and appointed appoint d as elders in a local congregation of the church of Christ be called the long rectangle serve as the foundation of the entire church Then church may in your mind visualize the circles representing local functioning WHO CAN BE ELDERS IN CHRISTS CHRIST'S CHURCH In that the eldership elder elder- churches of Christ Christ Each local church becomes a part of the foundation ship is the leading guiding governing office of men in the Lords Lord's church Yet the ONE foundation serves the entire super-structure super regardless of God will not let just any person serve in that office God has been very how many local congregations of the church there may be From ia la study specific in giving the qualifications which men must have before they can of the New Testament we shall learn that the super structure of each be appointed to the office of eldership in Christs Christ's church I Timothy 7 31 local congregation consists of Elders deacons and members and Titus 9 15 gives Gods God's requirements Please open your Bibles andONE and andONE ONE OUTSTANDING FACT about Christs Christ's church as revealed in inthe read those divine for yourselves In I Timothy the word the New Testament is that IT has NO central l earthly headquarters or bishop is used In Titus 7 15 both words elders and bishops are used central earthly organization This is unique of itself But Christ being interchangeably Titus 6 15 tells us that an elder be blameless the husband hus hus- the ONE ONE head His divine message the faith and nd guide we have the unity band of one wife having faithful children not accused of or unruly and likeness of all true believers in Christ wherever they gather throughout through through- These are some of Gods God's requirements The rest are equally as important out the world But God plainly says HUSBAND of one wife having faithful CHILDREN Let us open our Bibles to Acts chapters 13 and 14 This is the I know of women elders I know of little boy elders or young men elders Apostle Pauls Paul's first missionary journey He land and Barnabas served as missionaries mis mis- From a reading of Timothy 7 31 and Titus 6 15 can women and unmarried for the church of Christ in Cyprus boys meet Gods God's requirements for the eldership Certainly not Churches and Lycia Their message was the word of God or the gospel that that have women and unmarried boy elders prove by their unscriptural of Christ as taught to us in the 2 27 books of the New Testament In many acts that they are n no part of the chu church ch of Christ Elders in the Lords Lord's cities the Lords Lord's church was established Whenever and wherever you church must be Christian men married men men w with th children They have immersed immers d believers in Christ for the remission of their sins you must be able to serve in the capacity of a father and husband before they ha have v e the Lords Lord's church can care for the house of God see I Tim 34 Churches of Christ follow In Acts 1421 they preached the gospel of Chri Christ t in Der Derbe e. e This is Gods God's pattern in choosing elders But God has one more office in the local the turning point on their trip They start homeward Home being over in church of Christ I Timothy mentions the office of deacon But God Antioch of Syria See Acts and 1426 But there is another Antioch has given exact qualifications for men before they can be deacons Please mentioned in th the chapter of Acts in verse 14 This is Antioch of read I Tim 38 Verse 12 says Let the deacons be the husbands of one their first mission mission- wife ruling their children and houses well Friends how IS A church of Christ was started in this city on can women andary and ary t trip 1110 r l' l unmarried boys fill these God given requirements Honesty tells us they NOW oW when Paul and Barnabas started homeward Acts 1423 says ys CAW CANT And when they had ordained them elders in every church In conclusion the Lords Lord's church has ha a Divine foundation Each local e i and had prayed pray with fasting they commended them to the Lord congregation is built upon that one vast 1 lasting sting di d. foundation By Byon on on wh whom m they beli believed ved Qi Goods Gods ds d's instructions each local church of Christ is guided by qualified elders This was was done ne by by the he direction of God In that each local C congregation served by qualified de deacons cons and s supported d by volun voluntary a support by active p J tion of Christians is independent from others it was nece necessary for or each Christian men and V women that a have hav been en b born fl of the water and of the local group to have its own oversight supervision and organization The The Spirit In the Lords Lord's church there here are are NO popes popes Presiding bishops Presidents apostles saw that each local church of Christ was organized d in harmony armony den dents special and a number of other oU m man made made n-made offices with Gods God's will The organization of Christs Christ's church is simple effe effective lve and Divine We From From a study of the New liew Testament we l learn rn there there are six words have the apostles and prophets in the foundation fo dation bu bud buin in accordance with withe leaders ders of each ach congregation of the church Testament of Christ we the c church of Christ have God e th that t refer to the tl local local xaI spiritual P. P le the e New Christ qualified h if of Af Christ They arc elders l ers Acts 1423 Pastors Eph overseers Acts Arts elders and deacons These are me two offices offices God put in t the c local church m n 28 20 2028 presbyters I Tim shepherds comm coming from their relationship They are enough They are all that God cod desires We should be happy and ande e Peter 51 By studying the meaning of each with Gods God's pla plan to tn th the flock nock according to I satisfied f Y J but in different areas to the same men th they refer it is plain to see ey term JOHNNIE B GIBBS ri found in I Tim of their spiritual work and oversight The term bishop as n 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 w. Y L |