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THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO Salvation "Outside Of" the Church of Christ Was there salvation outside the ark? Was there salvation outside of the nation of Israel? Will there be salvation outside the church of Christ? The solution to all of these questions, per the Bible, is actually "no". Before your emotions get the best of you, calm yourself down and consider two preliminary points; (1) I was raised in one of the biggest, main-stream denominations in the us - not in the church of Christ, so I can speak directly to this matter. What iglesia bautista en houston 'm going to share with you comes from years of personal study, debating, argumentation, and absolute have a problem with proven fact that salvation is in only one church. (2) Jesus said in Matthew 22:29, "Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the energy of God." Many "religious" people have formed their ideas about salvation by themselves opinions, pre-conceptions, and statements that they've heard again and again since they've been children (as opposed to the Bible). The Bible says that there is no salvation found outside of the church of Christ. The Apostle Paul said in Colossians 1:18 that Jesus may be the head of the body, the church. The body and the church are one in exactly the same. Paul told the Ephesians, in Ephesians 5:25, "...even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." The church is singular in existence, and Jesus gave Himself for the church. In Ephesians 5:23, Paul said, "...even as Christ may be the head of the church: and he could be the saviour of the body." For a person to say that they can be saved without being an associate of the church of Christ reveals their ignorance of the Scripture, as the Apostle Paul says that Christ is the "saviour" of your body, and the body is the church. Just how many "churches" was Paul talking about? Now watch this; the same Paul told the Ephesians, in 4:4, that there surely is one body. If your body is the church, as Paul stated, and, as he also stated, that there is only one body, then there's only one church. iglesia cerca de mi can understand this simple Bible teaching. Although, this begs the question, "Which church is the one church?" Well, let's work with a simple example. Martin Luther was an excellent man with the noble desire to get back to the Bible. After Luther's death, his follower's established the denomination bearing his name; the Lutheran Church. Now, was this the main one church that Paul spoke of in his epistles? How could it possibly be - the Lutheran Church didn't exist when Paul wrote his epistle. In reality, the Lutheran Church was established some 1500 years after Paul spoke his inspired words; therefore, it isn't logical, reasonable, or biblical to summarize that the Lutheran Church may be the one church of the Bible, because it simply didn't exist in those days (the first century)!
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