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Welcome everyone. 
This morning we're glad that 

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you're here as has been already 
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Good to see some that have been 
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Able to be back with us. 
We're just glad that that with 

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all the things we're going 
through these days that we've 

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all done as well as we have, and
we're thankful for that and 

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answered prayers. 
Want to talk this morning about 

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denominationalism whether it is 
of god or whether it's of man. 

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and one of the reasons is, of 
course we've got some newer 

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members here and we instruct not
only them, but we instruct the 

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body here because we've seen 
even within the body of Christ, 

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those that have decided to 
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God has revealed his will, to to
us all denominationalism is 

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defined as the tendency to Rate 
into religious denominations or 

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large groups of congregations 
United under a common faith and 

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name organized, under a single 
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hierarchy, a synonym for 
division, it consists of several

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hundred this coordinate, 
religious sects. 

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Having no unity in name 
organization Doctrine, or 

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practice. 
Might go on to quote from the 

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dictionary of American history. 
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denominationalism here was the 
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despite disunity were part of 
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The churches in the United 
States would not attempt to set 

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themselves up as the only church
with legitimacy as the Church of

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England had. 
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recognize each other as sharing 
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Even if holding two different 
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The historian are Lawrence more 
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Outlook and argued as did 19th 
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religion that Division and the 
creation of new religions not 

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interdenominational cooperation 
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the United States precisely 
because of the nation's 

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tradition of religious freedom, 
and faiths capacity to give 

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identity to people living in 
society without clear. 

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R structure and delimit 
delineated, social roles as more

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rights. 
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may be said to be working only 
when it is creating cracks 

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within denominations, when it is
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fueling antagonisms. 
In other words, one church is as

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good as another and division is 
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The term denomination simply 
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into different sects. 
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denominationalism is found 
founded on division, when we 

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read the Bible, we find that the
scriptures do not endorse the 

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religious diversity of division.
That is found among the 

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denomination's, even in the Old 
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David said in Psalm 133 in verse
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pleasant it is for Brethren to 
dwell together in unity. and if 

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Unity is good and pleasant than 
division must be evil and 

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unpleasant On the night Jesus 
was betrayed, he specifically 

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prayed not that his followers 
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tolerance for religious 
diversity but instead to a call 

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to Unity, Jesus prayed to his 
father, in John 17 and 20 and 

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21. 
I do not pray for these alone 

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but also for those who will 
believe in me through their 

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word, That they must all be. 
Be one as you father are in me 

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and I in you that they also may 
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believe that you sent me. 
The Apostle call Paul called for

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Unity in Romans 12 and verse 16 
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another. 
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church in Philippi, Philippians 
2 and verse coup and fulfill my 

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Joy by being like-minded. 
Having the same love being of 

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one Accord, Board and of one 
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verse 16, nevertheless to the 
degree that we have already 

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attained. 
Let us walk by the same rule. 

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Let us be of the same mind. 
And we respect God's word as the

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ultimate Authority. 
Agreement on the basis of its 

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teaching and Doctrine is easy 
when we all read the same word 

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and it says the same thing. 
And we agree on those basic 

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things Doctrine is easy. 
But it will never be possible to

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unite the doctrines and 
Commandments of men, because 

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men's ideas keep changing and 
our imperfect. 

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We see that so much in the world
today, remember, what it was 

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like, almost two years ago when 
they When they started talking 

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about the coronavirus, how many 
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The rules have changed many 
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he doesn't know everything. 
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God is supreme. 
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has given to mankind. 
So we cannot rely on man's ideas

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or his philosophies because they
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confessions of Faith Church. 
Manuals are a continual problem 

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to the unity of the religious 
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Jesus intentionally made Unity 
among his followers or priority.

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The only way that a person can 
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Jesus is to hear the truth of 
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Not man. 
Ideas. 

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Notice. 
John 17, verse 17, sanctify them

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by your truth. 
Your word is truth. 

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The word of God is the truth. 
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the truth, then the man's ideas 
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Notice also Romans 10 verse 17. 
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and hearing by the word of God. 
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Unity is the disunity of 
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prevails in the religious world 
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Denominations freely admit that 
their organizations are human in

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origin and offer, nothing that 
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They however, insist on 
maintaining those, they would 

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tell you to select the Church of
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How many times have you heard 
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Not? 
What is the church that you can 

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read about in the scriptures in 
the Bible that God and Jesus 

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taught about that? 
Is that is true in the 

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scriptural? 
On that we use today. 

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Such Innovations as false 
doctrine that are that are 

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taught, is that baptism is not 
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That instrumental music and the 
worship service is makes us all 

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feel better. 
That the Lord's Supper candy be 

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divided up into multiple cups 
and multiple loaves that takes 

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away. 
That immunity that speaking in 

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tongues is, is the way that we 
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That Fellowship that all the 
religious community today, well,

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I whatever it may be and 
wherever it is, is in fellowship

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with each other that in Today is
more important than worship. 

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So division and 
denominationalism is the result 

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of false teaching. 
Notice, second, Peter 2 and 

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verses, 1 through 3, but there 
were also false prophets among 

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the people even as there will be
false teachers among you who 

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will secretly bring in 
destructive heresies, even 

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denying the Lord who bought them
and bringing on themselves Swift

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destruction. 
And many will follow their 

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destructive ways because of Whom
the way of truth will be 

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blasphemed live covetousness. 
They will exploit you with 

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deceptive words for a long time.
Their judgment has not been idle

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and their destruction does not 
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If denominationalism is a 
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division. 
As and results from Paul's 

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teaching. 
Then unscriptural then it is 

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unscriptural and not of God, 
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And First Corinthians 12 verses 
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Now I plead with you Brethren by
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Christ that you all speak the 
same thing and that there be no 

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divisions among you. 
But that you all be that you be 

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perfectly joined together in the
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judgment for it has been 
declared to me concerning you my

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brethren. 
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that there are contentions among
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you says, I am appalled or I am 
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or I am of Christ is Christ. 
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you or were you baptized in the 
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Paul says here in verse 10, he 
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I plead with you that you all 
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there be no divisions among you,
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Perfectly joined together in the
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Same mind and in the same 
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That is Unity, that is not 
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That is not a dividing that we 
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There's no division Among Us. 
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carefully, note, the God said 
that there be no division among 

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you, the times, the normal, a 
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to tell you and justify Itself 
by saying, well, we all breathe 

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on the essentials that there is 
a God that we ought to obey him.

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That Jesus Christ is the Son of 
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sins. 
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where it ends, that's where the 
agreeing. 

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Ends that we shouldn't go out 
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We shouldn't cheat. 
We shouldn't lie and all those 

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kinds of things. 
First of all, God never gave us 

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a small list that we can agree 
on and in a large grit large 

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list of non-essentials on which 
we can be divided. 

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God didn't plan it that way. 
Paul goes on to say now I say 

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this that each of you says, I am
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am of cephas. 
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Is Christ. 
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If God, condemned the dividing 
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and and some were saying, well, 
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follower of cephas if God 
condemned that wouldn't, he also

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wouldn't be even more can dim 
putting men's names on religious

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organizations today, falling men
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Continuing on Paul was crucified
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you. 
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Or were you baptized in the name
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The only person that the 
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their name as a religious 
designation, is the one who died

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for us. 
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baptized and that is Jesus 
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Why do people today, then call 
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Even men's names. 
One thing that is clear in these

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verses is that if a man is bat 
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should only wear The name 
Christian x 11 verse 26, and the

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disciples were called Christians
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So if we try to put any other 
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that we're we meet and and we 
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call it by any other name than a
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Christ and we as brothers and 
sisters are Christians, it's 

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wrong. 
We can't put names on. 

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God's organization men's names 
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We can't do that. 
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about the church in Prophecy, 
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we would get a look at the 
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The, the Oneness of the body is 
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Of the time when the Lord's 
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Ezekiel 37, 22. 
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Daniel predicted, the arrival of
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Daniel 2, and verse 44. 
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earth, he spoke of a time when 
his people would be one. 

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Flock in John, 10 and verse 16. 
Paul, when he wrote to the 

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Christians at Ephesus declared 
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in is 4 and verse 4, that we're 
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more about in just a moment. 
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this one body is the church 
Ephesians 1 verse, 22 and 23 and

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Colossians 1 verses 18 through 
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If denominationalism is 
division, then the lack of 

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division is unity. 
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6 I therefore the prisoner of 
the Lord beseech you to walk 

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worthy of the calling with which
you were called with all 

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lowliness and gentleness with 
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Another in love endeavoring to 
keep the unity of the spirit in 

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the bond of peace. 
There is one body and one Spirit

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just as you are called in one, 
hope of your calling one Lord, 

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One Faith, one baptism, one God 
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all and through all and in you 
all Some have argued that this 

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is the only list of of doctrinal
issues that we can. 

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We, if we just agree on these 
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if we can just agree on that but
note that the domination will 

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doesn't even agree on these 
seven principles this Oneness. 

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If you want to say these want 
seven ones that are mentioned 

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here, one body one Spirit one, 
hope one Lord, One Faith, one 

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baptism. 
And one God, even the 

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denominational world doesn't 
believe that when you talk about

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is a member of your 
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Excuse me, I got ahead of 
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Many denominations don't agree 
on the the talk of one baptism 

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here, they don't believe that. 
Baptism is says essential for 

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salvation. 
As taught in Acts 2 and 38. 

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And first Peter 3 and 21. 
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which is the body that Jesus 
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If he's ins 5 and 23 and the 
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his blood Acts, 20 and verse 28,
but if you were to go and asked 

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someone in a domination 
denomination, a question, Is 

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membership in your denomination 
necessary for salvation. 

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And you'll be saved. 
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the denominational bodies are 
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here in Ephesians 4 membership. 
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salvation first, Peter 3 and 
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whereunto even baptism doth 
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Now, save us, not the putting 
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but the answer of a good 
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resurrection of Jesus Christ. 
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established is commanded to 
stress the whole counsel of God 

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and not just certain aspects of 
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just set up an arrangement where
where one religious body stress 

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is one aspect of his will While 
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other things. 
That's not the way God planned 

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it, that's not the way God wants
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We are to be like minded. 
Of one Accord speaking, the same

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thing be of the same mind. 
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their uniqueness and their 
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Jesus actually condemns human 
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from obeying God, they Pride 
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of different programs. 
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it one. 
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towards the young people in ones
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older folks, and they separate 
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traditional than one for more 
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contemporary and all these 
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There are even now, cowboy 
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go to a Cowboy Church, you can 
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good about that. 
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mind. 
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Accord doing the same things. 
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Some would say, well, one church
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accepts and approves of all 
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Well, let's read acts 4 and 
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standing before the council. 
Let it be known to you all and 

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all and to all the people of 
Israel that by the name of Jesus

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Christ, whom you crucified whom 
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This man stands before you here 
before you whole. 

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This is the stone, which was 
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has become the Chief Cornerstone
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other. 
For there is no other name under

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Heaven, given among men whereby 
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That tells me if I try to put a 
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front of the building this 
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one man or some person that we 
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it is if we put his name out 
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It's being condemned right here 
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There is no other name, given 
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saved. 
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The Chief Cornerstone, he is the
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Well, another another argument, 
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just different routes to heaven 
and we are all going to the same

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place. 
We're all just getting there in 

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different ways. 
How many times have we heard 

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that? 
well, notice what John says, in 

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John 14 verses 5 through 6, 
Thomas said to him, Lord we do 

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not know where where you are 
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way Jesus said I am the way, the
truth and the life. 

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No one comes to the father, 
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going to happen any other way, 
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believe Jesus was almost being 
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Here, that how dare you? 
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other way to get to heaven. 
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I'm the one that put up with all
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and the beatings and went to the
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And no one is going to get to 
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There's no other way. well how 
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Christ and Galatians 3 and 
verses 26 and 27 for you are all

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sons of God through faith in 
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as were baptized into Christ, 
have put on Christ so, when we 

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are baptized, We come to the 
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Next argument, maybe well 
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choice as we said the 
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exist to allow a person to shop 
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I was talking with I secure a 
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earlier on, in his, in his life,
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from church, building to church,
building an organization that 

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organization to try to find a 
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that this is the true church. 
The church that Jesus Built. the

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only true church that we can 
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all the other of the other 
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so-called churches out there, 
have certain things that they 

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put their emphasis on and it's 
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and in truth. 
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praise God for the different 
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different Doctrine or practice 
that fits their life. 

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No, their churches. 
You can go to and you can just 

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if you want to go fishing on a 
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on a Sunday and you can kind of 
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on a committee or whatever it 
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But God commands, his people, 
his children on Sunday on the 

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first day of the week to worship
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to remember the death burial and
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So we don't plan things on 
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but I can go out and find a 
church that I can feel good 

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about that. 
You see where I can do other 

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things and and feel good about 
that if I just search shop 

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around long enough to find that 
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Of course, this is not something
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unifying. 
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2 through 4, preach the word be 
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season, convince rebuke, exhort 
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teaching for the time will come.
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Doctrine, but according to their
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itching ears, they will Heap up 
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truth and be turned aside to 
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So yeah. we see that happening 
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folks going around with itching 
ears and you scratching just 

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like you do a dog and they'll 
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scratchin. 
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religious groups exist that 
reject all sorts of biblical 

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teachings but they give a false 
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they're calling Christians, too 
many think of the church as a 

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democracy in which people decide
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recognizing? 
The Christchurch is a kingdom. 

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He is the king and he is the 
lawgiver. 

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of the true church or the one 
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And each denomination is a part 
of the whole of course, the 

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problem with this view is that 
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Individual Christians, members 
of the bodies of body of Christ 

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compose, the one body, not the 
whole religious world. 

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Romans 12 and verse Verses 4 and
5 for, as we have many members 

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in one body but all the members 
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So we being many are one body in
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One of another so we talkin 
about all of us have many 

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members in one body, all of us 
are members of that one body but

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we all but all the members do 
not have the same function you 

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don't have the same function as 
brother so-and-so or sister so 

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and so you don't have that some 
of us have certain functions and

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certain things that we take on 
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others maybe or Freight or they 
don't have the ability or 

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whatever it may be but We all 
have a purpose and we all have a

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part, right? 
So we being many are one body in

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Christ and individually members 
of one another. 

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All of us together make up that 
one body. 

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Just like this hand is part of 
this body. 

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It's not this hand, but as part 
of this body, this finger is not

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this finger but it's part of 
this body. 

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And we all work together in 
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Corinthians 12 and verse 27. 
Now, you are the body of Christ 

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and members individually. 
So this claim is forced to admit

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that the whole religious bodies 
are baptized in and we know 

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that's not the case. 
First Corinthians, 12, and verse

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13, for by one Spirit, we were 
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The only way to get into one 
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That's the only way. 
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Scripture. 
They also try to argue that the 

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branch has talked about in John 
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But such a claim didn't not fit 
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context, notice abide in me, and
I, in you as the branch cannot 

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bear fruit of itself. 
Except it abide in the vine. 

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No more can ye, except ye abide 
in me. 

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I am the vine. 
Ye are the branches. 

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He that abideth in me and I in 
him the same bringeth forth, 

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much fruit for without me. 
Ye can do nothing. 

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If a man abide not in me, he is 
cast forth as a branch and is 

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withered. 
Men gather them and cast them 

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into the fire and they are 
burned. 

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If you abide in me and my words 
abide in you, ye shall ask what 

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you will and it shall be done 
unto you. 

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So shall ye be my disciples. 
Jesus said if amen and Jesus did

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not say, Jesus did not say abide
in a branch, he didn't say that.

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So, that's a branch over there. 
You just go by to that, Branch 

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over there. 
And you go Biden. 

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This Branch over here. 
He said, if a man instead, he 

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said abide not in me. 
He said that ye are branches and

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abide in me and you will be my 
disciples. 

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So when we abide in Christ, we 
all are members of that body and

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we are all unified. 
You cannot. 

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We cannot remain faithful to 
Christ. 

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While practicing unscriptural 
Doctrine notice in Matthew, 15 

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verse 9. 
And in vain, they worship me 

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teaching as doctrines, the 
Commandments of men. 

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So when these man-made 
organizations and the 

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denominations that are brought 
on by men are are pushed and we 

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find that their worship is in 
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Well, can we or should we 
Fellowship, denominations or can

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we worship with them? 
I think this is probably the big

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question. 
The big elephant in the room if 

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you want to say. 
Can we just decide on some 

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Sunday morning that we want to 
go over here to some mega church

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and and worship there and it be 
acceptable in God's eyes or can 

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we just pick one that that fits 
the time that we want to worship

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or it fits our need or fits what
we want? 

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Can we worship there and be in 
fellowship with them there at 

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that place? 
Well, what is fellowship? 

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It's translated from the Greek 
word Koinonia I know Nene? 

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Yeah I cannot pronounce that 
word, excuse me. 

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Koinonia. 
Yeah, that's it. 

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Which is defined as Association 
communion joint participation 

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according to Thayer, Nelson's 
Bible dictionary. 

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Says in the New Testament. 
Fellowship has a direct 

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spiritual meaning the 
distinctly, excuse me, spiritual

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meaning, it is a joint 
participation with other 

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Christians in activities related
to being a Christian. 

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What it, what do we? 
What do we do together? 

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We worship together. 
We worship according to Spirit 

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and Truth. 
Notice that first John 1 verse 7

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says, but if we walk in the 
light as he is in the light, we 

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have Fellowship one with another
and the blood of Jesus Christ, 

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his son cleanses us from all 
sin. 

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So if someone is not walking in 
the light, are we in fellowship 

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with them? 
Notice the illustration when you

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are in fellowship with God, and 
I am in fellowship with God, 

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then you and I are in fellowship
with each other. 

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That's the simplest way that we 
can illustrate it. 

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So, how is a person in 
fellowship with God, they obey 

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God and they do his will and his
Commandments, they worship Him 

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in spirit. 
And in truth, the way that God 

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commanded them to worship Him. 
And when we find a church like 

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that, this doing things, 
according to Bible pattern, yes,

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then we can Fellowship them. 
We can have fellowship with him 

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because we have all things in 
common, we are one mind. 

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We are one body. 
We all have one hope because of 

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the one. 
God. so, in conclusion, There is

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a way that seems right to a man 
but it's end is the way of 

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death. 
Certainly, if we Look at 

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denominationalism today, 
worshiping an error, it's it's 

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wrong. 
It's not according to Bible 

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pattern and we can't we can't do
that. 

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We can't be a particular of 
that. 

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We can't be a part of that. 
We have to worship God the way 

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that he designed, the lesson is 
yours this morning. 

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I hope that something has been 
said A benefit us in some way, 

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we never know the minds of those
that are present. 

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There may be someone here this 
morning, that is not a child of 

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God and hearing the word wants 
you to repent of it. 

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Won't you repent of your life, 
won't you then make the 

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confession of your faith. 
That you believe that Jesus 

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Christ is the Son of God and 
then be baptized into Christ for

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the remission of your sins. 
And be added to the church, the 

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body of Christ. 
If you've taken those steps for 

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some reason you've turned away 
and done, things that you feel 

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requires a public confession of 
your fault, won't you come with 

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repenting heart and confess your
faults and we'll pray with you 

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and for you. 
We thank you for listening to 

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our podcast, put on by the 
Church of Christ at 22:15 plans.

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