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“Which Church Do I Choose?”
Categories: ChurchWhich Church Do I Choose?
Jarrod Jacobs
Have you noticed all the “church listings” in the newspaper? It’s pretty confusing, isn’t it? All these groups claim what they are doing is approved by God. Are all these churches right? Since these groups wear different names and teach conflicting doctrines, we know they cannot all be right. All of them cannot be right any more than 2 + 2 can equal anything but 4. If we took a poll and asked people their “feelings” about what 2 + 2 equals, it would not change the fact that 2 + 2 = 4! Therefore, which church is right? The answer is not determined by whether or not I like it, which church is the most “popular”, etc. The only way we can know which church is right is revealed in the Bible.
The church approved of God is the one that adheres to Bible doctrine, not only in word, but in practice (I Pet. 4:11; I Thess. 1:3). It is the one that wears Christ’s name (Rom. 16:16) and worships God “in spirit and in truth” (Jn. 4:24; Acts 2:42, 20:7; I Cor. 16:1-2). It is the one that promotes Christ and His word above everything (Rom. 1:16; Gal. 1:6-9; II Tim. 4:2; Col. 3:17). It preaches the Bible plan for salvation (Acts 2:36-38). With these things in mind, let me encourage all to put down the “church listings” and choose the church of God’s choice today (Acts 20:28; Matt. 16:18)!
