In what kind of car dealership

1

• In what kind of car dealership
• would you expect
• to find a Mercedes-Benz?
• Because of what we know about Mercedes-Benz
• We dont expect to find them in any car dealership

2

• In what kind of store
• would you expect
• to find carburetors?
• Because of what we know about carburetors
• We dont expect to find them in any store

3

• In what part of Corpus Christi
• would you expect
• to find million homes?
• Because of what we know about million homes
• We dont expect to find them in any part of Corpus

4

• In what kind of church
• would you expect
• to find Christians?
• Because of what we know about Christians
• Should we expect to find them in every church?

5
There are Christians in every church

• Popular statement in religious circles
• Expresses broad-minded/PC view
• Sounds unloving, bigoted if disagreed with
• Agree, disagree?
• Upon what scriptural basis do you agree?

6
There are Christians in every church in which

• Christ is honored as the head
• Acts 1126 Christians
• Romans 1616 churches of Christ
• 1 Cor. 12 church of God
• 1 Cor. 112 of Paul, Apollos, Cephas, Christ?
• Eph. 523 subject to Christ

7
There are Christians in every church in which

• Christs word is accepted as authoritative
• Luke 646 do the things I say
• 2 Timothy 316-17 scripturesprofitable for
• teaching, for reproof, for correction, for
  training
• in righteousness

8
There are Christians in every church in which

• The New Testament pattern is followed
• Acts 207 Lords Supper weekly And on the first
  day
• of the week, when we were gathered together to
• break bread,
• Eph. 519 Singing speaking to one another in
• Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
• and making melody with your heart to the Lord

9
There are Christians in every church in which

• One is free to preach as and what Paul preached
• Acts 2020,27 I did not shrink from declaring to
  you
• anything that was profitable...the whole purpose
  of
• God.
• 1 Corinthians 417 my ways which are in Christ,
  just
• as I teach everywhere in every church.

10
There are Christians in every church in which

• The proper form of teaching has been obeyed
• Romans 617 But thanks be to God that though you
• were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the
• heart to that form of teaching to which you were
• committed,

11
There are Christians in every church in which

• Christ is honored as head
• His word is authoritative
• NT pattern is followed
• Preaching is as and what
• Paul preached
• Proper form of teaching
• has been obeyed

• Are all people
• in such
• churches
• Christians?
• Revelation 31,4

12
There are Christians in every church in which

• Christ is honored as head
• His word is authoritative
• NT pattern is followed
• Preaching is as and what
• Paul preached
• Proper form of teaching
• has been obeyed

• If we expect to
• find Christians
• in such
• churches, do
• we expect to
• find Christians
• in churches not
• like this?

13
There are Christians in every church in which

• Christ is honored as head
• His word is authoritative
• NT pattern is followed
• Preaching is as and what Paul preached
• Proper form of teaching has been obeyed