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New Testament Christians: Following Christ's Doctrine

Discover our beliefs and practices as New Testament Christians who follow only Christ's doctrine, the Bible, Christ's church, true worship, and gospel plan of salvation. Embrace Bible unity and speech, living as Christ and with hope in Heaven.

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New Testament Christians: Following Christ's Doctrine

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  1. Who Are We? We Are New Testament Christians

  2. No Creed But Christ • We do not follow any man-made creeds (“I believe”) • We follow only the doctrine of Christ (Jn. 16:13-15; 1 Cor. 2:16; 4:17; 9:21; 14:37; Gal. 6:2)

  3. No Book But the Bible • We do not follow any man-made books, catechisms, manuals, confessions, decrees, etc. • We follow only the New Testament (Acts 2:42; Gal. 1:6-9; Eph. 2:20; Jas. 1:25; 2:12; 2 Tim. 3:16-17)

  4. No Church But Christ’s Church • We are not a part of any man-made church: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, etc. • We are part of the Lord’s church only (Mt. 16:18; Acts 2:47; 20:28; 1 Cor. 3:11; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4-6; 5:23)

  5. No Worship But True Worship • We do not engage in any man-made worship that is vain (Mt. 15:9), ignorant (Acts 17:23), or self-willed (Col. 2:23) • We engage only in worship that is authorized by God’s word (Jn. 4:24; Col. 3:17) 1. Sing (Eph. 5:19) 2. Pray (Acts 2:42) 3. Bible study (Acts 2:42) 4. Lord’s supper (Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 11:23-33) 5. Collection (1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 9:7)

  6. No Organization But Local • We do not have any ties to any man-made, earthly organization: convention, conference, synod, council, diocese, etc. • We are part of a local church only (Acts 20:28; Phil.1:1-2; 1 Pet. 5:1-2) with Jesus as our head (Eph. 1:21-23)

  7. No Mission But Soul-Winning • We do not engage in any kind of work related to politics, recreation, entertainment, social work, secular education, etc. • We focus only on the work Christ: edifying the saved (Acts 11:22-26); helping the needy saints (Acts 11:27-30); evangelizing the lost (Acts 13:1-3)

  8. No Plan But the Gospel • We do not preach a man-made plan of salvation: faith only, voting, etc. • We preach only the gospel plan of salvation (Rom. 1:16) • Hear (Acts 15:7; Eph. 1:13) • Believe (Jn. 8:24; 20:30-31) • Repent (Acts 17:30-31) • Confess (Rom. 10:9-10) • Be baptized (Mk. 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16) • Live faithfully (Rom. 6:4)

  9. No Unity But Bible Unity • We do not promote a man-made unity that says, “Let’s all agree to disagree” … “Let’s agree on Christ, but not the Church” … etc. • We promote only the unity that Jesus prayed for – unity through his word (Jn. 17:20-21; 1 Cor. 1:10; Eph. 4:4-6)

  10. No Speech But Bible Speech • We avoid man-made religious language that is not found in the Bible: “Reverend,” “Pastor,” “Father,” “join the church of your choice,” “pray through and get religion,” “a second work of grace,” etc. • We speak only where the Bible speaks (1 Pet. 4:11; Isa. 8:20)

  11. No Life But Christ • We do not live in a way that follows the pattern of the world: vulgar language, immodesty, drinking, gambling, homosexuality, etc. • We live only as Christ would have us to live and pattern our life after his example (Rom. 8:29; 1 Cor. 11:1; Gal. 2:20; 4:19; 1 Pet. 2:21)

  12. No Hope But Heaven • We do not preach a hope that is based upon the wishes of men: rapture, earthly paradise, reincarnation, nirvana, 70 virgins, rule your own planet, etc. • We preach only the one hope of the gospel: heaven (Eph. 4:4; Col. 1:5; Tit. 1:2; 3:7)

  13. Who Are We? • We are New Testament “Christians” only (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16) • We are only one of many local “churches of Christ” seeking to serve Jesus (Rom. 16:16) • Let us all examine ourselves to see who we really are and make the change if necessary (2 Cor. 13:5)

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