Which Church is THE Church? A Quiz...

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Which Church is THE Church - Q & A

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Hey folks,

Two things:

1) I've put another video in the "Questions Protestants Can't Answer" series up on YouTube. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yodc_d2oq_g This one is about who can best serve the Lord...the single man or the married man. Check it out if you get a chance, it's only about 3 or 4 minutes long.

2) If you ever have trouble reading this newsletter due to the layout, the fonts, or any other such thing, remember that you can always read the newsletter online at our newsletter page: http://www.biblechristiansociety.com/newsletter You should be able to read it there without any of the same issues. The problem some people have is that different servers can sometimes interpret the underlying fonts differently than my server does, so the newsletter may not appear in the email version on your computer as nice and neat as the online version will. At least, that's what I've been told...

Introduction

Here's a simple little Q&A that I put together that you could share with others. It's logical and scriptural. If you've ever heard of the "Roman Road" that a lot of Evangelicals use on Catholics to draw them out of the Church by quoting certain passages from the Book of Romans, well, this is sort of a "Roman Road" in reverse - it leads to Rome, and it uses passages from a number of places in Scripture. Send it to some of your Protestant friends and maybe plant a little seed with them...

Challenge/Response/Strategy

Which Church is THE Church?

Q) Did Jesus found a church? A) Yes; Matt 16:18

Q) How many churches did Jesus found? A) One; the church is the Body of Christ and there is only one body of Christ - Rom 12:5, Eph 4:4, Col 1:18

Q) So, if Jesus founded a church, then when was it founded? A) 2000 years ago

Q) Was that church guided by the Holy Spirit? A) Yes; John 14:26, John 16:13; Acts 2:3-4

Q) If the church was founded by Jesus Christ and was guided by the Holy Spirit, could it teach doctrinal error? A) No; 1 Tim 3:15

Q) So, could we say that the church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit, taught doctrinal truth infallibly - without error - to the 1st century Christians? A) Yes; Luke 10:16, John 14:16-17, 1 Ptr 1:12

Q) Did the church of the New Testament teach different doctrinal truths to different people in different areas? A) No; 2 Tim 1:12-14, Eph 4:14, Titus 1:9

Q) Are there any denominations in the church of the New Testament? A) No. The church in the New Testament is one, just as the Body of Christ is one - 1 Cor 1:10, 1 Cor 11:18-19, Jude 19

Q) Would a church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit still be in existence today? A) Yes; Matt 16:18, Matt 28:20, Eph 3:21

Q) How old would that church be? A) 2000 years old

Q) Would that church still be guided by the Holy Spirit? A) Yes; Matt 28:20, John 14:16

Q) Could that church founded by Jesus and still guided by the Holy Spirit teach doctrinal error? A) No; 1 Tim 3:15, 1 Cor 12:28

Q) So we could say that the church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit would still teach doctrinal truth infallibly? A) Yes; Luke 10:16, John 14:16-17, 1 Ptr 1:12

Q) Would that church founded by Jesus Christ and guided by the Holy Spirit teach different doctrinal truths to different people in different areas? A) No; Malachi 3:6, Heb 13:8, 1 Tim 4:6

Q) Would there be any denominations in that church? A) No; 1 Cor 1:13

Q) Can the Lutheran denomination be the church founded by Jesus in Israel 2000 years ago? A) No; It was founded by Martin Luther in Germany in the 1500's.

Q) Can the Anglican/Episcopalian denomination, or any of its offshoots, be the church founded by Jesus in Israel 2000 years ago? A) No; It was founded by King Henry the VIII in the 1500's because he wanted to divorce his wife.

Q) Are there any Protestant, Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, or Non-Denominational denominations that were founded by Jesus in Israel 2000 years ago? A) No.

Q) So is there any Protestant, Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, or Non-Denominational denomination that could be the church founded by Jesus Christ in Israel 2000 years ago? A) No.

Q) So if Jesus founded a Church - one Church - in Israel 2000 years ago that was guided by the Holy Spirit and that Church is still in existence today and is still guided by the Holy Spirit, which means it teaches doctrinal truth infallibly, and there are no denominations of that Church now, just as there were no denominations of that Church 2000 years ago, then shouldn’t all Christians be in that one Church founded by Jesus? A) Yes

Q) Does it make sense to be in a church that was not founded by Jesus Christ in Israel 2000 years ago? A) No.

Q) How can we identify which Church - of the thousands upon thousands - is THE Church founded by Jesus? A) The Church founded by Jesus, should at least claim to be THE Church founded by Jesus; it should be able to trace its leadership back 2000 years to the Apostles; and it should claim to be guided by the Holy Spirit and to thus teach doctrinal truth infallibly with the authority of Jesus Christ, its Founder.

Q) How many churches fit that description? A) 1

Q) Which Church is that? A) The Catholic Church

Closing Comments

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