The True Church from the Bible

[Matt Black]

One Church up till 1054, thereafter division.

 

[Claudia_T]

Originally posted by JackRUS:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Claudia_T:
ummmmmmmmmmm just a thought but if the Jews were causing so much trouble over trying to keep the people into getting circumcised, and doing all the ceremonial laws and Paul was instructing them not to be that way I WILL JUST BET that there would of been a HUGE ruckus about it if Paul and them had decided to start keeping the Sabbath on Sunday... and we would read about that in the New Testament.. dont ya think??

Haven't you ever read Acts 15:4-31? The Church had it's first synod over just that. (But they didn't call it a ruckus officially, so you may be right ) </font>[/QUOTE]Jack,

I dont see nuttin' there about them argueing about the Sabbath being changed to Sunday... thats what I meant.

Claudia

 

[Claudia_T]

Originally posted by BobRyan:
Acts 13 we have BOTH Jews AND Gentiles attending Bible study and worship services. But what is really neat is that the JEWs REJECT it - and the gentiles ASK FOR MORE. So what happens? The GENTILES wait until THE NEXT SABBATH to hear more!!

Wait a minute!! If the Jews are REJECTING truth and the Gentiles ACCEPTING truth in Acts 13 WHY not have ANOTHER Bible lesson the NEXT day - on "week-day-one" as the NT calls it?

Why keep having it on Christ the Creator's memorial of Creation - His own Seventh-day Sabbath - the LORD's Day?

Why not go with "week-day-one" since that is immediately following!

WOW! What a great point you make, Bob! They were honoring the Sabbath day and having the Gentiles learn to honor it too...

I'd of never thought of that


Claudia

 

[wopik]

BobRyan

"week-day-one" as the NT calls it?

what are you talk'n about ?

"week day one" ? - do you make it up as you go ?

 

[SpiritualMadMan]

If it was such and issue why isn't it Taught in the Epistles?

Surely there wasn't a Jewish Synagaog in every city where a Christian Church existed?

And, even if there were, wouldn't it make sense to codify it in a teaching to the Gentile Church instead of "hoping" they "caught it" from Jewish Believers?

In any event...

If it wasn't important enough to be an official teaching in an Espistle should we make it an "issue of fellowship", provided people Love and Worship God at least one day a week?

SMM

 

[Stinker2]

Originally posted by faith in the south:
Do we agree that up to the Nicean Council, the True Church of the Bible was only one, and then divisions came up?
Or we must say the true Church was founded by Martin Luther, or its the Baptist, or its the new Church of whatever...

The 1st century churches were not 'clones' of each other. The only 'brotherhood division' was addressed by the Apostle Paul, and the subject was circumcision being taught to the churches by the Jews.

The church division that we read about in 1Cor.1:10-17 does not teach that all churches should be clones of each other. It is addressing the kind of divisions that are sinful....those within the local congregation.

 

[BobRyan]

Originally posted by faith in the south:
Do we agree that up to the Nicean Council, the True Church of the Bible was only one, and then divisions came up?
Or we must say the true Church was founded by Martin Luther, or its the Baptist, or its the new Church of whatever...

The "True Church" at the time of John the baptizer was Israel - the "nation church" started by God at Sinai -- the ONE TRUE CHURCH.

Then there was "a division" and we have "The Christian Church" of the NT Apostles.

Was the "division" an "error" because it was a "divisoin"? Or was the problem that the magesterium of the ONE TRUE CHURCH started by God at Sinai introduced so many "man made traditions" Mark 7 that eventually the error demanded the "division" - the error resulted in rejecting the Savior!

In Christ,

Bob

 

[BobRyan]

The division in the NT church is SEEN CLEARLY in Acts 15 - where God used the ruling of the Jerusalem "Jewish" Council to save the church.

But as Paul said in Acts 20 " AFter my departure WOLVES will come in" -- first century error! See 2Tim 1.

In Christ,

Bob