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Re: The Name of God's Church
The Church of Christ follows the exact same logic (with a slightly different conclusion). They are a perfect example of (another?) group that bases inclusion in God's kingdom on legalism. A purist in either of these organizations would literally beleive that God reads the name on the sign in front of the building to determine if you are obeying his word (by naming your church properly) or not.
No obedience = no salvation ...... (hmmm.... sounds kind of like some Apostolics).
Other odd beliefs (whcih they will argue just as strongly as we argue Jesus name baptism)...
- No instrumental music (not mentioned in the NT) - vocal only
- No organization - local church only - they claim no NT authority for anyone over the local pastor
- No "sunday school" - the term is not mentioned in the bible
- Communion every Sunday - the NT says "as often as you do this..."
It's interesting how crazy some legalisms sound when they are someone else's legalisms! I'm sure some of our discussions sound just as crazy to them....
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