Sunday, March 30, 2014

John R. Rice Speaks about the church


"But the best evidence that the Roman Catholic Church is not built on Peter is that the Bible never mentions any human organization like the apostate, worldly Roman church, and it is absolutely unlike the simple New testament pattern of local independent churches.
the meaning of the word church is important. it never in the Bible means a denomination. Our use of the term church in the phrase,"The Roman Catholic Church," or the phrase "The Methodist Church," is thoroughly unscriptural. Remember the word "church" never means denomination. Catholics are not the church of Christ. Baptists are not the church of Christ. The sectarian group that calls itself "The church of Christ" is not that. The claims of Episcopalians, Greek Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, or any other denominational group, that they are "the true church" are untrue. the word Church as used in the Bible, never one time refers to a denomination. The word means "a called out assembly" thus it is used many many times in the New testament of local congregations,..."
"But the assembly of Christ which will be called out to meet Christ at the rapture and will be gathered in the heavenly Jerusalem is also called a church(heb. 12:22,23)."The King of the Jews:A commentary on the gospel according to Matthew page 243 (meaning of the Word church)

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