Those of the church of Christ believe they are the only ones going to heaven. Read Galatians 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
The church of Christ does not believe in the Old Testament. Romans 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
The church is the building. Acts 2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
Ephesians 1:22, 23 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
You Do Not Believe
By Jeremiah Tatum
It is very peculiar that we, as a body of believers, are often accused of not believing in certain things. Here is a list of ideas that, from time to time, people claim about us:
1. “You are the folks who don’t believe in miracles.” This, of course, is not true. We believe in every miraculous event recorded in the Bible. We believe that God can perform any miracle He wishes to perform whenever He wishes to perform it. If we did not believe in miracles, we would have no hope, because the resurrection of Christ is the greatest miracle of all (1 Cor.15:1-20).
2. “You are the folks who don’t believe in prophecy.” This, of course, is not true. We believe in every Biblical prophecy recorded. We believe in the prophecies concerning judgment and eternity yet to be fulfilled. We believe that the prophecies about Christ in the Old Testament were fulfilled in the incarnate God, who has accomplished His work (John 5:39; Luke 24:44).
3. “You are the folks who don’t believe in music.” This, of course, is not true. We believe in every example of musical worship displayed by the New Testament church. We believe that this is the pattern we are obligated to follow (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16;
4. “You are the folks who don’t believe others are saved.” This, of course, is not true. We believe “He who believes and is baptized shall be saved” (Mark 16:16). We believe “And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved” (Acts 2:38).We believe “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). We believe that “the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God” (1 Cor. 1:18).
It is not that we do not believe in these things. It is simply that, concerning these, we choose to believe God’s commandments, rather than man’s opinion.“But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they” (Acts 15:11).
- Jeremiah Tatum preaches for the Pulaski Street church of Christ in Lawrenceburg, TN.
