- What makes the True Jesus Church true is the gospel that it preaches, not the qualification of the members. We preach the doctrine of one true church not because we feel superior to other Christians, but because it is the teaching of the Bible. We do not judge any individual. It is God’s word that judges (Jn 12:47-48).
- The church belongs to God, not any individual. So when discussing the truth of one church, we cannot take matters personally. Truth is objective. It should not have anything to do with the arrogance and pride of the preacher. We must study the Scriptures to see if the Bible indeed teaches one gospel and one church. If it does, we need to find out what the true gospel is according to the Bible and which church upholds the true gospel. This is the attitude of the Bereans, who diligently studied the Scriptures to examine the message they had heard (Acts 17:11).
- Paul insisted that there was only one true gospel (2 Cor 11:1-4; Gal 1:6-9). He did not hesitate to condemn all preachers of a false gospel because it concerned believers’ salvation. But he was not boasting about himself. He said, “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed†(italics added; Gal 1:6-9). Paul did not make himself the exception; if he turned away from the gospel, he himself would also be condemned.
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