Jesus Christ speaking in behalf of the Father, HE built the "Church of God"
The Church of God was founded by God, not founded by human. Any churches that claimed that they are the TRUE CHURCH but they were founded by human means they are not the true Church that belongs to God.
Since more than 2000 years ago, when Jesus Christ while "speaking in behalf of the FATHER" told Peter that "upon this rock I will build my Church (Mathew 16:18-19), " then the "Church of God was founded" by God which means through the words written in the book of Matthew (Mathew 16:18-19) the Father in Heaven through Jesus Christ founded the Church. Therefore; any churches which is built by man and claimed that they founded the Church and named after the founder are not the true church that belongs to God.
The true Church which was founded by God the Father through his Son Jesus Christ was named after the founder and it is called the "Church of God".
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John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works..
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Jesus Christ when preaching the word of God is not speaking by his own but the Father and even when he said to peter that He will build His Church upon the rock.
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Matthew 16:18-19
18) I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it..
19) I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven..
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When Jesus Christ said to Peter that upon this rock, I will build my Church, He is speaking for the Father not for Himself (John 14:10 ) and the the Church is the "Church of God" as how it was proved by the Acts 20:28.
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Acts 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood..
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The true religion is "God"and true Church is to be found by searching it's name the "Church of God" because what belongs to God is named to God.
"If the Church is named to John, then it belongs to John not to God".
Human being has no authority to build a church but God. The existence of so many churches name after the founder; named after the name of days, name after the place or name after after anything than God is not a church which is built for God but for the one who founded it. Then it is not the true church that belongs to God.
One of the reason why human build churches is to make it as enterprise to gain profit by selling the word of God. Selling the payers, selling the church services, selling anything to have profit. The true Church of God would not ask for money to do baptism, wedding rites, prayers, and anything because the word of God is FREE and not for sale.
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Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
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2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God
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Hebrews 3:4
For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God
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Also, not all in the name of "Church of God" is the true church of God. To find the true Church of God is to try and to test the doctrine if it is the true Church of God. The true Church of God follow the doctrines which are written in the Bible. If the doctrines are invented by men then it is the doctrine of men not of God.
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1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world..
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John 7:17
"If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself."
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For so many churches named the "Church of God" the only way for you to know if it is the church of God is to try and know if their doctrines are from the Bible and not invented by human with basic criteria as below;
- The church is name to God as "Church of God" as it belongs to HIM. If the church is name to any man or woman or to animals or to anything then they do not belongs to God.
- If the Church is asking money for baptism, wedding rites, 10% donation from the total earnings, money, money, money then it is not the true church of God but an enterprise ( Matthew 10:8 / 2 Corinthians 9:7-8 )
- If the Church teaches the people and practice idolatry; praying to statues, graven images then is it is not the Church that belongs to God (Exodus 20:3-6 / Leviticus 26:30 / Deuteronomy 7:25)
- If the church celebrates christmas then it is not the true Church of God because christmas is not Biblical but just an invention of the roman pagans to celebrate the birth of the "gods of greek" the unconquered son and it is not the birth of Jesus Christ. They just used the name Jesus Christ to fool the people because they knew that the birth of Jesus Christ is not December 25. (Deuteronomy 12:32 / Revelation 22:18-19)
- If the Church did not teach the men and women how to dress modestly then it is not the true Church of God (1 Timothy 2:9)
- If the Church teaches rebellion against any government then it is not the true Church of God ( Romans 13:1-2 )
- If the Church allowed tattoo then it is not the true church of God (Leviticus 19:28)
- If the Church teaches that Jesus Christ is just human and not God then it is a church of anti-Christ (1 John 2:22)
- If the Church allowed to drink and eat blood then it is not the true Church of God but the opposite ( Deuteronomy 12:23)
- If the Church invented payers like a vain repetition e.g "rosary" then it is not the true Church of God (Matthew 6:7-8)
- If the Church teaches to celebrate feasts of different idols and saints then it is not the true Church of God (Exodus 20:3-6)
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