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received its teaching and doctrines through the APOSTLES. Now Jesus
is the Word of God in Person. The BIBLE is the Word of God in
writing--but the SAME TRUTH! Brethren, I did not put myself into
God's Church nor make myself Christ's Apostle--HE DID! Just as God
taught the first century original Apostles through Jesus the
Personal Word of God, even so He taught me the SAME TRUTHS AND
DOCTRINES through the WRITTEN Word of God, the Holy Bible! If I
teach not accurately according to this inspired WORD OF GOD, write
to me and show me, and on proof I will correct it for the WHOLE
CHURCH!
You see, God's CHURCH is not a matter of a German church
separate from the rest or an Australian church separated off all
alone by itself. This is NOT an association of HUMAN PEOPLE,
joining ourselves together as WE desire, leaning to OUR OWN
understanding, separate from and hostile against other churches.
THAT IS THE WAY SATAN'S CHURCHES ARE ORGANIZED! WE ARE THE CHURCH
OF GOD!--not of PEOPLE!
Now further in I Corinthians. Chapter 12 shows the Work and
organization of the Church.
God has called and put every one of us--every single
member--into His Church (verse 18). But God has given, BY HIS
SPIRIT, special gifts or abilities to different ones (verses 1, 4).
For, to fulfill the PURPOSE of the Church, there are in the Church
different OPERATIONS, and to oversee and direct them, different
ADMINISTRATIONS (verses 5, 6). Now God has given through the Holy
Spirit special abilities for the many different operations and
administrations "dividing to every man severally as HE will" (verse
11)--NOT as different members choose or wish. Yet all the many
members, with different jobs, functions, parts to take, are all ONE
UNITED ORGANIZED BODY (verses 12-13)--not many different churches.
There is only the ONE Church that is the true Church of GOD! At
Christ's coming He is going to marry only ONE Church--not the
Associated Church, the Church International, Luther's church, the
Catholic Church, the Methodist, Baptist, Australian, Egyptian and
Russian churches.
So GOD has given special gifts, spiritual talents and
abilities to certain ones in the Church AS HE HIMSELF CHOOSES! And
He has set the chain of AUTHORITY and officers in the Church (verse
28).
Now WHY should there even be the CHURCH? Yes, W H Y? Did you
ever stop to think that very few ever asked that question--very few
know the REASON FOR, or the PURPOSE OF the Church? It is NOT just
a club, a human society or a social group for human pleasure.
There is a GREAT PURPOSE!
As I write, we are nearing this year's Feast of Tabernacles.
We are LOOKING AHEAD to the coming KINGDOM OF GOD--when Satan will
be gone and we shall have WORLD PEACE --the world ruled by the
GOVERNMENT OF GOD administered by the KINGDOM OF GOD, and God shall
call EVERYBODY THEN LIVING TO SALVATION.
But to understand the PURPOSE of the CHURCH we need to look