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I Timothy
3 : 15.
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behave thyself in the hous·e
of God, which is The CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD .
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Here it is The
Church of the Living God.
In speaking of the local congregations collectively,
no t as one general Body, but as the t otal of all local congre–
ga ~:; 1 ons
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the Bible name is
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The CHURCH OF GOD.
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Here are the
final three verses of the twelve which name t he
Church ~
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I Corinthians
11:16.
ne1 t her The CHURCHES OF GOD."
we have no such cust om,
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I Thessalonians 2 : 14.
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For ye brethren) became
fo l lowers o.f The CHURCHES OF GOD which IN JUDAEA are
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Chris t
Jesus.
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12)
II Thessalonians 1 :
n you in 'l'he CHURCHES OF GOD . "
"So that we ourselves gl o_y
These verses prove the NAME of the rue Church. Denom–
inations not bearing this name could not be God's true Church.
And of alr-the churches that do bea r the name, o£iy
~
could_be
the true Church of God -- that one which OBEYS A
the command –
ments-of God and maintains the
FAITH
delivered once for all
time - the one which grows in truth. All others are counterfeit,
even though they may have the knowledge about the true
NAME
of
God's Church.
Since Christ is the Head of the Church, Paul also
called the various congregations
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the churches of Chris
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(Rom.
16:16)
--but the actual NAME is he CHURCH
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GOD.
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is kept in the NAME OF THE FATHER (John 17:11).
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