Distinctiveness of the Church of Christ

Distinctiveness
CHURCH of CHRIST
Space Needle
Mt Rainier
Golden Gate Bridge
The Grand Canyon
Empire State Building
Statue of Liberty
Niagara Falls
Starbucks
Cheesecake
Burger and Fries
Numbers 10:1-10 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:2 "Make two silver trumpets for yourself; you shall make them of hammered work; you shall use them for calling the congregation and for directing the movement of the camps.3 When they blow both of them, all the congregation shall gather before you at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
1 Cor. 14:7-8 Even things without life, whether flute or harp, when they make a sound, unless they make a distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is piped or played?8 For if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?
Distinctive
The CHURCH of CHRIST
CAESAREA PHILIPPI
CAESAREA PHILIPPI
Day of Pentecost
Antioch
Distinct from ATHEISM
The CHURCH of CHRIST
Our Faith in God
Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart,"There is no God.“
Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
Distinct from PAGANISM
The CHURCH of CHRIST
Belief in One God
1 Corinthians 8:5-6 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.
Paul in Athens
Acts 17:24-26 God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.25 Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.26 And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,
Distinct from JUDAISM
The CHURCH of CHRIST
Faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God
Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.

Faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.
Distinct from CATHOLICISM
The CHURCH of CHRIST
Faith in only One Mediator to God
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.

Faith in only One Mediator to God
Hebrews 9:24-28 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another --26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
Distinct from DENOMINATIONALISM
The CHURCH of CHRIST
Our Faith in God
1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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The CHURCH of CHRIST