2. Form of a question Form of a statement Form of a Joke
“Those in the Church of Christ think they are the only ones going to heaven.”
Form of a question
Form of a statement
Form of a Joke

3. Will Only Those in the
Church of Christ
Go to Heaven?

4. Will Only Those in the Church of Christ Go to Heaven?
I. Understanding the Question
II. Understanding the Answer
III. Understanding
What the Answer Demands

5. I. Understanding The Question
A. Why it is asked:
1. Denominational view

6. Denominationalism God’s People (The Saved) Christ Adventist Presb.
Catholic
Nazarene
Ch. Of
Christ
Ch. Of God
Methodist
Baptist

7. I. Understanding The Question
A. Why it is asked:
1. Denominational view
2. Prejudice
3. Ignorance
B. What it does:
1. Puts you in a dilemma

8. The Dilemma If Say “No” If Say “Yes” Hard to harmonize
with what you teach
Not the truth!
If Say “Yes”
Person is “turned
off” to further
teaching
“Confirms” their
Prejudice

9. I. Understanding The Question
A. Why it is asked:
1. Denominational view
2. Prejudice
3. Ignorance
B. What it does:
1. Puts you in a dilemma
2. Charges us with narrow-mindedness
3. Creates prejudice

10. II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined
People
Who Are Saved
Acts 2:47
Eph. 2:16
Eph. 5:23
Acts 11:20-ff
Terms of entrance - Same

11. Acts 11 Heard “preaching the Lord Jesus Believed & turned to Lord
Received
the grace
of God
Church
Christians
Disciples

12. II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined
B. One Church
“There is one body”
(Eph. 4:4)
Body = Church
(Eph. 1:22-23)
Thus: One Church
The Bible
is silent
about
churches
&
denom.
Christ only
promised
to build
one
(Matt. 16:18)

13. II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined
B. One Church
C. Denominationalism is wrong
Not found in the Bible (1 Pet. 4:11)
Contrary to the pleas for unity (John 17:20-21; Cor. 1:10)
Contrary to the idea of “one body” (Eph. 4:4)
Contrary to the idea that it makes a difference what one believes (2 Thess. 2:10-12).

14. YES! One must be a member of the Church of Christ to go to Heaven!
II. Understanding The Answer
A. Church Defined
A. Church Defined
B. One Church
C. Denominationalism is wrong
D. God’s Way Is Narrow
E. Parallel Question
YES! One must be a member of the Church of Christ to go to Heaven!

15. That you be in the church of Christ That you leave and renounce
III. Understanding What
The Answer Demands
That you be in the church of Christ
to be saved.
That you leave and renounce
denominationalism.