God’s Specified Collectivity

// March 6th, 2010 // Bible Study, Mark's stuff

God’s Specified Collectivity

By Jesse Jenkins

Benchley, February 28, 2010

“For spiritual work and worship there is no organization larger than, smaller than, or other than the local church.”
We read about a local church:
- Assembling to worship (Acts 2:42; 20:7)
- Teaching the Word.
  - To edify the saved. (Acts 20:28; I Peter 5:1-3)
  - To save the lost. (Philippians 4:15-16)
- Doing benevolent work under limited circumstances. (Acts 4:34-36; I Corinthians 16:1-2)
- Disciplining a member. (I Corinthians 5:1-5)
We do not read about:
- Christians building and operating any other collectivity for any of these things, whether it be:
  - A missionary society
  - A sponsoring church
  - Truth Magazine Annual Bible Lectures
  - A college’s Annual Bible Lectures
  - A college’s daily chapel service for worship
  - A college’s daily Bible classes
  - One man soliciting and overseeing funds from many Christians for the teaching of the Word
  - A benevolent society for work assigned the local church
  - ANY collectivity other than the local church to do that which God assigned the local church

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