A Move in the Right Direction

                Late in October, President Trump changed his religious affiliation from Presbyterian to “nondenominational Christianity.” We can only speculate on his motives (the news articles did not give a specific reason why he chose to make the change). However, the change itself (from denominational to nondenominational) is one that we should appreciate. Jesus did not establish a denomination, and the apostles did not preach denominationalism. The organizations known as denominations had their origins in the reformation movement, not in first century Christianity. Denominationalism is an innovation that was not part of what Jesus originated. 2 John 9 states, “Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.”
                We are also admonished in the word of God to continue steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine (Acts 2:42). One cannot do this within the framework of denominationalism because it presupposes an organization that neither Jesus nor the apostles conceived. The move out of denominationalism brings one closer to the divine order. Jesus did not die on the cross for a denomination. He died for his church (Acts 20:28). It would be a good thing if everyone would leave denominationalism.
                Denominationalism has made a mockery of the teachings of Jesus and the apostles in the past five hundred years. By declaring that “one church is just as good as another,” those who agree with such a statement consent to false doctrine when even one denomination embraces heresy. In the past thirty years, much of that false doctrine has been the utter abandonment of what Jesus and the apostles taught about marriage and sexual ethics. How can one church be just as good as another? They cannot.                Denominationalism needs to go away permanently.
                God bless you, and I love you.
                Kevin Cauley