Why Am I A Member of the church of Christ – Part 1
Indeed! Why are you a member of any church of which you call yourself a member? We read in the scriptures, “Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves” (2 Corinthians 13:5a). God does not want me to just take for granted that I am saved. He wants me to examine my life every day to make sure that I am doing what He wants. He said to the Corinthians, “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (1 Corinthians 10:12).
Each soul will be held accountable to God through the gospel of Jesus Christ (Romans 2:16; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9). The gospel is the only standard of judgment. It makes a whole lot of sense to do what the gospel teaches in matters regarding the church. This is the basic answer to the question in the title of this article. I am a member of the church of Christ because the church of Christ does what the gospel of Christ says “do.” This is the ONLY reason that ANYONE should be a member of ANY church.
If we teach and do what Christ and His apostles taught, then we WILL get what they got. A seed will produce after its own kind: an Apple seed cannot bring forth a Peach tree. Now, “The seed is the word of God” (Luke 8:11b). When THAT seed is planted, what will come of it? They got Christians (Act s 11:26); they got the ONE church; the got the ONE faith; they got the ONE Lord; they got the ONE baptism; they got the ONE Father; they got the ONE Spirit; they got the ONE Hope (Ephesians 4:4-6). Why should we NOT get the same thing that they got instead of a multitude of different beliefs and practices?
God bless you, and I love you.
Kevin Cauley