God Made It Simple

[398 words] The church belongs to God; his by right of purchase; costing him the death of his beloved Son. Since the church belongs to God, it is logically called “the church of God” (1 Cor. 1:2). Since Christ promised to build his church, and paid full price for her with his own blood (Acts 20:28), collectively the congregations of his church can rightfully be referred to as “the churches of Christ” (Rom. 16:16); makes perfect sense. These designations, among others in Scripture, honor and glorify God and his Son. Everyone should be able to embrace these scriptural descriptions and be satisfied with God’s choice of terms for his church; simple enough it would seem. It is ludicrous for men to complicate the matter by establishing their own churches, giving them unbiblical, unscriptural, unwarranted, and unauthorized names, which not everyone can accept and embrace. Such is divisive, disruptive, and denominational….