Anyone who goes against who the apostles - in the New Testament - identified and defined as the church / the body of Christ, is wrong / deceived / deluded. We are saved by what Christ did for us, through our faith in Him. This is the only means of salvation (not which part of the church / body of Christ we join, or are "baptized into", or are listed as a member of).
- One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
- One Lord.
- One Spirit.
- One hope.
- One faith.
- One baptism.
Ephesians 4:3-6
"Endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as all of you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
In Ephesians 2:19-22 and 1 Peter 2:5 Christ's body / the church is identified alone by the presence of the Holy Spirit in the collective body / congregation of believers who have His Spirit in them. This is the only way the apostles define the church in the New Testament.
The body of Christ / the church does not give life [zoe] to the Holy Spirit: the Holy Spirit inhabits and gives life [zoe] the body of Christ / the church (which was bought by the blood, death and resurrection of Christ, who died for our sins and rose again).
So insistence upon the authority of one part of the body / church, and its liturgy, tradition, etc above another part, is of man and of the flesh (not of the Spirit), and it seeks to divide, rather than endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
This site will only point its readers to Christ, not to any denomination or church, because attempting to find a part (any one part) of the body of Christ / church that has all their interpretation of the apostles' doctrine correct, is fruitless and pointless, because you won't find it
- which is proof that salvation is not of man, but of Christ, and the Spirit of Christ is in you - through your faith in Him.
So "Endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as all of you are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." (Ephesians 4:3-6).
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