“Does Your Church Have All the Truth?”

I love the local church despite its flaws, personalities, and problems.  The local church is God’s headquarters for His Kingdom.  Jesus established the church and almost 90 percent of all the references in the New Testament to the church are to local assemblies.

But no one church is perfect.  Every church is flawed because we are flawed human beings who comprise the church.

So I ask the question…how do you view your church?  Denomination?  Does it have all the truth?  If you think it does, you most likely are following a cult and/or cultic leader. 

No one church has all the truth.  Every church is still seeking for areas of truth because the persons and pastors in those churches have not “arrived to the all the truth.”

When I refer to “truth” I am not referring to the truth of who Jesus is and what salvation is.  Jesus is the only, unique Son of God of whom God said “no man can come to the Father except through Him.”  (John 14:6) The way of salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.  It seems the Bible is rather clear on that.

But there are other issues that we don’t have full revelation on that churches/pastors can  disagree:  Communion, Baptism, spiritual gifts, end times, church government.  That is fine because you can get to Heaven without knowing “the truth” about any or all of these issues.

So when it comes to these areas of “truth” we need to walk in humility realizing we may be following our “traditions instead of truth.”  A teachable spirit to learn from one another will foster you growing in your understanding. We must not elevate our traditions to the level of truth. 

So, we need to agree on what is essential and walk in love and humility in areas where we are all still searching. As St. Augustine said, “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.”

I have been raised a Baptist all my life.  But I can remember distinctly the time when I discovered “that God was not a Baptist.”  WOW – you talk about a life changing event.  Instead, Jesus is the King and is establishing a Kingdom that transcends our denominational titles.  Let’s pray and work toward, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done; on earth, as it is in Heaven.”