* Purpose the church (Ephesians 3:10-11) * Purchase the church (Acts 20:28; Ephesians 5:25) * Name its members (Isaiah 56:5; Isaiah 62:2; Acts 11:26; 1 Peter 4:16) * Add people to the church (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 12:18) * Give the church its doctrine (Galatians 1:8-11; 2 John 9-11)
* Believe in Jesus Christ (Hebrews 11:6; John 8:24; Acts 16:31) * Repent of your sins (Turn away from your sins) (Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 17:30) * Confess faith in Jesus (Matthew 10:32; Acts 8:37; Romans 10:9-10) * Be baptized into the saving blood of Jesus Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:48; Acts 22:16)
* Much water (John 3:23; Acts 10:47) * Going down into the water (Acts 8:36-38) * A burial in water (Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:12) * A resurrection (Acts 8:39; Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12) * A birth (John 3:3-5; Romans 6:3-6) * A washing (Acts 22:16; Hebrews 10:22)
* You are saved from sins (Mark 16:16 1 Peter 3:21) * You have remission of sins (Acts 2:38) * Sins are washed away by the blood of Christ (Acts 22:16; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 10:22; 1 Peter 3:21) * You enter into the church (1 Corinthians 12:13; Acts 2:41,47) * You enter into Christ (Galatians 3:26-27; Romans 6:3-4) * You put on Christ and become a child of God (Galatians 3:26-27) * You are born again, a new creature (Romans 6:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:17) * You walk in newness of life (Romans 6:3-6) * You obey Christ (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 10:48; 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)
* Worship in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24) * Meet on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7; Hebrews 10:25) * Pray (James 5:16; Acts 2:42; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17) * Sing, making melody with the heart (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16) * Eat the Lord's supper on the first day of the week (Acts 2:42 20:7; Matthew 26:26-30; 1 Corinthians 11:20-32) * Give, liberally and cheerfully (1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-5; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8)
* One family of God (Ephesians 3:15; 1 Timothy 3:15) * One kingdom of Christ (Matthew 16:18-19; Colossians 1:13-14) * One body of Christ (Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4) * One bride of Christ (Romans 7:1-7; Ephesians 5:22-23) * One church of Christ (Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4-6)
* Is guided by the same word (1 Peter 1:22-25; 2 Timothy 3:16-17) * Contends for the one faith (Jude 3; Ephesians 4:5) * Pleads for unity of all believers (John 17:20-21; Ephesians 4:4-6) * Is not a denomination (1 Corinthians 1:10-13; Ephesians 4:1-6) * Is faithful to Christ (Luke 6:46; Revelation 2:10; Mark 8:38) * Wears the name of Christ (Romans 16:16; Acts 11:26; 1 Peter 4:16)
* By doing what people 1900 years ago (Acts 2:36-47) * Without being in any denomination (Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13)
* Can be lost (1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 5:4; Hebrews 3:12-19) * But is given a law of pardon (Acts 8:22; James 5:16) * Is constantly cleansed by the blood of Christ as he walks in the light of God (1 Peter 2:9-10; 1 John 1:5-10)