Making denominations in the name of preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ is a heresy.
Denominations did not exist till centuries later. Today many denominations exist in the name of Christianity, claiming to be Christians.
Christian denominations include; Anglican, Africa Inland (AIC), Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Methodism, Baptist, Pentecostalism, Quakerism, etc, and we have seen mushrooming of many more denominations in recent times.
Christian denominations are neither Biblical nor Godly
- Denominations are not Biblical
- Jesus Christ did not start a denomination; He did not come to place humanity under denominations
- Jesus Christ did not send His servants to make denominations
- Jesus Christ does not send His servants to make denominations
Who are sent you to make a denomination? Who has told you to start a denomination? It is not Jesus Christ.
Protestant Heresies Today 4: – Denominations
Denominations are a result of;
1. Contentions
Conflict, confrontations and contentions in the church lead to divisions, the rise of denominations.
When people do not understand the Bible because of depending on their knowledge, wisdom, education and reasoning not the Holy Spirit, Biblical contentions arise in interpretation. This is what has broadly given rise denominations.
If humanity can shut out all other voices and stick only to the Bible listening only to the Holy Spirit, we could not have Bible contentions leading to divisions and the rise of denominations.
When contentions arose in Corinth’s threatening to divide the church, Apostle Paul said to the Corinthians,
1 Cor 1:10-13: Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. Now this I say, that every one of you say, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ: Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
For today they say, ‘I am of Joel Osteen’, ‘I am of Joyce Meyer’, ‘I am of Kiuna’, ‘I am of Muriithi’, etc. Was Osteen, Meyer, Kiuna, Muriithi crucified for you? Are you baptized in their names?
People have stolen the church from Christ, made it theirs giving the church personalized names. See protestant heresies today 3: – Stealing the church from Christ
See that Corinthian is a place in Greece and the church was called the church in Corinthians. The church in Corinthians was not a house of cement.
See protestant heresies today 2: making houses and calling them churches
Anything that separates and divides the body of Christ must be fought. We must preach against it like Apostle Paul. There is only one church and anything that weakens and destroys the church is Satanic.
Denominations are a reflection of a divided church. Did Jesus Christ start a divided church?
Jesus Christ is not divided. His church is one. There are no denominations with funny names in His church.
2. Theology (world education)
Another source of denominations is world education called theology.
Theology does not make a person a Jesus Christ servant neither does it teach a person to preach the gospel Jesus Christ way.
Theology is human knowledge and wisdom. Theology teaches how to be a good scoffer, pleasing humanity not God.
Another human being cannot teach you how to be a God servant. No servant of God in the entire Bible is taught how to be a God servant through world education in the name of theology or by another human being.
God creates molds and teaches His servants.
Denomination Evils
1. Division
Denominations are brought by divisions and denominations fuels divisions.
The church is one; the church is Jesus Christ’s. Denominations divide instead of uniting.
2. Destroys the Body of Christ
Contentions gives rise to denominations, and when people move out of the body of Christ to make denominations instead of solving the contentions, the contentions continues destroying the Body of Christ.
Reason today you see denominations attacking each other.
3. Control (bondage not freedom)
Denominations thrive through non-biblical structures, rules, controls and works. They get humanity into bondage. Jesus came to set us free and His true church is free.
Are you free? Are you part of His true church?
Jesus came to break all religious structures rules regulations and works holding humanity captives. He came to set humanity free for humanity to have a relationship with God.
In bondage, you cannot have a relationship with God. In denominational bondage, you cannot have a true spiritual relationship with God.
4. Steals the church from Jesus Christ
When contentions rise, some people walk out from the unified church of Jesus Christ to start their own denomination in the name of a ‘church’. They steal the church from Jesus Christ making their own church with their own names.
And people are led into worshiping another god thinking they are worshiping the true God.
It is for this reason Apostle Paul asked the Corinthians,
Now this I say, that every one of you say, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ: Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul?
By whose name are you baptized? Are you baptized in the name of your so-called church e.g. Jubilee Christian church, PCEA church, cornerstone church, or are you baptized in the name of Jesus Christ?
Why do you say you are from this and that church? Why have another church instead of Christ’s church? Why be of another church instead of Christ’s? The only true church is one; Jesus Christ church.
And because humans have stolen the church from Christ making denominations and churches in their name, it is time people get used for selfish gain.
Many Christians claim they are all one and there is one universal church and the church is all one composed of all ‘saved’ people but they add something new – denominations (divisions). What a lie!
Jesus built one church and His church is one. He prayed for unity (John 17:20-23) and rebuked division. Denominations claim that He is their head, yet they practice division.
Those who perpetuate denominations are actually rejecting and rebelling against Jesus call for unity.
I always tell you Jesus Christ servants,
If you stick to Jesus Christ, He will show you the way to preach His gospel like Him without having a building in the name of a church or starting a denomination.
In preaching Jesus Christ gospel, you must not lean on your human wisdom
Proverbs 3:5 we must not lean on our human wisdom, but must trust in God to guide us
Denominations tell you, ‘it does not matter the ‘church’ you go to as long as they preach Christ’, ‘it does not matter what you believe in as long as you worship God’, ‘it does not matter your denomination as long as you worship Christ’. Is this Biblical? No! It is a lie!
See does it matter the church you attend? Yes! (Next teaching)
A person may claim that denominations are all part of one universal church, though they contradict one another. It is a lie! Denominations are not of Jesus Christ’s church.
Jesus Christ plan for church was not to be divided into denominations.
Proverbs 14:12 There are ways that seem right to men, but their end is death
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