Have you ever wondered why there are so many different denominations, teaching so many different ways of salvation and adhering to so many different forms of doctrine and moral ethics? This is what happens when men fail to believe EVERY Word of God. 

Proverbs 30:5 Every Word of God is pure. 

II Peter 1:20 No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. 

These verses affirm that the Scriptures have only one true meaning. When man begins to privately interpret the Scriptures, culling those which he prefers not to heed, and establishes a denomination, he cannot truthfully lay claim to this denomination being a true Church of Jesus Christ.

Anyone who is sincere can quickly discern between our Lord's Church and a church born out of the ideas of a mere man.

Christ's Church adheres to His teachings (doctrines). Christ is their Head and His Word is their ONLY rule of faith and practice.

Since it is His Church, it must have begun during His earthly ministry. Most folks today believe that "The Church" was begun on the day of Pentecost BUT what did Jesus say?

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Jesus said to Peter, "Thou art Peter (petros-a piece of a rock) and upon this rock (petra-a mass of rock-Christ) I will build MY CHURCH....."We must conclude that Jesus did what HE said He would do-build HIS CHURCH.

But what KIND of CHURCH did He build? 

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

John, of course was sent by God to be the forerunner of Christ. He was sent to prepare the materials (the people) who would constitute the first Church. Jesus calls John " the Baptist "

Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

His name was John and Jesus referred to him as "the Baptist".

We are not saying that every church which refers to itself as "Baptist" is our Lord's Church, but we are saying that those Churches which continue in Christ's doctrine are His.

Ephesians 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism

Today there are many lords, many faiths, and many baptisms, yet only one TRUE