Where In The Bible Will I Find:

One Church Being As Good As Another?

This is often a very common expression among the man made, or denominational churches, and, of course, it is believed by them that one church is just as good as another. When this expression is used in reference to only denominational churches it is correct to say that "One of these churches is as good as another," but when the church of our Lord, the church He bled and died for, is included and compared with denominations of human named and human built churches, then no, emphatically NO!

There is no denominational church that can ever stand the test of the Lord's church. All denominations have been built by human wisdom, and everything that is peculiar to any denomination is essentially human. The church of our Lord as given in the New Testament is purely divine in every way. Every item, both in introducing men into it and in carrying on its practical work is given to us by inspiration. Nothing is left for man's wisdom. God has given us all the rules, or laws that govern His kingdom or church. The church belongs to Christ. He gave His life for it (Acts 20:28), and as He is the architect and builder of His church (Matt. 16:18) it is known by His name (Rom. 16:16).

The name of every denominational church in the world is human. God never named any of them nor did He ever give man a single one of their peculiarities. To say that any one of these human denominations is as good as the church of our Lord is to elevate human wisdom to an equality with the wisdom of God. There is not one denomination to be found that is built upon one foundation which the Lord has laid in Zion.

Paul said, "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (I Cor. 3:11). By Scripture, we can determine what the ONE foundation is. It is the sublime truth that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God (Matt. 16:16). There is no denomination that builds upon this truth. Every creed, discipline, or confession of faith is built upon human wisdom, and thus they all contradict the Word of God, rejecting the one foundation the Lord has laid, and has been erected on their own human wisdom.

Not only do they reject the one and only foundation, but they reject Christ's gospel plan of initiation into the kingdom that God has ordained and established, preferring their own division and their own arrangements such as "faith only, grace only, etc." Many members in these denominational churches are not aware of the extent to which the creeds they adhere, have rejected, changed, and added to the Word of God, and many, I'm sure if they knew these things, they would submit no longer.