HOW
BELIEVERS IDENTIFIED
WITH A LOCAL ASSEMBLY
- Matthew
16:18 “Upon this rock I
will build my church.”
- Acts 2:47
“The Lord added to the church daily such as were being saved.”
- Acts :23-24
“Peter and John went to their own company.”
- Acts
5:13-14 “No man dared
join them but God added…”
- Acts 20:7
“Upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came
together to break bread…”
- I
Corinthians 12:13 “For
by one Spirit are we all baptized into one Body.”
- I
Corinthians 16:12 “Upon
the first day of the week let everyone lay by
him in store as God has prospered…”
- Hebrews 10
25 “Forsake not the
assembling of yourselves together as the
manner of some is.”
NOTE:
- When a person
became a Christian he was added to the church of that town/city by the Lord.
- When a
Christian moved to or who resided in a particular town/city, he was
identified with that local church.
- Early
believers did not join the local church but were added according to Acts
5:13-14.
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