2. Various Denominations Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Lutheran Catholic Adventist Pentecostal Christian Scientist Various Denominations Make Up The Church Make Up The Dollar SO:

3. “I am the vine, ye are the branches …”, (John 15:5).

4. John 15:1-6 The branches represent PEOPLE (verse 6), not the different DENOMINATIONS. “Now you, are Christ’s Body, and individually members of it” … (I Corinthians 12:27). – NASB

5. NOT THIS! BUT THIS! “Now you, are Christ’s Body, and individually members of it” … (I Corinthians 12:27). – NASB John 15:5John 15:1-6

6. “For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building” … (I Corinthians 3:9). “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's” … (I Corinthians 6:20). “… Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all” … (Hebrews 10:9-10). “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” … (Galatians 2:20). BAPTIZED INTO Galatians 3:27 RECONCILED IN Ephesians 2:16

7. Matthew 16:18 I Corinthians 3:9 Ephesians 5:25 Galatians 2:20 BAPTIZED INTO Galatians 3:27 Acts 20:28 I Corinthians 6:19-20 Hebrews 10:10 Ephesians 5:25-26 RECONCILED IN Ephesians 2:16

8. 4.For by one Spirit are we all baptized into different denominations, whether they be Catholic or Protestant, whether they be Baptist or Methodist”, (I Corinthians 12:13). 1.“I will build my churches”, (Matthew 16:18). 2.“I am the vine, denominations are the branches”, (John 15:5). 3.“And gave him to be the head over all things to the various denominations which are his body”, (Ephesians 1:22-23). 4.“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free”, (I Corinthians 12:13). 1.“I will build my church…”, (Matthew 16:18). 2.“I am the vine, ye are the branches”, (John 15:5). 3.“And gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body”, (Ephesians 1:22-23).

9. 5.“For the husband is the head of several different wives, even as Christ is the head of many different denominations”, (Ephesians 5:23). 6.“And so were the denominational churches established in their different systems of faith”, (Acts 16:5). 7.“For as we have many denominations which make up the one body and all denominations have not the same office: so the denominations, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one truly is not a member of the other”, (Romans 12: 4-5). 5.“For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church”, (Ephesians 5:23). 6.“And so were the churches established in the faith”, (Acts 16:5). 7.“For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another”, (Romans 12:4-5).

10. 8.“And he is the head of the body, the denominational churches”, (Colossians 1:18). 9.“… that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the denominational churches of the living God, the pillars and grounds of the different truths”, (I Timothy 3:15). 10.“Husbands, love each one of your wives, even as Christ loved each one of his denominations, and gave himself for them”, (Ephesians 5:25). 8.“And he is the head of the body, the church”, (Colossians 1:18). 9.“… that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth”, (I Timothy 3:15). 10.“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it”, (Ephesians 5:25).

11. The word CHURCH (ekklesia) is a collective noun, (Acts 19:31, 39). 1. ekklesia (1577), from ek, “out of,” and klesis, “a calling” (kaleo, “to call”), To the whole company of the redeemed throughout the present era, the company of which Christ said, “I will build My Church,” Matt. 16:18, and which is further described as “the Church which is His Body,” Eph. 1:22; 5:23.” – W. E. Vine

12. Acts 11:26 “… And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”

13. Jerusalem … (Acts 8:1) Antioch … (Acts 13:1) Cenchrea … (Romans 16:1) Corinth … (I Corinthians 1:2) Lystra … (Acts 14:20-23) Iconium … (Acts 14:20-23) Antioch … (Acts 14:20-23) Derbe … (Acts 14:20-23) Philippi … (Philippians 1:1) Thessalonica … (Acts 17:1-9) Berea … (Acts 17:10-12) Ephesus … (Revelation 2:1-7) Smyrna … (Revelation 2:8-11) Pergamos … (Revelation 2:12-17) Thyatira … (Revelation 2:18-29) Sardis … (Revelation 3:1-6) Philadelphia … (Revelation 3:7-13) Laodicea … (Revelation 3:14-22)

14. No one will deny that both Paul and the Eunuch were saved … (Acts 8:26-39; 22:16). Therefore, both men were members of the Lord’s church … (Acts 2:47). However, neither man was a member of any local church … (Acts 8:26-28, 9:26). REJECTED by men and ACCEPTED by the Lord … (Acts 9:26; III John 9). ACCEPTED by men and REJECTED by the Lord … (I Corinthians 5:1-5).

15. ? “And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life” … (Revelation 21:27). “And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book” … (Exodus 32:33). “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire” … (Revelation 20:15). “Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven” … (Luke 10:20).

16. CONCLUSION: If you are not a member of the Lord’s church, your name is not written in heaven; “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Cast into the lake of fire … (Revelation 20:15). Enter into the Holy city … (Revelation 21:27). Written in heaven … (Hebrews 12:23).