It looks as if that my demonstration showing how an obscure passage of Scripture confirms our teaching on the nature of the church may grow into a series. In part 2, I want to give an instance in Scripture where the church is distinguished from the rest of the saved. In Paul's salutation in his second letter to the church at Corinth, he distinguishes between that assembly and the other believers in the Greek province of Achaia:
"Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:..." (2 Corinthians 1:1)
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This may seem to some as "preaching to the choir" (I'm not judging anyone of our ABA blogging fraternity) but I enjoy finding other Scriptures that further confirm what have always believed to be true. You never really know (by blogging on the web) but possibly someone who is of the universal church persuasion might read but never comment and might be brought over to the truth.
ReplyDeleteThis only partially answers the "universal" church argument. It answers to the fact that not all people are in one church, but it doesn't answer those who proclaim the idea that a church is a community in a city which manifests itself in many local assemblies daily/weekly, and as one large assembly during special occasions (when the churches of the city get together). Just letting you know this Scripture doesn't answer this neo-universal-city-church teaching because Achaia is the province to which Corinth city belongs.
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