Now, that one church can also be known by its Scriptural organization:

As we’ve read, Christ is the head of the church. [“And He is the head ofthe body, the church: Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence”Colossians 1:18.]

Under Christ, each congregation will be overseen byelders, Acts 20, verses 17 through 28 [“And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to him the elders of the church...Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which He purchased with His Own blood”Acts 20: 17, 28]. [Note: Elders are also called shepherds, bishops, overseers, presbyters.]; 1 Timothy 3, verses 1 through 7 [“Faithful is the saying, If a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; 4 one that ruleth well his own house, having (his) children in subjection with all gravity; 5(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.”].

Under the oversight of the elders are a group of men who serve, called deacons, 1 Timothy 3, verses 8 through 13 [“Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.  13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”].

Then, there are preachers and teachers of the Gospel , and the general membership of the congregation, all whom are under the oversight of the elders.

You can also recognize this church by its worship:

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship in spirit and Truth,” John 4:24. It is for that very reason—those Words of Jesus—that Christ’s one church WORSHIPS along Scriptural lines, and by Scriptural authority:

We sing, Ephesians 5:19 [“…speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord…”].

We partake of the Lord’s Supper, as we did here this morning, Acts 20, and verse 7 [“And upon the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread…”].

We give, 1 Corinthians 16, verses 1 and 2 [“Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.”].

We pray, Acts 2:42 [“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”].

And we teach, or preach, Acts 20, and verse 7 [“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.”].

The Bible teaches that there is only one church AND that there is a way to know which church it is. There’s no mystery here. It has a Scriptural name. It is organized along Scriptural lines. AND it worships God in Scriptural ways.

Well, we might ask another question of those who ask, “Will only members of the Church of Christ be in heaven?” The other question we might ask is, “Is there only one way to be saved?”

Now, if you were to go out on the street and ask this question, you would probably get as many answers as those to whom you talk! How might we come to a logical and decisive answer to this question?

Well, what if we just decided, “Let’s let everyone make up their own way of salvation.” Well, if that were the case, then there really wouldn’t be any need for salvation, would there? For, everyone would come up with their own salvation, and everyone would be justified in their own minds and in their own sight.