Welcome to the LaPrada Drive Church of Christ . We are pleased to have you visit us on our web site. We would be even more pleased if you would choose to make the
LaPrada Drive Church of Christ your regular place of worship.
The church of Christ
is not affiliated with any with any religious denomination. It is the church restored
to the New Testament teachings established on the first Pentecost after the crucifixion
of Christ ( Acts 2 ). The Church is accountable to Jesus Christ only and not to
a council or organization of men, since it is headed by Him ( Ephesians 1:22 ).
The following pages reflect a brief summary of New Testament teachings that is taught
by this congregation.
THE BIBLE
The bible is the inspired, inerrant and final authority
in life and doctrine.
2 Peter 1:20-21 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time
by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
GOD
One
true god (Godhead) existing as the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit ( Each possessing
all the attributes of deity).
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.
Genesis 1:26 And God
said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and
over all the earth. and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
GRACE
Salvation is a free gift of God. The only sufficient payment for our sins
is the blood of Christ. It was through His death as our substitute that He paid
the debt we owed. No one is saved by his own merits or good deeds
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: It is the gift
of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 4:4 Now to him that worketh
is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Romans 5:15 But the free gift
is not like the transgression. for if by the transgression of the one the many died,
much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ,
abound to the many. (NAS )
OUR RESPONSE
It is necessary to respond to God's free
offer of salvation by faith, repentance, and baptism. When we confess Christ as
our Lord and are baptized ( or immersed ), God meets us, forgives our sins and gives
us the gifts of the Holy Spirit that empowers and guides us in our Christian walk.
Acts 2:38 Then peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with
the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us ( not the putting away of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
UNITY
It is our goal to avoid creeds, traditions, works and innovations of man by
endeavoring to unite and continue in the example of the original followers of Christ
(the First century church).
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears;
Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath
been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince
the gainsayers.
LOVE AND FELLOWSHIP
We are each individual members of the body of
Christ; Believers who accept each other because God has accepted each of us.
Romans
13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath
fulfilled the law.
1 Cor. 13:1 Though I speak with tongues of men and angels, and
have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 John 1:3
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye may have fellowship
with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his son Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:6-7 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth
us from all sin.
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