In our continued study of “Why I am a Member of the Church of Christ” in the pre-teen class last week, we reviewed how the church was founded by the scriptural builder, Christ.

In Matthew 16:18, Christ promises, “…and upon this rock I will build my church…”

I = personal

Will = is in the future and definite

Build = construction and/or establish

My = possessive and demonstrates ownership

Church = congregation and/or assembly

We also reviewed how the church was founded on the scriptural foundation, Christ.

Eph. 2:20 = Christ as the corner stone

1 Cor. 3:11 = Exclusive foundation, “which is Jesus Christ”

No church can be scriptural unless it was founded by the scriptural builder, Christ.

No church can be scriptural unless it has the scriptural foundation, Christ.

We know that Christ founded the scriptural church, and that the scriptural church must have a scriptural foundation, or otherwise it would not be scriptural. For a church to be scriptural, is must be built upon the foundation of Jesus Christ.