THE FUNDAMENTALS VOLUME IX
CHAPTER I THE TRUE CHURCH
BY THE LATE BISHOP RYLE Do you belong to the one true Church; to the Church out side of which there is no salvation ? I do not ask where you go on Sunday; I only ask, “Do you belong to the one true Church ?” Where is this one true Church? What is this one true Church like? What are the marks by which this one true Church may be known? You may well ask such questions. Give me your attention, and I will provide you with some answers. The one true Church is composed of all believers in the Lord Jesus. It is made up of all God’s elect—of all con verted men and women—of all true Christians. In whom soever we can discern the election of God the Father, the sprinkling of the blood of God the Son, the sanctifying work of God the Spirit, in that person we see a member of Christ’s true Church. I t is a Church of which all the members have the same marks. They are all born of the Spirit; they all possess “repentance towards God, faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ,” and holiness of life and conversation. They all hate sin, and they all love Christ. They worship differently and after various fashions; some worship with a form of prayer,
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