p. 16 | The True Church of Christ

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 18, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 20.

The True Church of Christ

The true church (ekklesia), the called-out ones, of Jesus Christ, are those who have accepted His call to separate themselves from iniquity, and be holy unto Him. "If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." It is not fleshly descent; it is not continuity of official ministration, that makes a child of God or the true church of Christ; it is constant, living connection with the True Vine which makes the living branch, and that connection is made by simple faith in God's Word.