# In What Points The Church Of God Has Always Continued The Same.

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Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: IN WHAT POINTS THE CHURCH OF GOD HAS ALWAYS CONTINUED THE SAME.



God has always ordained teachers in his church,
and, therefore, always caused his will to be proclaimed
to the people; which commenced principally
in the days of Enos, the grandson of Adam;
for then began men to call upon the name of the
Lord. Gen. 4:26.

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, preached of the
judgment and the great day of vengeance of the
Lord. Jude vs. 14,15.

Abraham, the father of the faithful, preached of
the name of the everlasting God. Gen. 21:33.

Moses preached of the faithfulness, goodness, and
righteousness of God; so that his doctrine dropped
as the rain, and his speech distilled as the dew.
Deut. 32:2–5.

David preached of the righteousness of God in
the great (God’s) congregation, and would not let
his mouth be stopped, that is, he would not be
overcome by his adversaries. Ps. 40:10.

Afterwards, all the holy prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah,
Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah,
Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, preached
of the laws, punishments and promises of God, and
prophesied of the blessed and felicitous coming of
the Messiah whom God had promised. Read the
books containing their prophecies, throughout.

After the time of the Prophets, Christ himself
preached of the fulfillment of the time, the coming
of the kingdom of heaven, repentance, and faith in
the Gospel. Mark 1:15.

The apostles followed the example and the command
of their Lord, in proclaiming the will of God;
and not that alone, but when their departure was
nigh at hand, they appointed others in their stead,
as Timothy, Titus, the seven teachers in the seven
churches in Asia, who also, especially Timothy,
were charged to appoint faithful men, who would
be able to teach others also. 2 Tim. 2:2.

In order, moreover, that the church of Jesus
Christ might always know, according to what rule
persons were to be chosen for the ministry, the
Holy Spirit, through the hand of Paul, has written
concerning this matter, and transmitted it to posterity.
1 Tim. 3:1–7; Tit. 1:5–9.

Besides the office of preaching, which has always
belonged to the church, various other articles, in
faith33 and life as well as in outward worship, which
have always obtained, and must still obtain, could be
mentioned; however, since we think we have pointed
out the chief article, by virtue of which, principally,
a church is a church, and through what the
same is sustained, we will, so as not to bring too
much of the same thing, dismiss the subject here,
and proceed to the stability, durability, and visible
discernibility of this church, as we have promised
in the beginning.





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