Churches of God By James R. Faulkner

1. Famine of the Word

Amos 8:11-12
Let us pretend the famine of the word has come and our bibles have been taken from us. So, please close your bibles and bible references and let's see how much we remember.


2. Where do we find the Seven Churches in scripture?





3. What are the names of each of the Seven Churches?




4. Where do we find the Seven Churches in scripture?

Revelation 1:9 - 3:22



5. What are the names of each of the Seven Churches?


1. Ephesus
2. Smyrna
3. Pergamos
4. Thyatira
5. Sardis
6. Philadelphia
7. Laodicea


6. Where do we find the Seven Churches on a map?




7. What about Churches that claim to be Christian today?


• Catholic
• Protestant
• Seventh Day Adventist
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Church of God Seventh Day
• Worldwide Church of God Offshoots
• Assemblies of Yahweh
• Independant Churches of God - New Moon

Catholic
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	Refer to leaders as Father - Jesus forbid doing this. Matthew 23:9
.	.	Infant and Sprinkling baptism - scritpure teaches full immersion of consenting person.
.	.	Bow down to graven images.
.	.	Teach God is a trinity.
.	.	Sunday worship - refuse to acknowledge and keep God's Sabbath holy.
.	.	Christmas - celebrating a renamed pagan holiday.
.	.	Easter - celebrating a pagan holiday that they didn't even bother to rename.
.	.	Immortal Soul doctrine - that goes straight to heaven, purgatory or hell at death.
.	.	Purgatory - able to buy someone into heaven that didn't quite make it.	.

Protestant
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	Teach God is a trinity.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God.	Sunday worship - refuse to acknowledge and keep God's Sabbath holy.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person.	Christmas - celebrating a renamed pagan holiday.
.	.	Easter - celebrating a pagan holiday that they didn't even bother to rename.
.	.	Immortal Soul doctrine - that goes straight to heaven or hell at death.
.	.	Rapture - saints being taken to heaven before the tribulation.	.

Seventh Day Adventist
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	Teach God is a trinity.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God.	Christmas - celebrating a renamed pagan holiday.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person.	Easter - celebrating a pagan holiday that they didn't even bother to rename.
	Keep the Seventh day Sabbath Holy.	.	.
	The mortality of the soul that requires a resurrection.	.	.

Jehovah's Witnesses
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	Sunday worship - refuse to acknowledge and keep God's Sabbath holy.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God.	.	.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person.	.	.
	The mortality of the soul that requires a resurrection.	.	.
.	.	.	.

Church of God Seventh Day
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	.	.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God.	.	.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person.	.	.
	Keep the Seventh day Sabbath Holy.	.	.
	The mortality of the soul that requires a resurrection.	.	.

Worldwide Church of God Offshoots
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	.	.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God.	.	.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person.	.	.
	Keep the Seventh day Sabbath Holy.	.	.
	The mortality of the soul that requires a resurrection.	.	.

Assemblies of Yahweh
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	.	.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God.	.	.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person.	.	.
	Keep the Seventh day Sabbath Holy.	.	.
	The mortality of the soul that requires a resurrection.	.	.

Independant Churches of God - New Moon
True Doctrines		False Doctrines
	Jesus Christ is the son of God that came and died for the sins of mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:3-8	.	.
	The Holy Bible is the word of God. 2 Timothy 3:16-17	.	.
	Fully immersed baptism of consenting person. Acts 2:37-39	.	.
	Keep the Seventh day Sabbath Holy. Hebrews 4:9	.	.
	The mortality of the soul that requires a resurrection. John 5:24-29	.	.
	God is a FAMILY, not a trinity. Ephesians 3:14-19	.	.

Conclusion:
Revelation 12:13-17

Which of the above churches has the testimony of Christ?
All of them.

Which of the above churches keep the commandments?
Only the Sabbath Keepers can make that claim. And those will be the remnant Satan will be after, when he can't get to those that are in the place of safety.