Members Of One Body
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- The Headship of Christ
- The Obligation to Join
- The Warning about Separation
Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16
Link To:Ephesians 4:1-16
Belgic Confession Article 28
Article 28: That every one is bound to join himself
to the true Church.
We believe, since this holy congregation is an assembly of those
who are saved, and that out of it there is no salvation, that
no person of whatsoever state or condition he may be, ought to
withdraw himself, to live in a separate state from it; but that
all men are in duty bound to join and unite themselves with it;
maintaining the unity of the Church; submitting themselves to
the doctrine and discipline thereof; bowing their necks under
the yoke of Jesus Christ; and as mutual members of the same body,
serving to the edification of the brethren, according to the talents
God has given them. And that this may be the more effectually
observed, it is the duty of all believers, according to the word
of God, to separate themselves from all those who do not belong
to the Church, and to join themselves to this congregation, wheresoever
God hath established it, even though the magistrates and edicts
of princes were against it, yea, though they should suffer death
or any other corporal punishment. Therefore all those, who separate
themselves from the same, or do not join themselves to it, act
contrary to the ordinance of God.