Thursday, August 23, 2018

Was this Name Reserved through all these Centuries?

   Try an experiment: Google on "Church of Jesus Christ." Okay, since the web calls up local listings, to a large extent, that is one reason it calls up the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but I believe it would also be the common listing if you lived in New York. Also, look at the wikipedia entry. It lists different organizations using "Church of Jesus Christ" and while there are other entries, there is no other entry of a large church. It is as if the Lord reserved this name for His church.
   Yes, there is a Church of Christ that is a larger group, but it remains that Church of Jesus Christ -- with both parts of the name -- is largely the domain of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. No other notable organization in the world uses this name. Isn't that odd? It would seem that if you were going to name a church that followed the teachings of Jesus Christ, then the use of the Savior's full name would be found in a number of denominations. But, it isn't. Nor does it appear the name had been used much before Joseph Smith restored the gospel. It is as if the name were reserved through all the centuries for this, the Lord's church in the end of times.

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