Look for a church purchased by Christ

By Scott Higgins

The Times, Aug 30, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009

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Scott Higgins is the evangelist with the Tualatin Valley Church. The church is meeting in the Tualatin Valley Heritage Center, located at 8700 S.W. Sweek Drive. They are meeting Sundays at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 503-536-5807 or visit www.tualatinvalleychurch.com. Sermons are now being podcast from this site and the iTunes site as well.

Often when seeking a church to worship God, people will focus on finding a group of people just like them. They focus on finding specific programs or activities.

They search for the funniest speaker or the most opportunities for them to be seen publicly.

Instead the focus should be on finding a church that honors God. It should be finding a church that is doing things that God wants us to do, not what we want to do. I thought that today I would share a few ideas on how to find a church that would bring you closer to God.

Find a church that teaches the Bible. It is the word of God that saves, not a specific preacher or teacher. A body that doesn’t focus on the word is a body that is not the church you read about in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 15:2 says “By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.”

James 1:21 reads “Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.”

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