"... I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." -- Matt 16:18                                                                                                                            "... behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the Truth." -- 1 Timothy 3:15            

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"Remember the word that I said unto YOU [plural], The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me [Jesus], they will also persecute YOU [the church]; IF THEY HAVE KEPT MY SAYING, THEY WILL KEEP YOURS ALSO." (John 15:20: This verse is clear evidence as to the True Church. It is the peoples who have kept God's Word, and been persecuted for it.)

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to OBSERVE all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." (Matthew 28:19-20: The word "observe" is the same Greek word use for "kept" and "keep" in John 15:20 above. Earlier in the chapter it is translated "keepers" [Matthew 28:4]. Elsewhere it is translated "reserve" [2 Pet 2:9], "preserved" [Jude 1] and "hold fast" [Rev 3:3]. Webster's 1828 Dictionary tells us that our English word obvserve comes to us from the Latin word, "observo [ob and servo] meaning to keep or hold." It therefore becomes clear that the Great Commission that was given to the church includes guarding the Word of God for without it we cannot follow what it says.)

"We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." (1 John 4:6)

"... Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." (John 20:21)