1. Saved by grace ... Eph. 2:8, John 3:8 2. Saved before baptism ... Matt. 3:1-10, 28:12 3. Baptized for a right purpose ... Rom. 6:3-5, Col. 2:12 4. Baptized by proper authority (a church of Jesus Christ) ... Matt. 16:19, 28:19 5. Christ, the foundation and builder of His churches ... Zech. 12,13, Luke, 6:13, Mark 3:13,14, Matt. 16:18 6. Churches of Christ will exist until He comes again ... Matt. 16:18, 28:20 7. The preservation of His children ... John 5:24, 10:28,29, Rom. 8:38,39 8. The communion together of only those who are baptized, and in fellowship in a church of Christ ... Matt. 28:19,20, Acts 2:41,42, II Thes. 3:6, I Cor. 5:12,13. 9. The sovereignty of a church, no pope or master. Christ the only head ... Matt. 20:25-27, Mark 10:42-45, I Tim. 2:5 10. Separation of church and state ... Matt. 22:21 11. The Holy Spirit superintendent of missions ... John 16:13, Acts 8:29, 13:4, 16:7-9. 12. Churches of Christ the executive bodies in His Kingdom on earth ... Matt. 16:17, 18:15-18, 28:19,20. 13. The Bible is all sufficient for faith and practice ... II Tim. 3:16,17.
The above are some land marks we stand for; and there we expect to stand until God calls us home. The devil tries to obliterate these land marks in every way imaginable in putting up counterfeit marks and in throwing mud on the true. But thank God, the true servants of God can detect the counterfeit and expose them, wash the mud off and make the marks shine so that the true child of God will see them and rejoice in them.