Define the only church in the New Testament.

The commandment that Jesus left his disciples, was to TEACH and Baptize, not merely baptize without instruction of how Christ expects us to treat one another. One of the most troubling things to me about organized religion, is when those of their preferred denomination attempt to recruit new members by evaluating the eternal condition of their souls. Nothing could be less loving, than to imply or state that someone is going to hell, unless they accept verbatim what is being presented. Christ’s teaching was not to condemn any soul to hell before giving them chances of repentance, whether they were in accordance with his teachings or not. It is not for anyone other than God to determine who is worthy of eternal life. Christ gives specific criteria for how he will judge who is worthy, but it is up to each of us as individuals to follow in his ways or to perish. Matthew 25:34-4534 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.Instructions on who we ought to love:Matthew 6:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.These are only some of Christ’s teachings as recorded in the Gospels. Why is it that baptism is required by many Christian churches without requiring His actual teachings be known?Matthew 7:7-127 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.EVERYONE that asks, receives. One need not join a denomination to receive the Gift of Life!When one cannot see beyond the denomination of another, in order to spread the EXAMPLE of Christ's teaching, one ends up arbitrarily, only extending the kind of Love that Christ taught, demonstrated, and expected his followers to portray, to those with whom they have "fellowship" with because of a verbatim belief system. This wasn't Christ's instruction while he walked on the earth to those who are to receive the Blessings of his Kingdom, whether in those days or the present time. His WORD is eternal, meaning applicable to everyone of all times, so I disagree that he intended for his disciples to be inclusive and form a "Church." He instructed them to spread the Gospel, and baptism was symbolic to those who had heard and accepted His Message and instructions thru the testimony of those disciples.What instructions were so pertinent to the salvation of our souls, that Christ was willing to lay down his life in order to magnify? The story of a certain Samaritan sums up how we ought treat our neighbor.https://www.biblegateway.com...This quote sums up the teaching, Luke 10:36-37 “Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.”He said, “Go and DO the likewise,” meaning to show mercy toward our fellow humans, no matter their religious ideology, which is a manifestation of the kind of love Christ wanted his disciples to practice and teach.John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.The mention “other sheep...not of this fold,” implies that it is possible to not be amongst a specific denomination, but yet be included of the one flock of the shepard. I’ve provided a link to the entire Chapter of John 10, to show that Christ instructs that HE is the door of ALL of the sheep. https://www.biblegateway.com...I place Christ’s instructions above any of the disciples. It was Christ who laid down his life for the remission of our sins, and it was Christ who called to him disciples to spread and teach his Gospel. “Before his conversion, Paul, then known as Saul, was a "zealous" Pharisee who "intensely persecuted" the followers of Jesus. Says Paul in his Epistle to the Galatians 1:13-14:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.https://en.wikipedia.org...Paul's intention may have been to unite Christians into a verbatim account, to keep them from the persecution of the authorities, because he himself had been an adversary to Christians before his own conversion. I don’t believe that 21st century Christians should be placing as much weight on Paul's instructions to congregations in his day, as they do on Christ’s teachings which are eternal. No church (as described by Paul) has continued from the time that Christianity was established, and many Christians have lived and gone to their rest before the Church of Christ existed, so are you implying that those who accepted Christ before its establishment are unsaved? I’ll close this round with that sentiment, in the hopes that my opponent can ponder the scriptures that I have included in this round, and that he can see that Christ’s purpose was for ALL to come to know his Love.All of Christ's instructions to his disciples while he was with them in the flesh, was demonstrative of HOW to LOVE one another. We live in a world that is lacking in this demonstration. It was for the purpose of recording Christ’s teachings, that they were instructed to TEACH and baptize, so that future generations of believers would know what is meant by loving our neighbor as ourself.