Here is Revelation
Pastor Jerry Wilhite,
author
The 7 churches addressed in the book of Revelation were not so much denominations as areas of the world of that day. Now it would be the seven continents - seven churches; this is the physical side of it. The spiritual would be, that of the seven churches, only one was correct and of the spirit, and the remaining 6 other churches are of the physical churches of this world. If you trace it back you will find only 6 roots they all came from, like Catholic/Lutheran, and the rest all come from either the Catholic, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, non denominational, etc. And the only one that is correct is:
John 4
23. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Before you say, "We attend the physical church for more than worship, like growth and learning" read this:
John 14
26. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Before you say, "But we need to get together for fellowship" think again. Read Acts 2:42-46 where they were one in everything including selling all they had to support the apostles.
1 Corinthians 1
9. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Now let's see what Paul said about the churches of this world.
1 Corinthians 1
11. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Let's update it to today.
1 Corinthians 1
11. For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Catholic; and I of Methodist; and I of ENTER THE NAME OF YOUR CHURCH; and I of Christ.
13. Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
Philippians 2
1 John 1
3. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
7. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 Corinthians 10
16. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the comunion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the comunion of the body of Christ?
True fellowship (comunion)
Strong's Ref. # 2842
Romanized koinonia
Pronounced koy-nohn-ee'-ah
from GSN2844; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction:
KJV--(to) comunicate(-ation), comunion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.
Matthew 6
6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Some may take this wrong but even history itself shows that religion (denominations and non-denominations of all kinds) is not what it is all about. In the recent past and even to some degree today there have been many that have preached they are the only true religion. That in its self shows the fault. We are told in Matthew 7:1-5 that we are not to judge. Jesus did not come to build a physical church but a spiritual church. Think about this: God is a Spirit. When Adam ate of the fruit he died but not physically; he died spiritually. Jesus came to bring back to mankind what Adam gave away, and Satan knew his first task had to be to keep it from us.
Hosea 4
6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
(You are a priest if you are of Jesus read Rev 1:6)
Satan knows full well that the word of God has two sides to it, a physical because we are in the physical and a spiritual because God is Spiritual. Only those who are of the spirit, hearing from God, can fully understand His word. The rest will read and each time find something new in it where those of the Spirit will get the full depth of it all.