BEFORE you object to the fact that the Bible teaches that entering the Church of Christ is necessary to be saved, please answer this question first:
“How can Christ save you without breaking God's law of punishment recorded in Deuteronomy 24:16 which states that 'every man shall be put to death for his own sin' if you are a stranger to Christ because you are outside? of the Church of Christ His body? ”
It is true that God has a law of punishment written in Scripture. The Bible tells us this:
“Parents shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin. ” (Deuteronomy 24:16)
In the law of God, the parent will not be put to death for the sin of the child; the child will not be killed for the sin of the parent; WHOEVER SINS HE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN SIN. So, God is not willing to kill one because of another. Christ respected and obeyed this law of God so He said:
“I said unto you, that ye shall die in your sins ...” (John 8:24)
Even if you say that you have the greatest faith of all people, even if you are the kindest person, the richest, the most powerful, whoever you are, whatever you are, if you are another person in Christ you cannot be held accountable or saved by Christ because it says of God's law of punishment that "every man should be put to death for his own sin". Because of this, Christ made His body the one He would save:
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body." (Ephesians 5:23 MB)
It is clear that He will not save any other person in Christ but His body. The Bible refers to the body of Christ that He will save is the Church called after His name:
“Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ salute you. ” (Romans 16:16 NPV)
Because the Church is the body of Christ and Christ is the head of the Church, so before God they are both "a new creature":
“Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he may create in himself of the new one the new man, which is thus in peace. ” (Ephesians 2:15)
Christ will not be responsible or save those who are not in His Church because that is someone else in Him. He can not hold others accountable to Him or save them because it would violate God's law of punishment, which states that "every man shall be put to death for his own sin." Thus, Christ commands anyone who wants to be saved to enter Him:
“I am the door; whoever enters through me will be saved ... ”(John 10: 9)
Remember that the members of Iglesia Ni Cristo will be saved by Christ because they are not other people in Him but the components or parts of His body (the Church), so Christ's salvation of the members of Iglesia Ni Cristo will not violate God's law of punishment. As the head, Christ is responsible for His body, His Church, so it is clear from the Bible that for the Church Christ gave His life:
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; He gave his life for it. ” (Ephesians 5:25 MB)
THEREFORE, CHRIST IS TRUE THE SAVIOR, BUT THE BIBLE ALSO PROVES THAT THE CHURCH OF CHRIST CAN ONLY BE SAVED BY CHRIST BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT CHRIST CAN BE SAVED FROM THE VIOLATION OF THE LAW. MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST ARE NOT ANYONE OTHER THAN CHRIST BUT A PART OF HIS BODY, THE CHURCH.