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Acts 1:8 says, “…you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem (local), and in all Judea and Samaria (national), and even to the remotest part of the earth (global).”

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We extend a warm invitation to Christian churches across the nation to join our collective effort aimed at bringing organizations together that share common goals and objectives. In this tumultuous era, where faith and moral values often find themselves under attack, it is imperative that we stand together to uphold the Biblical principles that are the foundation of our nation.

The fast erosion of moral values indicates the urgency to unite. We must speak up to protect our First Amendment rights. OCOC is going after media censoring!

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Our Country-Our Choice wants to go beyond just partnership; we want to actively support your organization locally. We aim to advertise your organization to OCOC members in your region and invite you to post your events and happenings on our calendar app. This connects you with a broader audience and share your message.

Imagine the possibilities of a mutually beneficial partnership. We suggest and can help you with implementing a pop-up message system that would appear whenever an individual subscribes to your website or engages with your social media account. This message would kindly inquire if they would also be interested in joining our organization, amplifying the message of faith and unity.

A symbiotic relationship has the potential to facilitate exponential growth for all involved, ensuring that the message of hope and faith in Christ reaches a broader audience.

God has unique churches strategically located to make a local impact, but also a national impact. By banding together, we can magnify our national impact. Essentially, we are about spreading salvation (Mark 16:15) and national preservation.

By joining forces with us, you will find a platform that not only amplifies your voice and message but also opens doors to increased membership. Plus, our trusted news for youth will combat the mis-information online. Our Country-Our Choice is not just a rallying call; it’s a movement that pushes TRUTH. ~ THE TRUTH SETS FREE! ~ This is an opportunity to make a substantial difference.If we partner together in prayer and participation, our voices ARE already being HEARD. We eagerly await the prospect of collaborating with you on this shared journey to protect our faith, uphold our moral values, and secure a brighter future for all.

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Pastor Casey and the OCOC Team

“But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.”      (Titus 2:1)

What really matters? The answer is, Christ and Christ alone. Christ is supreme above all earthly authorities. In fact, all authority has been given to Him. Who is Christ? What is Christianity? Christianity today is in need of clarification. What is it to be a Christian and what do we believe? The main aim for the Christian is to glorify Christ and enjoy an inseparable union with Him. As knowledge of Christ increases so does ones inner joy and desire to spread the good news of Jesus Christ crucified.

Doctrine is what matters because that explains what Christ said. True doctrine is from the Word and Jesus is the Word. The Bible has a self authoritative claim. “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness” (2nd Timothy 3:16). The Scriptures are the gauge from which everything is compared to be true or false. “Every word of God is pure” (Proverbs 30:5). That means the Scriptures are proven, tested, and completely true. There are no contradictions, mistakes, or flaws in God’s holy Word. It is filled with such sound doctrine that Jesus Himself endorsed personally.

Jesus endorsed the Scriptures personally by stating to the unbelieving Pharisees that the Old Testament was testifying of Him. “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life” (John 5:39-40). That kind of sound doctrine separates the sheep from the goats. Jesus said they were “unwilling” and that made them responsible for their unbelief. The invitation for the unbelieving to “come to Me so that you may have life” is sobering. Even though they had the Old Testament writings of Moses, they still were not seeing the true doctrine of Jesus Christ. In fact, the writing of Moses is what will “accuse” them and prove their guilt. Jesus said, “Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses” (John 5:45). Then, Jesus repeats the same doctrinal claim that the Old Testament speaks of Him. “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me” (John 5:46). The Old Testament if filled with sound doctrine that points to Jesus Christ.

~ ALL OF THE BIBLE IS TRUE AND TRUSTWORTHY ~

Paul pointed out the foolishness of the Galatians in the same way Jesus pointed out the stubbornness of the Pharisees. Paul was contending for the truth of the Gospel in the face of severe pharisaical opposition. He said, “But we did not yield in subjection to them (Pharisees) for even an hour, so that the truth of the Gospel would remain with you” (Galatians 2:5). Paul is standing upon sound doctrine and not shrinking back an inch. Paul’s concern was faithfulness to God and not fear of men. He called them out saying, “You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? (Galatians 3:1). Then, just as Jesus verified that the Old Testament points to Himself, so Paul makes the same claim. “Therefore the Law (Old Testament) has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith” (Galatians 3:24). The Pharisees did not understand that the Old Testament sound doctrine clearly pointed to Christ as Savior.

~ ALL OF THE BIBLE POINTS TO JESUS ~

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy make up the Old Testament Torah for which the Jewish Pharisees knew extremely well. These first five books of the Bible clearly point to Jesus. Genesis states that sin effected all of creation and humanity. Exodus clearly states by The Ten Commandments that all are guilty of sin. Leviticus clearly states that atonement for your sin is by the shedding of blood (Leviticus 17:11). Numbers clearly states that we can be sure our sin will find us out (Numbers 32:23). Then, Deuteronomy clearly states that “The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet (Jesus) like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. – ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he (Jesus) shall speak to them all that I command him (Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18). This sound doctrine is captivating. For the soul that is searching, they can only keep searching because their heart is consumed. No matter how sinful of a situation one finds themselves in, if they will seek God with all their heart, they will find Him. “But from there you will seek the LORD you God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul (Deuteronomy 4:29).

~ ALL WHO SEEK CHRIST FIND HIM ~

Sound doctrine only gets clearer as the epochs of time pass. The Pharisees whom Jesus and Paul where sparing with are ten times more accountable because they knew the Scriptures. Especially the Pharisees Paul proclaimed the Gospel to because they all knew of the prophet Jesus from Nazareth who was crucified in Jerusalem for claiming to be God. Listen to how clear Isaiah’s prophesy is of Jesus. “He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth; like a lamb that is led to slaughter, and like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, so He did not open His mouth (Isaiah 53:3-7). This is the doctrine of the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ.

~ CHRIST PAID FOR YOUR SIN PUNISHMENT ~

Sound doctrine is needed for salvation. Furthermore, understanding sound doctrine is needed for salvation. Mankind in their sinful approach to obtain salvation in any other way besides God’s prescribed ways of repenting of sins and having faith in Christ crucified, buried and resurrected for sin has tried and tried and tried and died and died and died. The repetition of trying and dying is the greatest plague in human history. Jesus testifies of a rich man in hell pleading for another way for his own relatives to be reached other than the sound doctrine found in the Scriptures. This rich man really believed that another method of evangelism would work better than the Scriptures. The account is of two men dying and the rich man “lifted up his eyes, being in torment…. Cried out and said…. I beg you, father, that you send him to my father’s house – for I have five brothers – in order that he may warn them (evangelize), so that they will not also come to this place of torment… if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!” (phrases from Luke 16:19-30). 

~ REPENT AND BELIEVE THE GOSPEL. WHEN YOU DIE IT’S TOO LATE ~

That sounds like an honest plea.  In part, the rich man is honestly pleading for someone to share the life saving gospel to his family. He thinks that if his family hears of or sees a dead person resurrected then they will repent and believe. But that is not God’s way. “So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ (Romans 10:17). True “hearing” is understanding. Information does not go in one ear, and out the other. To truly hear is to understand… “the word” of Christ. It is vital that we understand how important the Scriptures are. Why? Because others come to saving faith in Jesus by understanding the word. We are to explain the word of Christ to people before it is too late. The Rich man pleaded, cried, and through his agony was in more emotional pain than physical pain because of his unbelieving children. He knew that it was too late and that he should have explained the truth of Jesus Christ crucified with them. As Jesus wrapped up this account, He points to the sufficiency of Scripture unto salvation for the rich mans family.

The Doctrine of the Sufficiency of Scripture is sound enough, strong enough, and capable enough for the lost to be saved and escape eternal torment. After the rich man begged for a resurrected evangelist to go tell his family what he should have told them, Jesus replied; “They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them…. If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead (phrases from Luke 16:29-31).

~ SHARE CHRIST NOW WITH LOVED ONES ~

How important is it to proclaim sound doctrine? Sound doctrine saves lives. Shallow doctrine kills lives. The shallow doctrine of the rich man who most likely thought he was a good man did not do him any good. In fact, all the good he had ever done now placed him in the worst place of eternal pain and suffering that is far beyond any pain experienced in this body.

Jesus affirmed the authority and fulfillment of Scripture all the way down to the smallest letter in the Word of God. Jesus verified that the Old Testament Law and the words of the prophets would be fully accomplished. “Do not think that I cam to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches other to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:17-19).

How important is it to teach sound doctrine? Not only is it completely verified by Christ that it is the Scriptures that have full authority and sufficiency for life and godliness, but you will “be called great in the kingdom of heaven” if you “teach others these commandments,” these beliefs, these doctrines.

“But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine” (Titus 2:1)

Sound doctrine exposes and confronts sin and false teaching. – 1 Tim. 1:8-11

Sound doctrine is the standard for good servants of Jesus. 1 Tim. 4:6

Sound doctrine is rewarded with double honor for pastors. 1 Tim. 5:17

Sound doctrine conforms people to Christ. 1 Tim. 6:3

Sound doctrine equips pastors to preach. 2 Tim. 3:16-17

Sound doctrine is mandated for pastors. 2 Tim. 4:2-4

Sound doctrine is a qualification for a pastor. Titus 1:9

Sound doctrine refutes unsound doctrine. Titus 1:9

Sound doctrine is to be spoken in love. Eph. 4:15

Sound doctrine guards against sin.

Sound doctrine was central to Christ’s ministry. Matt. 7:28-29

Sound doctrine was central to the early church. Acts 2:42

Sound doctrine was why they killed the Martyrs. Acts 7:54 (Stephen)

Sound doctrine is what Christ commissioned Christian’s to spread. Mt. 28

I would rather die, than shrink back from sound doctrine.

“For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God (Acts 20:27).

“For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus” (Acts 21:13).

~ NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TRUTH ~

JESUS IS THE WAY, TRUTH, AND LIFE ~ John 14:6

Doctrine simply means, true belief. These valuable beliefs are from Christ. Specifically, doctrine is the expressed beliefs that come from the Scriptures, that is Genesis to Revelation. Doctrines are a combined group of united teachings the expound upon the the beliefs that make a difference between heaven and hell are being diminished in todays world. In fact, the indoctrination of secular values is the predominate philosophy of the education system in America. 

~ WE MUST SPEAK ~

God bless,

Dr. Casey A. Butner