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Originally Posted by PeterG
Nell,
You're not really responding to me. But I still want to answer, even if it's not easy for me because of the language hurdle. I fully understand if you want to talk about personal discipleship instead of the church. There is not one Watchman Nee forum where isn't exactly done what you prefer. But maybe you can accept me to have a different thing to do.
It’s of course descriptive. But that doesn't preclude that it was also an aspect of God's wisdom. Watchman Nee says: States pass away, the location remains. That's why God chose the location. - To me, that makes sense.
I had already agreed with you on that. And said: There’s one thing we must always do: refraining from sin - as individuals as well as God's people. Then God has free hand.
Didn't you say above: “There is only one truth”? Has God hidden it from us? Certainly not. It's more a question of how we deal with it. Not like the LCs did. We should learn from their mistakes (as Igzy suggested). We should not fall in resignation concerning truth like Pilate.
Where you find that in the Bible? If there are a few who believe in their salvation, that is quite enough, even if they have not yet learned anything else. The gospel is enough! And that they do not divide is the immediate self-evident consequence of the gospel. Because otherwise we become hypocrites. From here it’s not about „descriptive“ or „prescriptive“.
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Matthew 16:18
King James Version
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock
I will build my church; and the
gates of hell shall not prevail against it.