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Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast
Watchman Nee said, "to say to another Christian, 'you meet in a denomination, and we are against denominations, therefore we cannot me with you' is to become yourself sectarian and denominational."
Most of the brothers and sisters with whom I met have an extremely skewed view of what LSM has defined as "fallen, denominational Christianity". They believe, for instance, that Lutherans must read Luther's stuff, and think that only Lutherans are the Body.... but they don't.
Praise the Lord for His Body!
LSM reviles denominations for daring to take names apart from the name of Christ... but the names we know these denominations by are not neccessarily names they've taken for themselves - they are also names thrust upon them by outsiders, who ever want to label... and LSM certainly has their own labels.
Trust in the Lord, in Him only, and "hear what the Spirit says to the churches." Revelation 2:17
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Having met with a Baptist assembly of a year in 2009, I can definitely say if it wasn't for the name on the building you could not tell what doctrine the assembly adhered to based on messages given. They're just brothers and sisters in the Lord, just as I am.
Those in the local churches have a definite skew of Christians meeting in denominations and in non-denominational asseblies, because they will not meet with any Christians outside their LSM-based fellowship unless those Christians come to them.
The names argument is really ridiculous. I may need adjustment on this matter, but when an assembly files for a tax id, the assembly needs to take a name. Suppose you're a group of Christians who want fellowship with LSM and want to take the ground, and someone else in your city already has a tax id for the church in ........, you'll have to file under a different name.
Speak about labels. As one raised in the local churches, assemblies apart from the recovery have been reviled. Even if an assembly is not a denomination, they'll be categorized as a free group; i.e. meeting apart from the practical reality of the body of Christ. Such a concept NeitherFirstnorLast brought up what Watchman Nee said about receiving.
"To say to another Christian, 'you meet in a denomination, and we are against denominations, therefore we cannot me with you' is to become yourself sectarian and denominational."