[UntoHim]

Brudder John,
Of course I meant requirements in the Bible! That was clearly implied in the part of my post that you conveniently left out…

Originally Posted by UntoHim

..they themselves were chosen, trained and mentored by the Lord Jesus himself. Then it was a matter of "For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you" (1 Cor 11:23). Then young men such as Timothy in turn selected, trained and mentored the next generation.

Did you leave this part out because you don’t agree with my assessment, or was it a simple oversight on your part.

You take issue with the use of my term “system”. Again, I readily admitted that it was

Originally Posted by UntoHim

a system (for lack of a better term)

If you, as a seasoned English teacher, have a better term, then you are free to fill in a better or more accurate term. Either way, I am not going to get into a war of semantics….didn’t we have enough of that in the Local Church of Witness Lee?

Your reference to Matthias is quite irrelevant to my little diatribe about early church history. As you mention, Matthias was not chosen (much less trained or mentored) by the Lord Jesus, and he is not so much as mentioned in the Gospels. In any event, he does not come into play when it comes to the first generation of leadership in the Church. If you have information to the contrary, then I will stand corrected. (wouldn’t be the first time)

Anywho…. All I was really trying to do was address the concerns of ToGodAlone in his original post:

Originally Posted by ToGodAlone

..it just seems as though a few of you have retained the LRC dislike of non LRC churches.

As I am apt to do, I probably went overboard. TOO MUCH INFORMATION – that is my specialty. So sue me.(just kidding)