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Originally Posted by Igzy
In the first place, we have to make some assumptions about what church is, since the Bible doesn't tell us everything. So of course I've made some. I could not do otherwise.
JMHO.
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On one hand, I absolutely agree. On the other, "wow!" In the same sentence you assert the the Bible doesn't tell us everything(as if that's not intentional) and then assert that therefore WE should fill in the blanks.
Faces with the fact that the Bible doesn't tell us everything, we do actually have choices: primarily about what our "default" position is.
1) Decide that the bible prescribes "mediators" and allow that to be the filter through which Christians evaluate claims by leaders
2) admit the vagueness of prescriptions (if any) about "church" and emphasize in our gatherings the primacy of the new covenant.
I suspect, in practice, both would look remarkably similar. We'd still have denominations etc.... But the "pulse" would be about "what now Lord?" rather than whatever happens to be on the speakers heart (good bad or the other)
Do you get the difference between hearing an informed and inspirational speaker versus one that you are doctrinally predisposed to submit to? Its the differmece of how we evaluate