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Cal · 07-13-2012, 06:23 PM

I didn't say we should fill in the blanks. What I implied was that we are going to fill in some blanks no matter what, else we are not going to have any kind of practical church or living at all.

When you go through a day don't you make certain assumptions just to get from A to B? Of course you do. It's called walking by faith in good faith.

Again, however, we have to remind ourselves that how to have church isn't the point. The LC made it the point, but it is not. I think God gives us some leeway. He doesn't expect us to do everything perfectly. (Be perfect in the NT means become mature). Read Romans 14 again. Some do it this way, some do it that way. God is okay with that, so we should be, too. The point is to love God and love people, not to do everything perfectly or according to one perfect way. What might be right in the US might not be right in France, and so forth.

07-13-2012, 06:23 PM	#55
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Canfield on the Ground of Locality I didn't say we should fill in the blanks. What I implied was that we are going to fill in some blanks no matter what, else we are not going to have any kind of practical church or living at all. When you go through a day don't you make certain assumptions just to get from A to B? Of course you do. It's called walking by faith in good faith. Again, however, we have to remind ourselves that how to have church isn't the point. The LC made it the point, but it is not. I think God gives us some leeway. He doesn't expect us to do everything perfectly. (Be perfect in the NT means become mature). Read Romans 14 again. Some do it this way, some do it that way. God is okay with that, so we should be, too. The point is to love God and love people, not to do everything perfectly or according to one perfect way. What might be right in the US might not be right in France, and so forth.