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Originally Posted by aron
But the universal church is being assembled, even as we speak. It is just operating at a level we can't see. But we can believe. My quibble is with those who think God needs some "wise master builder" to come along today and assemble the universal church. God said "Love your neighbor", not "Assemble my universal church". We would be wise to heed our boundaries.
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But operating at a level we cannot see is different that gathering in the same physical area together. And I think we confuse these things. The first is the impetus for the second. But the lack of the second doesn't negate the first. However the second can and should demonstrate the first.
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We allow God to assemble us because we love each other, not because we are the assembly.
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My point was that
being precedes
doing, not the other way around; and being is not undone by not doing.
The word assembly can be confusing because it seems to imply you have to physically assemble to be the assembly. And some seem to have the view that if we don't assemble, there is no assembly.