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Originally Posted by OBW
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Generality? Where? I don’t think it exists. There is a doctrine of generality, but there is no true practice of it. There is nothing special about the LC or its “ground.” It is just another division cloaked in unity clothing. We can grouse about denominations all we want. Every separate meeting is a separate meeting. Either they are all wrong or the separation, per se, is not the issue. You can’t separate and say separations are wrong. It is an oxymoron.
Either there is a God that transcends our differences and does so for all Christians who understand their oneness in Christ, or we are all in error. I believe that it is the former, not the latter.
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OBW, I've read the book you're content is referring to. I'd say at one time there wasn't anything special about "the ground", but there was something simple where all that was required was to believe. At some point during the years, graudally, a ministry was pushed which became the emphasis for meeting. Not that there's anything wrong with the ministry. My point is not all believers have an appetite for a specific ministry as all believers have an appetite for Jesus Christ. When a ministry becomes the ground, the local churches are more apt to attract those hungry for Witness Lee's ministry, but too narrow to attract seeking believers wanting only Jesus.
OBW, when we come together seeking only Jesus that is when we realize all our differences are transcended.
When we realize there are differences in our backgrounds, we
should make an effort not to make non-essentials an essential for meeting.
Terry