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Originally Posted by Ohio
The ability and the inherent liberty to "off-shoot" is the lifeblood of the Christian faith, is it not?
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That's a good question. It certainly seems intrinsic to the notion of "go forth and preach to all the nations", doesn't it? The balancing correlation, to me, is that we simultaneously go forth, and we also abide. We abide in Him, in His teachings, in His love, and in the common fellowship of the faith.
I think that the NT saints didn't think they were doing something "new" as in different or novel. Rather, they were climbing into the reality of the promise. Notice how they kept meeting in the synagogues and in the temple.