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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
1) Churches "operated" just fine without the Spirit. See Galatians...
The point is, whatever our "corporate" experience must be individually entered into based on an individual relationship with Him. That relationship, if it is healthy (and this is where "know it by its fruits" comes in") will ALWAYS result in corporate fellowship and working together - even if not in formal ways, though it may most often. The contrary is not necessarily true: formal corporate groups with a formal structure with varying levels of "authority" may not lead to healthy individual growth.
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If you define the church as our corporate experience of Christ, then your statement that the "churches operated just fine without the Spirit" is contradicted by your statement that "our corporate experience must be individually entered into based on an individual relationship with Him."