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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak
And it ALSO gives freedom to the individual who, at a particular point in life, doesn’t have a PARTICULAR group with whom he meets – but who NEVERTHELESS has robust fellowship and accountability in numerous ad hoc ways.
Thoughts?
Peter
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What about taking communion? - "Do this in remembrance of me." Isn't this a command, that requires the believer to belong to a particular group? I even wonder if the Lord gave that command, to take the bread and wine with other believers, in order to ensure that the Christian life was seen as a communal fellowship (not an individual floating spiritually in the air).
The Christians I've known who had "fellowship and accountability" on their own terms, but didn't truly belong to an identifiable group, were often very peculiar and narrow. They considered it a virtue that they didn't belong anywhere, but their spiritual growth was warped because they were so individualistic. (Sort of the opposite extreme from the Local Church, where there was no individuality allowed at all. There must be a balance somewhere.)