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Originally Posted by Unregistered
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.)
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When I focus on an individual walk in Christ, people always bring up the "rogue Chrisitian" or "individual floating spiritually in the air" argument. If you read my argument about
"entailment" below - you'll see that I don't mean that at all. In fact, I argue that if such a focus leads someone to be isolated from fellowship and community, that is an indicator their individual walk is unhealthy and perhaps deluded.
Regarding communion: this requires someone to belong to one particular group? I don't see how it does. Also, I'm not arguing there won't be "particular groups".