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Originally Posted by alwayslearning
"Offending the Body"? Seriously? Which Body are we talking about exactly? Is that the same Body with millions and millions of Christians as members? They're offended by John Ingalls? They're offended by Titus Chu? Is that it?
This term is nothing but a spiritual sounding disguise and when translated out of fake spirituality language into plain English it really means: the centralized leaders of "the work" which is now global are offended because you will not march in lock step with them - which BTW includes accepting even the most minute housekeeping details like when you are allowed to hold a conference. Don't you know that the Body is deeply offended if your conference dates conflict with the LSM?
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That's right. This kind of talk must be considered as nothing more than controlling, manipulative, and lording it over the saints.
Firstly, the Blendeds must define the "taste of the body." They regularly speak of how "the body will reject other tastes." In actuality it is they who are defining the "taste of the body," by long-winded, boring and tasteless outlines full of extra-biblical, pseudo-spiritual doctrines specific to the movement. These messages are completely scripted by movement theologians as the content of all their corporate "feasts." Then they mandate that all local gatherings must center on these same blanded topics. This is how LSM defines the "taste" of the "body" -- actually not the body at all, but a small, aberrant sect of adherents.
It then becomes readily apparent that any and all speakers who do not ascribe to LSM's format will "taste" different. Titus Chu has been in the movement longer than any of the Blendeds, yet his ministry somehow "tastes different." Then they misapply I Tim 1.3 declaring he "teaches differently" from God's economy. Next they accuse him of "offending" the body. No single member was ever offended, yet supposedly the entire "body" was offended. Just incredible!