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Originally Posted by Terry
Same here with the exception the only requirement was being a member of the Body of Christ.
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The Lord gave us two ordinances to keep in the NT.
Baptism and the Lord's Table. Both support the oneness with all believers.
If a group requires more than Baptism to becoming a member of the Body of Christ those additional requirements are symptoms of a lack of oneness.
Likewise the Lord's table promotes the oneness in several ways.
1. We are required to welcome all genuine believers without prejudice or additional requirements.
2. We are charged that taking the Lord's table is a proclamation that you have no issue with any other believers, if you do you are to first reconcile those issues before taking the table.
The "ground of oneness" doctrine violates this in several ways. In addition to requiring you to be a genuine believer they also require that you "are on the proper ground". The commandment was to "do this in remembrance of Me". Christ in the proper ground for the table, teaching any other ground is contrary to the commandments given to us by the Lord Jesus and the Apostles. We are required to welcome all genuine believers, putting the requirement that they accept some arbitrary eldership is another commandment other than that given to us by the Lord and the apostles. Proclaiming that all other Christians are reprobate for taking the table on the wrong ground is clearly an example of something that should be reconciled prior to taking the Lord's table. In three ways this teaching teaches the believers to break one of the most important commandments given to us by the Lord Jesus.
5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.