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To connect I Cor 12.24-25, "But God has so composed (blended?!?) the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another," with the matter of "handing over" is extremely appropriate. How many other allegories were used to divide the LC's? I remember the matter of the "trainees," the "army," and the "overcomers," three such classifications of believers, which caused huge devastations and conflicts to the Lord's people. Each was used to divide the saints. Each was used to manipulate us into the "have's" and the "have nots."

Brother Hope, to expand on your points here is very helpful. Related to "oneness with the ministry," consider how many precious brothers became "man-pleasers" through this errant form of distorted oneness. We were usurped from living before the Lord and pleasing Him. Zealots rose to prominence in leadership positions, while mature shepherds were shamed as humiliated backsliders. I witnessed many who were divisive in the name of oneness, causing destruction to God's children, yet commended and uplifted by "headquarters." Nearly everybody was fooled. The few who were not were "branded" as they walked out the door.