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Originally Posted by kisstheson
To me, a big “fly in the ointment” came into Nee and Lee’s work when the Exclusive Brethren concept of “taking the ground” was introduced. At that point, a genuine move of the Spirit - which had been so sensitive to the Spirit and so willing to check everything against the Bible - became a movement of men. All those who supposedly “saw the oneness of the Body” and “stood on the ground of oneness” became, in their own eyes, superior to all others. Their own spiritual condition before the Lord did not matter nearly as much as their being faithful to “stand on the ground ‘til Jesus comes”. All others were “divisive” and it was OK to hurl all manner of hateful invectives against Christians who did not meet "on the proper ground”.
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The matter of "taking the ground" of the church may be wrong as practiced by the "Local Churches". But that does not negate the truth revealed in the Word. I remember in the early years Witness Lee telling us that if we found some meeting in a loclity that did not practice the church life the same as us that we should drop our ways and join them. Sadly this has been long forgotten by the LSM churches. I personally know of a locality where some were meeting for many years. Because they were not related to LSM some migrated there and said that the previous group meeting there was just a bible study group. This gave them their "so called " right to claim the ground of the church and to call themselves the church in that city.
I'm not defending this divisive practice....but....irregardless of what some have done....we must follow the truth of the Word. I'm very aware of the negative views and feelings of "one church one city" by some of those who post here.....but nevertheless ....."Thy word is truth"...John 17:17