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Originally Posted by Hope
Dear Kisstheson,
TAS is right on as far as I am concerned.
I would add that as we take the Lord’s Table we should examine ourselves to see if we are properly judging or discerning the Lord’s Body. 1 Cor 11:28-29, But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he does not judge the body rightly. NASB
It is not that we need to discern whether the table itself is a divisive table aka a table of the So. Baptist etc but we must discern ourselves. Are we, the person, in anyway practicing division?
The oneness of Christ’s Body is a reality. We are members one of another. The oneness of the Body of Christ must first of all be realized in the S/spirit. Since we believers have such a problem with division, it seems the Holy Spirit would have given specific formulas in the New Testament to help us preserve the oneness. But no, when we focus on the proper prescription for oneness it escapes us.
Hope, Don Rutledge
A believer who is seeking to become a true disciple.
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Dear brother Hope,
Thank you so much for everything that you shared. I really apprciate all the thought and all that time which you put into your post. I have also received a very enlightening PM from another brother. I plan on printing out both your post and his PM and spending a lot of time with them in the Lord's presence, this weekend, along with my Bible too.
Your view on oneness is really remarkable. May the Lord have mercy on me and bring me further into the reality of the oneness.
Your grateful brother in Christ,
"kisstheson"