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Originally Posted by OBW
Now I would agree that if someone says that with the thought of "my church, the one that is right while yours is wrong" then there is a problem with the term.
And I know a lot of people who say things like that. And I know some that would never say "my church" but they still refer to the one that they are meeting with while thinking exactly that.
Whether someone says "the church" or "my church" is neutral in itself. It is neither biblical nor unbiblical. It is in the intents of the heart saying it that it takes on any additional characterization.
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And I already pointed out that there is a church in Ephesus, dismissed by the city clerk, because it was in danger of being called a riot (Acts 19:40). It was an 'ekklesia', but not one that Jesus would call "My ekklesia" per Matt 16:18.
Fact is, there were many 'ekklesia' on the ground at that time, both religious (Christian and non-Christian) and non-religious. To hold Nee's thesis together requires the narrowest of readings. Nee was perhaps abetted by ignorance, I don't know. .