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Originally Posted by aron
The local church is actually more of Lee than the Lutherans are of Luther. "But they don't take a name". Right. Sure..
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An interesting point about not taking a name. You know who didn't want to take a name in the NT? The demon(s) in the man of the Gadarenes. When Jesus asked him what was his name he demurred, "Oh, there's a bunch of us, here." He didn't want to be exposed.
Then he flowed out into a bunch of unclean animals, each with its own name. "Lord's move to Europe". "Christians on Campus". "Defense and Confirmation Project". "Bibles for America". "Affirmation and Critique". Unclean animals all, each named and destined for deep waters and thence to oblivion.
And another point, about taking a names - the church in Pergamos was a name, right? A de-nomination? And Pergamos was, so the RecV tells us, a genuine church with a genuine lampstand. So why isn't the Lutheran church a genuine church with a genuine lampstand, if that's what Pergamos signifies? Or doesn't the interpretation carry that far? Why not, it doesn't work for you anymore? Or Thyatira, a genuine church, no? Real Christians, even overcomers, and the appelation 'ekklesia'. . . but not on the local ground? Then why the lampstand? If Thyatira gets a lampstand, then why isn't it a legitimate church on the proper ground (Christ)?
To me, the whole thing is just a shell game with words. Vanity and confusion.