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Originally Posted by Freedom
This is so very true. It's next to impossible to argue with spiritual idealism. The idealism often seems to sound good, but when the inevitable failures/discrepancies occur, the idealism interferes with the ability for revision.
This is is what idealism can lead to. It creates a paradigm that cannot accept or handle negative feedback. When inevitable situations occur, groups like the LC will point fingers - Barnabas should have done such and such. Maybe, maybe not. But the proper response should be to make revisions and move on. If a certain church model is unable to do what it claims to do, it's either time to revise it or move on.
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This is one of those wonderful things about the New Testament. It is written over the span of time. Time was needed to prove
by testing what was good and what was worthless. Time was needed to try people and to test the best of their ideas. In the last century, many have endeavored to return to the book of Acts, but some things in Acts should never be repeated because they failed the test of time. "All things common" is one such "flow" that should not be repeated by fleshly efforts.
We all need to learn this lesson -- just because the Lord led us in the past to do things a certain way does not mean we should codify our efforts for posterity. Were we instructed to walk by the book of Acts, or to walk by the Spirit? Are we robots programmed by "the book," or are we men of God walking by faith?