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Originally Posted by Evangelical
That is factually incorrect.
The footnote on 1 Corinthians 1:12 says "To say "I am of Christ" is divisive".
We do not say we are "of Christ".
That would be the Churches of Christ, which is a denomination.
We are taught not to say we are of this or that, as this is being natural and not spiritual.
So once again you show your lack of understanding of the local church.
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Evangelical, I was in the LCM for years. I understand it better than you do. Please don't patronize me.
What you show is a lack of understanding both of yourselves and the Scriptures. Paul is addressing a factious
attitude, not the use of specific words. Don't you get it? It's the attitude he is addressing, not the words "I am of Christ."
There is nothing wrong in principle with saying "I am of Christ." The problem comes in with what you mean when you say it. These people who said it were implying there were of Christ in comparison to others. They were expressing they were of Christ in the correct way and others were not. That's exactly what the LCM believes!
In other words even though being of Christ is correct, their attitude was to be of Christ divisively. It wasn't the claim, it was the bad attitude. That's what the LCM has.
Are you a Christian? Saying you are Christian is the same as saying you are of Christ. We all say we are of Christ in one way or another. The problem isn't with the saying. It's the attitude you express when you say it or anything else.