[UntoHim]

Drake? That's cute, but as usual, you are really "ducking" the real issue at hand.

You sound like someone who hasn't been on the other side of the pond for quite a while...you know...where the vast majority of ducks hang out...you know...where the birds of a feather flock together.

You see, just because a few ducks decide to huddle over at some small, distant, exclusive part of the pond, they don't get to proclaim themselves the ONLY LEGITIMATE DUCKS. And to make things worse, they think they have a right to proclaim that all the other ducks in the pond are turkeys (if they're lucky, on a good day) but usually the other ducks get called way worse by these exclusive ducks...maybe...oh...let me think...DAUGHTER OF THE GREAT HARLOT! Remember that one, Drake? Oh, that little ditty didn't make it into the hymnal or supplement, did it?

Bottom line, it is God and his Word that have proclaimed that there really is just one pond. One Lord, One Spirit, One Baptism and One Pond! How cool is that? All other man-made boundaries, borders, limitations, provisos and exceptions based upon race, sex, national origin, former religious affiliations, or (wait for it..gasp..) your physical location, (or wait for it again, gasp, gasp) what minister, teacher, apostle or grand poobah you choose to follow...all these are not recognized, much less approved by the Lord Jesus in the Gospels or the Scripture writing apostles.

You see, my friend, the "splendid church life" did not start with the Local Church of Witness Lee. No, it started about 2,000 years before this brother or sister penned that song, and it's been going strong ever since. And anybody who says anything else is just winging it.
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