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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Those things you mentioned are the oneness of the faith. The ground of the church being the locality is something different. A person can believe in the 7 'ones' yet not be on the ground of locality. Or they can be on the ground of locality and yet not believe in the 7 ones.
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Thank you for clarifying your understanding.
So a church on the proper ground can compromise on Jesus being Lord (perhaps by requiring that elders and congregations sign a loyalty pledge to the "ministry"). They can teach that there are other Gods (deification). They don't have to embrace the one faith (Jehovah Witness and Mormons could conceivably be on the proper ground?)
And where is this teaching about the "proper ground" in the New Testament (verse references)?
Does this teaching trump the 7 ones? (By that I mean if you worship other Gods and have preach a different Jesus but are on the "proper ground" what are you?)