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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Wow, so when Jesus said neither in this place or that place but in Spirit and Truth that was not about where you worship but how?
Jn 4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Likewise when Jesus said that "wherever two or three gather together into my name there am I in their midst" that also was not about where but how?
Matt 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Is there any NT verse to support your assertion or is this just your last desperate attempt to rescue Witness Lee's damnable heresy?
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You are quoting Matt 18:20 out of context. Verses 18 and 19 prove that verse 20 is about prayers of agreement (such as for church discipline), and not giving instructions about how a church should meet.
That's just saying Christ is omnipresent, whether it is 1,2,3 or 10 billion, Christ is there. It does not talk about the appropriateness of where we meet. For example, it is not appropriate for 2 or 3 to gather in a place of ill repute. Of course Christ would be present in a place of ill repute, but it is not appropriate to hold the Lord's Table there, just as it is not appropriate to hold a funeral at an amusement park.