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Originally Posted by A little brother
Brother, those two verses did not convince me there are right divisions. They told me the importance of oneness. Please continue to seek.
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Well, again it depends on what you mean by "division." Division to me means animosity and unwillingness to fellowship, not the idea that one brother might feel led to do one thing and one another.
Where did we get the idea that one group of brothers in a city hold absolute authority over the rest of the Christians there about how they all should serve the Lord? Where do we get the idea that the Lord gives such wisdom and power so narrowly?
So let's say some Christians are meeting together in a city and several of the members feel to move to the other side of the city and start a new congregation. What could be the problem with that, and who has the power and authority to try to stop them?
So just because Christians feel to meet and serve in different ways does not mean they are divided by animosity.
Animosity comes in, ironically, when one group tries to dictate to everyone else.
Again who has the authority to object and say that believers don't have the right to follow the Lord as they feel? This is the arrogance of the LCM. They think they have that right. So whenever someone doesn't go along with them, they cook up some way of calling that person divisive. But actually it is the LCM that is showing animosity and divisiveness by insisting that things be done their way.
So again, always question the premises and the definitions. What the LCM defines as "divisive" is simply anything they don't like and can't control. But it's a bogus definition and one that no one is obligated to recognize. They can live in their fantasy all they want. You don't have to listen to them and the unreasonableness they display makes my point.
The only thing that troubles me about them is they victimize the naive. Other than that they are simply annoying.