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Originally Posted by Evangelical
This is an example of taking the bible literally but being completely wrong. If all we had were people like you then we would not know anything. Thankfully we have Greek New Testament experts like Professor Wallace and I quote:
7 The early church had but one church in each city or town. Hence, Paul's instruction to Titus is to appoint multiple elders in every church.
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Are you saying that Paul's word in Titus proves there was one church in each city? Isn't it problematic that Paul's word in 1Cor proves that there were sects in Corinth. Yet he wrote his letter to "the church in Corinth" even though some were of Peter, Some were of Apollos, some were of Christ, etc. So doesn't Paul's word in his first letter to the Corinthians prove that the term "the church in Corinth" includes every Christian gathering and sect in the city of Corinth?
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
Doesn't Witness Lee teach that what we see is typical of the church, therefore could also be applied to the 7 churches in Revelation?
The point here is that in a very real sense the Corinthians illustrate the usual, or typical, Christian life, church life, and Body life. Actually, the usual Christian life is just like that of the Corinthians. (Witness Lee, Life Study of 1Corinthians, chapter 1, section 1)