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Originally Posted by Koinonia
Who is "we"? Once again, you have turned all of the believers into a "we" that equals your group. That is sectarian.
All believers are genuinely "the church in X." Not "if."
Evangelical, you (your group) are not "the church in X." You are a part of the church in X. Just like everyone else.
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1 John 2:19 refers to "us". Is that sectarian?:
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
Yes we are part of the church in X. I agree all believers are the church in X.
"We" refers to us who meet as the church in X. "They" who are not "we" refer to those who meet not as the church in X but as the denomination in X.
All believers in the city are the church in X. We believe that and meet as such. But not all come to our Lord's table meeting that so that makes them a "they" and us a "we".