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Originally Posted by Evangelical
According to 1 John 2:19 it seems acceptable to refer to believers as "us" and "they" or "them". If not, why not?
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Read your Bible (in context). John is talking about "antichrists" (1 John 2:18). It has nothing to do with your "us" vs "them." That you equate this distinction with believers not meeting with your group is arrogant beyond belief.
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If Catholics, Protestants, and us who stand for the church in the city are sectarian and we are worse, then I'm wondering which church is not sectarian?
Which church or churches is the visible expression of the church in X?
Three choices really
1) Every church
2) No church
3) some church
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The church is believers. You should know this. Every time you make a distinction between yourself ("us") and any other genuine believers ("them") you are sectarian.