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Originally Posted by Koinonia
Yes, but yours is just another alternative. Yours is the Witness Lee alternative.
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So if we drop Witness Lee do we stop being an alternative? How can we be the non-alternative genuine expression?
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Originally Posted by Koinonia
Yes, as believers we are "the church." But "the church" is not your group.
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That's right, we say all believers everywhere is the church. It's like the moon in different places, only one moon but many expressions of the moon.
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Originally Posted by Koinonia
If there is even such a thing as "the true local expression," you can only be a part of it. Because you are a part of the church. Your group cannot be "the church" because "the church" is not your group.
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In the sense of the moon we can be. For example, I see the moon in London and I say that is the moon in London. I see the moon in New York and I say that is the moon in New York. We don't say "part of the moon in London", so we don't say "part of the church" in London. Just "the church in London" is sufficient.