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Originally Posted by Drake
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ZNP,
I believe the testimony of the Bible is very clear on this. Before the Lord, I could not compromise on this. This is test to the genuineness of a local church. Does it match the pattern in scripture? If not, it must be rejected. If an assembly compromises this then they do not stand on the ground of oneness of the believers and do not represent locally the oneness of the universal Body of Christ. Therefore, they are not a local church. A genuine local church has a stand. Laodicea may be large and spreadout and so there may be meetings from house to house, nevertheless, the Lord addresses the church (singular) in Laodicea. Laodicea is lukewarm but there is still one church in Laodicea. Division is sin, therefore denominations are also sin. I could never agree with that either. The scripture is straightforward on this.
I agree with this view. It's my view now too.
Drake
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Yeah I know. But when I ask you and Evangelical what requirements do you need to meet before you will accept a person as a brother or sister you are very general. My view is simple, If I meet with another saint that is a meeting. If we are meeting according to the criteria in Matt 18 then the Lord is in our midst, hence we are the Body. So when pushed on this Evangelical and maybe you say that the Lord's table distinguishes a church from "just a meeting".
So if there are 1,000 meetings of the Body of Christ in NYC, all of which are meeting in the name of Jesus and He is in their midst, which meeting is qualified to have the Lord's table and which meeting is not qualified? I have asked for that, no one has given me any answer.
Secondly, I was in Taipei, they had 23 halls. I met with two or three different halls. But there were a number that I never met with. Every hall had its own elders. True they had elders meetings run by Witness Lee in Hall 1, but I don't recognize his authority. I recognize the Lord Jesus. If the elders meet with the Lord Jesus and submit to his authority then I am good with that. I see no reason to deny the Lord who bought us and replace him with this wanna be super apostle.