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Old 02-22-2018, 01:46 PM   #260
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Default Re: What is the boundary of the Local Church?

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Ohio>“ Of course, my body is autonomous! ”

No, no. You misunderstood. I meant the members of your body. That is what we are discussing, not the whole.

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The members are obedient to the Head. Obedience of the members to each other is neither stated nor implied by the picture of the Body. In our bodies, none of the members have their own mind. They all obey the head, not each other.

They naturally cooperate with each other, because that's the way they are arranged. But the picture of the Body in the Bible is not about this. It's about variety of function, value of each member and obedience to the Head. That's it. You are taking the metaphor to places the Bible does not intend, IMHO.
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