03-11-2018, 04:21 PM
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Re: What is the boundary of the Local Church?
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Originally Posted by Drake
To use your analogy, (though you are conflating boundry and building I will go with it anyway for the moment only), the issue would not be building on a property line, as you describe, but building another structure on the same property. Every denomination, then, builds their own structure instead of all working to build the one.
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It is not my analogy, it is based on WL's teaching concerning the ground of the church:
What are the actual grounds upon which so many of these so-called churches have laid Christ as their foundation? What is the ground of the Roman Catholic Church? Without a doubt, it is Rome. The Roman Catholic Church claiming Christ as its foundation is built upon the ground of Roman Catholicism. Upon what ground is the Presbyterian Church built? It is clear that their ground is a certain system of government called the presbytery. They have laid the foundation of Christ upon the ground of the presbytery. What about the Baptists? They with Christ as their foundation are built upon the ground of baptism, baptism by immersion. Then there are the Lutherans. They have laid their foundation upon the ground of Luther and his teachings. You see, all the “churches” claim the same foundation, which is Christ; but they all stand upon different grounds. It is the different grounds that create the problem for the unity of the church, not Christ as the foundation. (The Ground of the Church, Chapter 1, Section 1)
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