[UntoHim]

Originally Posted by Drake

Had you asked would I be willing to meet with you in Scottsdale or in the Scottsdale Church I would have said yes for sure, no doubt. But you asked specifically about breaking bread which is a serious matter.... so, I still do not know.

Yes, a very serious matter indeed. And that is why it is a very serious thing for a Christian (or group of Christians) to refuse to take the table with another Christian (or group of Christians) for purely sectarian reasons. In the case of the Local Church of Witness Lee, fellowship at the table is refused because of non-essential, non-biblical ecclesiastical reasons - aka: "you don't do church like us and so we will not have the table with you". The clear implication of this kind of sectarian stand is that "because you do not meet under our strict, narrow interpretation of a few descriptive verses we do not consider you worthy of breaking bread with". In actuality, of course, the real reason is that "you do not accept the person and work of Witness Lee - you do not accept him as the One Minister with the One Ministry for the Age, therefore you are unqualified and unworthy for us to break bread with".

This kind of sectarian (and some would say cultic) attitude/stand is exemplified by the words and actions of the Blended Brothers. To put a finer point on this, who could ever forget the ominous declaration by LSM President and Most Blended of Blendeds, Benson Phillips, "the process of sanctification is only taking place in the Lord's Recovery" (close paraphrase). So it's no wonder the average rank&file LC member refuses to take the Lord's table outside the doors of a LC meeting hall. After all, who wants to break bread with an unsanctified person or church....surely the Lord wouldn't want us to do that...now would he?
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