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Evangelical · 10-10-2018, 05:46 PM

I think some people including Trapped have missed the point about blending.

Blending is just a fancy word used in the recovery for fellowship. But blending means something spiritually deeper because of the unity we have in Christ. In modern useage, the word fellowship has been hijacked to refer to any social gathering of Christians.

1 Cor. 12:24 gives us a reason for blending, for fellowship. God has blended us together spiritually in Christ (Gal 3:28), and for this reason we should blend together practically.

Given that the words blending and fellowship can be used interchangeably, this is Trapped's statement about not needing blending if you replace the word blend/ing with fellowship/ing (in bold).

So all the talk in the LCs about needing to fellowship actually misses the whole point. God has done the fellowshipping already SO THAT the weaker/uncomely ones would be taken care of. In the LCs you can "fellowship with the brothers" or "go on fellowshipping trips" and accomplish absolutely zero of what the verse is about. You can "fellowship with the bros" but there be no care for weaker members. You can "go on fellowshipping trips" but never cloak any uncomely member with more honor. We don't need "to fellowship " - God has done that. We need to care for those whom God has placed around us.

Now his paragraph does not make much sense. I don't think that Paul intended 1 Cor. 12:24 to mean that God has done the fellowshipping for us, so we don't have to. And caring for weaker members is done through fellowship.

10-10-2018, 05:46 PM	#29
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Blending I think some people including Trapped have missed the point about blending. Blending is just a fancy word used in the recovery for fellowship. But blending means something spiritually deeper because of the unity we have in Christ. In modern useage, the word fellowship has been hijacked to refer to any social gathering of Christians. 1 Cor. 12:24 gives us a reason for blending, for fellowship. God has blended us together spiritually in Christ (Gal 3:28), and for this reason we should blend together practically. Given that the words blending and fellowship can be used interchangeably, this is Trapped's statement about not needing blending if you replace the word blend/ing with fellowship/ing (in bold). So all the talk in the LCs about needing to fellowship actually misses the whole point. God has done the fellowshipping already SO THAT the weaker/uncomely ones would be taken care of. In the LCs you can "fellowship with the brothers" or "go on fellowshipping trips" and accomplish absolutely zero of what the verse is about. You can "fellowship with the bros" but there be no care for weaker members. You can "go on fellowshipping trips" but never cloak any uncomely member with more honor. We don't need "to fellowship " - God has done that. We need to care for those whom God has placed around us. Now his paragraph does not make much sense. I don't think that Paul intended 1 Cor. 12:24 to mean that God has done the fellowshipping for us, so we don't have to. And caring for weaker members is done through fellowship.