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Originally Posted by Curious
The latest lot on their attitude to the rest of Christianity is so full of contradiction and hints at their judgement of the rest of the church clearly enough, that it's evident just by reading it! They might as well have been more forthright about their 'superior' position.
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I read a little bit on one of the "assailing" articles regarding the ground of locality......you are right, it is full of contradiction and "plot holes".
For example:
"Those who insist on a merely universal concept of oneness discount the need to practice that oneness with believers in their own locality."
Um.....if you have a universal concept of oneness, then that by definition produces a oneness with those locally too. Universal is universal and does not exclude any believer. This would easily cover the believers in your own city. The wordsmithing co-workers set up a false claim in order to give themselves something to blame other people for.
This kind of nonsense from them is all over the place.
Also this:
"Hence, the church of God and the churches of God (1 Cor. 1:2; 11:16) differ only in their extent. While the church of God is universal, the churches of God are local. And while the church of God comprises all regenerated believers in all places and at all times (Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 10:32), the churches of God comprise only those regenerated believers in a particular city at a given time (Rom. 1:7; 1 Thes. 1:1)."
Verse references are nice and all, but let's take a look.
1 Cor. 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
1 Cor. 11:16
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
So, if we go along with what they are saying, clearly from these verses "the church of God" is local (in Corinth), and "the churches of God" are universal. Clearly.
But the co-workers claim the exact opposite. And it's not just a typo either, because their second sentence digs it in even further. "The church of God comprises all regenerated believers in all places and at all times"?? Nope. "The church of God" in the verses they provided are very specifically about only the church in Corinth at that particular time. And vice versa on the latter half of that last sentence.
They can't even keep their own convoluted doctrines straight.
Praise Him for His mercy! I'm so glad to not be trapped (hah) in their constant lies anymore.
Edit to add: I was reminded of some of the lyrics to "Glorious Day" by Passion:
You called my name
Then I ran out of that grave
Out of the darkness
Into Your glorious day
I know that is supposed to be a song about salvation, but boy, it sure feels like it applies to being saved from the LC too.