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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Christ told us what he wants here:
John 17:21 that all of them may be one
Some people think this is about setting up one church in each city, but it is not. It is about "the one church", in each city. The Bible teaches one Head, one Body, one Church (Col 1:18). The idea of one church per city is a statement of fact about the reality of the matter that there is only one church in the world and only one church that Christ established.
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You are saying having many churches (one church per city) is a statement of fact about the reality of the matter that there is only one church in the world? I don't see how the math works.
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Denominations violate this truth because they see themselves as individual and independent churches. As soon as a denomination or a person starts saying "churches" , they are already not in line with the reality as revealed in the Bible. They stand for many heads, many bodies, and many churches.
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LC violates the truth because it sees itself as individual and independent church. As soon as the LC starts saying "churches", it is already not in line with the reality as revealed in the Bible. (Not that I want to accuse LC. Just hope you can see how pointless it is to accuse others without the basis of truth.)
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Regarding the MOTA, one would find it difficult to deny that God raises up individuals (not many people) to release His vision of the age including Abel, Enosh, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Paul.
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Did the Bible say they are MOTA? Who told you that? God or WL/LSM?
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Originally Posted by Evangelical
In fact it is almost comedy when people say there are MANY ministers in each age yet if they read the New Testament, almost half of it is written by Paul! Who is the other Minister of The Age on the same level as Paul? Timothy? Silas? Barnabus? James?
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It is actually tragedy when people say there is only one minister in each age yet when they read the New Testament, they don't see Jesus Christ is the one minister of every age.
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Protestants in particular, should know better that there is only one MOTA because everytime they say "we are saved by faith alone" that vision was from Luther alone. The idea of the "local church"came from Nee/Lee but now many groups and denominations are using that term but they have MOTA Nee to thank for it.
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Didn't Paul tell us we are saved by faith alone? How comes it is a vision from Luther alone? May be you are too accustomed to WL/LSM's way of taking credit for themselves and belittling others.