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Originally Posted by Terry
Within the context of the Bible there is no differences. It's when you make non-essential matters essential for fellowship, that's when divisions come in.
Take the Brethren of the 19th century. It resulted in division not because of the Bible but due to personalities.
Same with the recovery movement of the 20th and 21st centuries. Divisions due to personalities.
When you try to use 1 Corinthians as a basis to get unanimous support regarding quarantines, that's lacking in many areas. Not once is there's the thought, what are the facts why these brothers are being quarantined? Is there the consideration a brother is slandered and misrepresented?
Doesn't matter if that what's transpiring. Just be united in mind and thought.
Ones who have more spiritual maturity see making non-essential matters essential for fellowship such as quarantines or labeling localities as needing to be replastered as divisive. It's a message the Lord is closing one door and opening another.
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Something Igzy said from post #98 from The Unique Move Of God thread,
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The Bible tells us to discern teachings. It tells us to discern teachers and apostles. It tells us to discern spirits. "
In the LC culture, how do you exercise discernment without being labeled "divisive", "rebellious", "independent", etc when discernment isn't corresponding to the preferred outcome of the blended brothers?