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Originally Posted by Drake
This is a thought provoking consideration Evangelical poses.
If there are sects then what are they a sect of or from?
It seems that the majority opinion of posters in this forum is that divisions and sects are normal. When awareness says “You’re all sects” he is bringing to the top of the table that unstated view that lives under the table..... and no one seems to mind.
Drake
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Drake, of course "you're all sects". You don't believe that? Every kind of distinction among believers is artificial and earthly, including the distinctions you make to define yourselves (chief among them--"minister of the age"). The Lord said that He is building HIS church, but the LC has confused "HIS church" with your
group. And you are in good company. Many groups do the same thing, including other pseudo-denominations like the Plymouth Brethren (Open/Closed) or the Church of Christ--groups that you would most likely call "denominations," even though they claim to have the same standing and basis as you do.
When is it okay to separate from the group known as the Local Church? Never? How much corruption or wrong teaching or wrong practice does there need to be? According to the same standards you apply to your own group now, Luther should never have left the Catholic Church. Why does everything become fixed and permanent with Witness Lee?