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Originally Posted by Steel
"...marginalized and expelled..." from what?
Every born again believer in Christ is... Well... IN... CHRIST... Eternally.
And corporately... The entire church is... IN... Christ.
And Christ doesn't marginalize or expell any believer.
So, again... Marginalized and expelled from what?
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I believe the points Ohio was trying to make to Steel is that whistleblowing tends to result in a person and their family in being shunned and expelled. The fallout from being shunned is the issues at hand become marginalized.
Given Christ doesn't marginalize or expel any believer, but receiving everyone is not practiced in the local churches. Ones who may have been shunned or marginalized may become unwelcome for fellowship and may even be escorted out when attempting to meet with a given locality.
The alternative of saying go meet with another assembly is easy to say, but not easy to do for ones whose Christian fellowship has been primarily among the local churches.