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Originally Posted by UntoHim
An anonymous person has asked for reaction and input regarding the following message given by Ron Kangas.
Message 5 Standing on the Unique Ground of
the Church,Being under the Limitation of the Body of Christ,and Being Body-conscious in One Accord
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1s...xpUjhKVUU/view
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Not sure what parts of the message this
anon poster wanted to address, but a 1-1/2 hour regurgitated LSM message is not an investment I care to make anymore. This topic has numerous threads with many posts filled with discussions on this board. Perhaps
anon would like to be more specific.
If this principle of the ground of the church was so crucial, why was it never spelled out in the New Testament? Instead, the only N.T. references to the "ground" remotely related to this are in Colossians 2.7 where we are "
rooted and built up in Christ established in the faith." Here Apostle Paul refers to believers in the church, the body of Christ, as both the farm of God (
rooted in Christ) and the dwelling place of God (
built up in Christ.)" Eph. 3.17 (a sister book to Colossians) says we are "
rooted and grounded in love," the agape love of God. Col. 1.23 says further, "
continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast and not moved away from the hope of the gospel."
I am now convinced that LSM's false ground of church oneness actually
moves the believers away from the hope of the Gospel, which is uniquely Christ in us. Let me say this plainly: Christ is both the foundation of the church
and the ground of the church. To use the physical site of the city Jerusalem as some metaphorical delineation of a future geographical church boundary has no N.T. basis and is easily negated by numerous verses including Jesus own instructions in John 4:20-24.
For Nee, Lee, and LSM to continually prop up false standards of oneness for the body of Christ, which is the church, has proven to be quite self-serving at best. Kangas et.al. can rant on condemning all Christians for all times using these false standards, yet LSM has never even lived up to their own standards; rather history has shown them to violate every principle they hold so dear. Many of us in the GLA lived through this a decade ago. Hypocrisy defines their position today, and they would do well to read all that the Lord has spoken to the Pharisees, the scribes, and the lawyers who opposed Him.
LSM's exclusive and elitist positions on the oneness of the body of Christ are little different than those of Catholicism, and no different from the Exclusive Brethren. Both of their histories are well documented. History shows us that both the Exclusives and the Blendeds have used these extra-biblical obscure teachings to promote strife in the church of God, to further divide the body of Christ, to quarantine/excommunicate other gifted ministers who refused their demands for domination, to wreak havoc on the saints of God, and to bring much shame to His precious name. As is usual for false teachings, the intended goal is exactly opposite from the actual fruit of the practice.