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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Ohio,
That's as logical as saying if we gather together every week to read the bible we are in bible-ism. Or if we gather together for the Lord's table we are in Lord's-table-ism.
That is not a spiritual fact, you don't say too many spiritual facts I have noticed.
The spiritual fact is what Koinonia said:
As a believer, you are in Christ and in the church.
We gather together not to read Lee's messages but to grow in Christ and do the things Christ told us to (remember Him in the Lord's table).
We do not say "I follow Lee" and we do not (or should not) even say "I follow Christ", for that would be divisive.
We are of Christ because we as believers are positionally in Christ and have been baptized in Christ's name.
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That would all be very nice, if it were true. I have heard many LC members, including top coworkers, boldly declare that they follow Lee. On more than one occasion, I have heard Ron Kangas boldly and defiantly declare, "I am not ashamed to say that I follow a man."
During the Summer Training of 2015, I heard RK decry certain Christians for referring to themselves as "Lutherans" and "Wesleyans," and then say, "What a shame if we were to call ourselves 'Lee-ites.'"
However, I immediately recognized the absolute ridiculousness of this statement considering that most Lutherans and Wesleyans know nothing about Luther and Wesley; yet, very, very many in the LCs
are 'Lee-ites'--whatever they call themselves.
In the same way, you focus obsessively on what people
call themselves, yet seem to ignore the heart and the
spiritual reality.