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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Corinth was a local church.
Ephesus was a local church.
Where did one stop and one end? If you answer that, you answer the question about what is the boundary.
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Have you ever used Google Earth? Look up Corinth sometime. There it still is, same as when Paul wrote the Local Church there. Same physical boundaries. So why isn't the current Christian fellowship there one of your hypothetical local churches? Because it's not affiliated with the ministry of the age, and not subject to God's humble bondslave? Because they don't have a standing order with LSM? When did the Local Church in Corinth stop being local? They've always had the Faith, and the city boundaries.
No, if the people within the boundaries of the city of Corinth would only recognize Witness Lee as today's Paul, and today's Moses, as God's Oracle and (final) MOTA, they'd be a legitimate and genuine and proper local church.
Bob: "Hey Joe, did you hear they're taking the ground in Corinth?"
Joe: "No, incredible! A lampstand in Corinth! The same city that Paul wrote to!"
B: "Yep. Same one."
J: "Awesome. Hey, when did Corinth lose it's lampstand, anyway?"
B: "Um, I dunno. I think they got degraded somehow."
J: "Yeah, that's right. They affiliated with the Great Harlot the EOC."
B: "Yeah, the Harlot. O wait - wasn't that the RCC?"
J: "Well, nevermind. It wasn't affiliated with the LSM. That's what matters."
B: "Right. If it's not affiliated with anyone, it's the dreaded 'free group'; you know God hates them."
J: "And if it's affiliated with anyone else, then it's a denomination, or the Harlot."
B: "Right. First, one city per church. Second, proper and genuine affiliation with the ministry of the age."
J: "The simple way to remember is: when we do it, it's proper and genuine. When others do it, not so good."
B: "Yes, that's easy to remember."