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Originally Posted by Evangelical
In "LOVE NOT THE WORLD" Nee writes:
For let us realize who we are! We are the Church, the light of the world shining amid the darkness. As such let us live our lives down here.
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In certain contexts we at Seattle Christian Assembly can say that, and so could Shanghai Christian Assembly say that when Nee and Lee were there and Fenli and Yu. But to identify themselves as the church in that locality might be an unnecessary stumbling block to lay before brethren in the Body of Christ. This is why Nee and Lee called themselves Shanghai Christian Assembly, to avoid setting up a stumbling block. If you are standing on a ground of oneness in your locality, you are on the Body ground, as the church AND are one with every regenerated believer in your locality and on the earth. No claimed distinction stands in the way to make you different. The spiritual reality is enough, before God and man.