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[Cal]

Originally Posted by Ohio

Why did we not take our cue from all the other churches in the New Testament? They all had their problems. None was perfect. Think about what was going on in Corinth! Yet the Apostles only exhorted the believers to overcome the difficulties and not to completely forsake those churches. The answers to their problems did lie in the severity of God to forsake them, but in His love to shepherd them to greener pastures.

It's interesting that WL always interpreted things to mean you should come to or stay in his movement.

"Come out of her my people." To what? The Recovery, of course!

Then he twisted your correct teaching above to mean that you should stay in one of his churches through thick and thin, and no matter how much like "her" they became.

A self-serving double-standard? Well, yeah. But what traction that mindset has.

[aron]

Originally Posted by Igzy

It's interesting that WL always interpreted things to mean you should come to or stay in his movement.

"Come out of her my people." To what? The Recovery, of course!

Then he twisted your correct teaching above to mean that you should stay in one of his churches through thick and thin, and no matter how much like "her" they became.

A self-serving double-standard? Well, yeah. But what traction that mindset has.

I found the balancing corollary of "come out of her my people" to be "In whatever situation you found yourself when you were called, in this you should remain." 1 Corinthians 7:17,24