LSM's Sacrament - the "Ground of the Local Church" NIGEL TOMES

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by Ohio

According to WL and the Blindeds, the "true" remembrance of the Lord at His table can only be legitimately celebrated by churches on "the proper ground" of oneness. There is not a single Table meeting or Communion service in all of Christendom which they would recognize as licit and scriptural.

That is an excellent point. If you claim that the ground of the church has nothing to do with the relationship with LSM, then where is the example of a church that adheres to this doctrine, that does not follow LSM, but is still considered a proper church? If you cannot point to a single church then clearly the "ground of the church" is really a matter of a relationship with LSM.

Oneness is a matter of a relationship with Christ

whereas the "ground of the church" is a matter of a relationship with LSM.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

That is an excellent point. If you claim that the ground of the church has nothing to do with the relationship with LSM, then where is the example of a church that adheres to this doctrine, that does not follow LSM, but is still considered a proper church? If you cannot point to a single church then clearly the "ground of the church" is really a matter of a relationship with LSM.

Oneness is a matter of a relationship with Christ

whereas the "ground of the church" is a matter of a relationship with LSM.

That is why I concluded that Lee and the Blendeds, by demanding an unwavering allegiance, have usurped the Head's rightful place in the body.

To the vast majority of unsuspecting members, like myself, in the LC's, this was subtly done unawares even as Jude warned us --

For certain persons have crept in unawares, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.-- Jude 4 NASB

The Local Church reader might initially find this verse to be entirely unsuited to those at LSM, but which old-timer would deny that something had crept into the LC's unawares so that what we have today is a far cry from those early days. Do not the words of the Lord Jesus and the Apostles condemn the exclusive teachings and practices of LSM? Was not the ungodly and licentious Philip Lee promoted to be Witness Lee's "most trusted co-worker" to the perversion and destruction of many a brother and sister? Did not the demands of absolute, unwavering loyalty to Lee and his ministry violate the conscience of many a brother and the rightful place of God's Son in our hearts, as our only Lord and Master?