"Early Nee" vs. "Later Nee"

[TLFisher]

Originally Posted by Ohio

I view the Whistler quarantine the same way. Christian leaders, jealous for power, developing complex schemes to justify bad behavior. They will never admit the obvious. Hundreds of articles written. LSM releases their glossy 28 booklet "attack pack." Accusations fly back and forth. History is repeated ... again.

One of the original Brethren, A.N.Groves, made a striking comment when confronting a similar situation. Instead of condemning all those who were different some how, or deficient in some way, not up to "the standard" we require, he stated, and I paraphrase, "I would rather bear with all the wrongs of my brother in Christ, lest perhaps I miss out on that portion of Christ which he possesses."

Ohio, thank you for the quote from A.N. Groves. Whether I think a brother "has it together", is a "basketcase", or doesn't see "matters" the same way I do, I should never cut off a brother for the sake of his portion in Christ.
So many brothers and sisters are neglected in shepherding. Maybe it's because of they're deemed not "good material", "damaged", "not for the ministry", and so on. Whatever the case may be, there is still a precious portion of Christ in each of them.
If we desire the shepherd brothers and sisters, we must drop whatever organized ministry we're under, drop our concepts, and just take care of each other.

Terry