Mere Christianity or Degraded Christianity?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by micah6v8

I have no problem with the analogy of Christianity as one hall with different rooms.

The apostle Paul likens the church to a human body with different members. A finger would look different from a liver and also function differently. But this difference does not matter if the different body parts together make up one human body.

One thing we need to remember: when Paul talks about oneness, he is talking about unity, not uniformity.

If the rooms of an apartment could talk, I agree it would be a problem if the living room claimed it was more important than the bedroom and the kitchen started arguing with the study-room.

This idea about rooms in a house is a human construct imposed on the Bible ,not something that came from the Bible. The only reference to rooms in the New Testament is when Jesus said there are many rooms in His Father's house, and I'm sure that did not refer to denominations in the church. The concept of locality however is straight from the Bible ,as local churches are plainly evident in the bible and not this "many rooms" nonsense.