Outer Darkness?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by A little brother

Please don't waste time on this useless argument. You know what I mean well. You don't need to speak for me. I have said it previously and I will say it again. The LC is not different from denomination.

I don't use the term "we are in the Lord's Recovery". I think this is bearing false witness.

I don't use the term "we are just the church in the locality" because other denominations are also part the church in the locaility. It is not specific to the group of people who only study Witness Lee's teachings.

Hope I have expressed my view clear enough. Please also be reminded that this thread is not about discussion of denominationalism.

This is why I say you seem different from those in the local church that I know. A local church member would not normally say that denominations are part of the church in the locality or consider the local church to be "The Local Church" as another denomination.

[A little brother]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

A local church member would not normally say that denominations are part of the church in the locality...

Originally Posted by Evangelical

That is right, all believers in the locality are the church in that location.That is why we reject denominations and do not consider ourselves to be a denomination.

Don't you know how confused your mind is? Or is it simply your tactic to evade the more important truth you are afraid to admit?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by A little brother

Don't you know how confused your mind is? Or is it simply your tactic to evade the more important truth you are afraid to admit?

Before you say I am confused...
You say you are in the local churches yet reject most of its teachings including Lees ministry. That sounds like a contradiction.

[A little brother]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Before you say I am confused...
You say you are in the local churches yet reject most of its teachings including Lees ministry. That sounds like a contradiction.

Do you follow the teachings of men or follow God?

Are you saying we have to accept all Lee's teachings in order to be "a member of the Body of Christ in the local church of the locality"?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by A little brother

Do you follow the teachings of men or follow God?

Are you saying we have to accept all Lee's teachings in order to be "a member of the Body of Christ in the local church in the locality"?

Nope.
Membership is by faith alone and we follow God.
The ministry helps us be the genuine church.

[A little brother]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Nope.
Membership is by faith alone and we follow God.
The ministry helps us be the genuine church.

So what is your conclusion? Am I a member or not a member?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by A little brother

So what is your conclusion? Am I a member or not a member?

If you are a Christian then yes you are a member of the church in the locality. But you are not a member of the Local Church denomination because our membership is only in the Body not a denomination.