What is the boundary of the Local Church?

[ZNPaaneah]

Originally Posted by Steel

So are you saying that the Lord caused others to become offended?... That the Lord was the cause of their becoming offended?

I suppose there are different interpretations, but the way I read this passage in Matthew 15, when you proclaim that Jesus is Lord it is going to step on the toes of those that had presumed they were Lord, whether they be religious dictators, political ones, etc.

Originally Posted by Steel

But how would you know to seek them out if they didn't tell you they were offended?

Hence the analogy of seeking a lost sheep. They don't tell you they are leaving, you simply realize they are not there and now go looking for them.

[Steel]

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

I suppose there are different interpretations, but the way I read this passage in Matthew 15, when you proclaim that Jesus is Lord it is going to step on the toes of those that had presumed they were Lord, whether they be religious dictators, political ones, etc.

There's only one truth that scripture reveals.

But yes... When truth is spoken the vain feelings of natural man are hurt.

But as I said... Speaking truth is not the cause of this hurt... The cause of this hurt is man's vanity.

Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah

Hence the analogy of seeking a lost sheep. They don't tell you they are leaving, you simply realize they are not there and now go looking for them.

Really... "...you simply realize..."

So we have no need of the Lord's shining to reveal a problem then?