The Speciality, Generality, and Practicality of the Church Life

[aron]

Originally Posted by Ohio

If there is no God who created, then no incarnation, no death, no resurrection.

God as Creator is so obvious as to not need to be stated.

"I'm now communicating to you via computer by writing in English."

Yes, we get that. Or should.

The problem with defining God is that we become creators, of our concepts. Look at Marcion: he had an evil (OT) Creator God and a good (NT) Redeeming God. What a mess.

Or Witness Lee: Jesus is God the Father.

Or Witness Lee Iteration II: "We become God, but not in the Godhead"

The Church was sundered twice over defining God: First Chalcedon on defining God's "nature" (in the 5th century several "oriental orthodox" [Syrian, Egyptian, Armenian, Ethiopian etc] churches split off) then the Great Schism in 1054 over the "sent Spirit". (Or some such. It's all so resolutely, obtusely and depressingly naiive that I can hardly crawl through it).

The goal is to love one another in deed and not in word only. Any wranglings over words and terms and concepts that distracts should be avoided. The Little Flock and Local Church are Exhibits A and B. Unfortunately there are many, many other examples should one look around.