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Originally Posted by Indiana
Something I always have in mind as I write is the oneness we have in Christ and the portion we all share of Christ, as saints in the light.
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For everyone:
When I read a sentence such as this, I wonder what we meant by these phrases during our days in the LRC.
Was the "oneness we have in Christ" unique among those in the LRC or did that include all Christians without reservation?
What is the "portion we all share of Christ"? It seems that "portion of Christ" was thrown about quite a bit. It was an important part of the unique terminology in our lexicon. What exactly did this mean and where did we get it?
When we said "as saints in the light," did we consider that to be somehow unique to the LRC? Is there still a lingering sense that there are saints that are not "in the light" based on our assessment of their affiliation? If we say or hear the word "saints" do we automatically think of all Christians or do we think in terms of some subset, even if greater than just the LRC?
I think that the first is not so much of a problem to me any more. I understand oneness to be about Christ and not about anything specific to any particular group of Christians. But as terms like "portion of Christ" or even "saints" are seldom to never used, I think I still narrow my thoughts to those few who meet with the LRC.
But the more I think about it, the less certain I am what a "portion of Christ" was meant to be even in the LRC. It almost seems to be code for something that is not quite the same as simply sharing Christian fellowship.
And I still hear "saints" bandied about like some unique status for those in the LRC.