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Ohio · 08-28-2008, 04:01 AM

"We are not gathered to men or a man. No man for us can measure Christ. We are here tonight because this is a true love feast. And that means that the love of Christ is in our heart. We left our groups. We left our divisions. We are here on the common ground of Christ. What a grand thing it would be if all Christians just took that ground! The ground of so many Christians, the ground of some denominations, some organizations, some special teaching, or many different things, that is their ground. But the real ground of the Christian is Christ. If we all had a greater concern for the Lord Jesus than we had for religious things, what a different thing it would be in the world." --- TAS

How true. When I first came to the LC, this kind of talk filled the airwaves. It was attractive and it was true in our hearts. What killed it was the "extras" that began to grow larger. We began to judge all others, thinking only we were right. Instead of looking for Christ, our "common ground," we looked for all the things that made us different, made us unique, made us special, made us God's move today -- "not some piece of poor, pitiful, degraded Christianity."

08-28-2008, 04:01 AM	#35
Ohio Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater Ohio Posts: 13,693	"We are not gathered to men or a man. No man for us can measure Christ. We are here tonight because this is a true love feast. And that means that the love of Christ is in our heart. We left our groups. We left our divisions. We are here on the common ground of Christ. What a grand thing it would be if all Christians just took that ground! The ground of so many Christians, the ground of some denominations, some organizations, some special teaching, or many different things, that is their ground. But the real ground of the Christian is Christ. If we all had a greater concern for the Lord Jesus than we had for religious things, what a different thing it would be in the world." --- TAS How true. When I first came to the LC, this kind of talk filled the airwaves. It was attractive and it was true in our hearts. What killed it was the "extras" that began to grow larger. We began to judge all others, thinking only we were right. Instead of looking for Christ, our "common ground," we looked for all the things that made us different, made us unique, made us special, made us God's move today -- "not some piece of poor, pitiful, degraded Christianity." __________________ Ohio's motto is: With God all things are possible!. Keeping all my posts short, quick, living, and to the point!