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Originally Posted by Bill W
Saints,when I was in the local churches from 1972-1990 I always wondered where in the world they conceived their doctrine "the ground of oneness." This doctrine was one the most distructive tools the enemy of God used to bring into captivity the minds of so many saints myself included.If we read the above verses,then you clearly see what the true "ground"of oneness is between "all" christians.It's the inward reality daily between us and our God,and not some objective doctrinal oneness.
You may have a doctrine of the ground of oneness with all saints,but what if you depart from Christ? Do you have the reality of such oneness as mentioned in John 17,or do you merely have a dead teaching with no reality.We need to be very careful to claim that we are on a ground of oneness because it can change although we have the doctrine.The point I am trying to make is that today I may proclaim to be something ,but tommorrow I may be something else.This is why our oneness with Christ is organic and fluctuates based on where we are today.
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A question I have is at what point in time did the ground of locality become replaced by ground of oneness?
The application of ground of oneness being nothing more than a facade in presenting a visible united front.
In teaching the ground of oneness would be like trying to capture air in a bottle and market it as your unique product.
Christ is unique, but He is also so general and availalble. At any given moment, when there is the living reality of the oneness as mentioned in John 17:21, it doesn't matter whom our brethren in Christ fellowship with. All that matters is: "That they all may be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us; that the world may believe that You have sent Me."
Terry