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Originally Posted by OBW
Because the "new rules" were the ones they wanted to uphold, not the old. They talked of the old, but demanded the new. They spoke of oneness on ground but demanded oneness of minister and ministry.
But one of the most serious flaws of the LCM is that they see the oneness of the church as something other than Christ. Ground and even minister and ministry are other than Christ. ....
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THE GROUND OF THE CHURCH
booklet by Witness Lee (1960s)
The Teaching
"For the church life, there are two main and basic aspects. We must be thoroughly clear about these, for without them we have no reality of the church life.
The first is that Christ Himself is the life,
the content, and everything in the church. It is absolutely not a matter of forms, doctrines, or certain kinds of expressions. Those who are really in the church life are those who are experiencing Christ as their very life day by day. Christ is everything to them; therefore, Christ is their life and content whenever they come together. The practice of the church life is a life of Christ and a life with Christ as everything.
The
second main aspect of the church life is that of the standing or the ground of the church. This term, the church ground, was first used by Brother Watchman Nee in 1937. Before 1937, we never heard or saw this term, and the matter of the ground of the church, as far as we have been able to determine, was not known."
http://twoturmoils.com/GroundoftheChurch.pdf
"They spoke of oneness on ground but demanded oneness of minister and ministry." _OBW