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Originally Posted by Igzy
Of course the truth is good. Your problem is you have assumed for everyone else that the local ground is indeed the truth. Yet you cannot answer practical questions about it. This is a warning flag for me and should indicate to you that perhaps you should rethink things. I know it's hard, I was indoctrinated once myself.
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Igzy,
1. I do not promote the way LSM are using and implementing the teaching of one-city, one-church.
I cannot understand why you seem to think I'm for LSM in this matter. I serveral times said that I do not agree with LSM on this matter.
2. Practice of one-city, one-church is very difficult as you said.
Igzy, I fully agree with you in that point. Practically, I do not believe this truth will be satisfactorily practiced before our Lord comes back. Not because the truth is wrong but because of human nature.
3. Why did God give us this kind of so impractical truth in the Bible?
a. Mosaic Law
Igzy, please think about it. Why did God give Isralites the Mosaic Law?
That's for exposing man in their inability in keeping God's law. Is Mosaic Law WRONG? Absoultely NOT. MAN IS WRONG.
b. Trinity
Also, think abut this. Trinity is really difficult to understand. That's why there have been so many heretical teachings in church history, even now. Is Trinity WRONG?
Igzy, it is one thing to be in the Bible as a truth and it is another how practical that truth is or easy to understand.
4. There is a BIG difference between just disagreeing and promoting another group in a city.
Please think about this. As you said, you can deny other eldership in a city than that you accept for some reason. You may meet with some saints who are on the same page with you. It's okay to me. But think this serious picture you are watching everyday in your city. A lot of signboards reading "Baptist Church", "Holy of Holies", "Presbyterian Church" and so on and so forth. Is that biblical?
5. My practical remedy
You are arguing that I'm wrong because I did not give you practical remedy.
Here it goes.
Let others meets themselves without criticizing them UNLESS
a. they theach obvious heretical things
b. they promote their "signboards"
And Let's pray for them and for us to be one (even PRACTICALLY).
My last question. Please explain to me your model which is according to the Bible BEFORE YOU REPLY MY POINTS ABOVE. You must have yours judging from so confident tone of your speaking.
BTW, if you want to talk with me about "the appointment of elders", which unavoidably is related with the matter of apostleship, you can refer to my posts in the Berean forum by searching my name. If it is not convenient to you, I will clarify this another important issue once again for you later in this forum.
Gubei