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Originally Posted by Indiana
THREE MAJOR DISTINCTIONS
in the Local Churches
A brother in the Philippines said to me sincerely, yet proudly, “the Baptists believe in baptism by immersion, “ This is our distinction”. This is also their shift to the wrong ground.
The 7th Day Adventists said to me upon my leaving, “Christ will mourn for your soul in hell” – because I wouldn’t be keeping the Sabbath. This is their distinction. It is also a shift to the wrong ground.
Both the Baptists and the 7th Day Adventists use their distinctive feature in their name to denominate themselves.
The Local Churches have the teaching that they are on a ground of oneness with all believers in their localities; but in practice they separate themselves from other believers by having three major distinctions 1) the minister of the age 2) with the ministry of the age 3) and the right standing as the true church.
“If we introduce these manmade distinctions into the church, the relationship among the brothers and sisters will be shifted to the wrong ground.” (W.Nee, New Believers Series)
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The Seventh Day Adventist position, though very different, is effectively like that of the LCM.
But the position of the Baptist, even though spelled-out in their name, is not one that condemns other believers but rather identifies the thing(s) that the hold to. The big difference is that they do not dismiss all others nor consider them to be "mourned in hell."
Of course the LCM does not really think that others are going to hell, therefore they are better than the Seventh Day Adventists. But their disdain for, and near absolute separation from any that are not meeting in their halls is not far from the same result. They say the others are saved, but on the other side of their mouth call them the whore of Babylon or one of her daughters.