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Originally Posted by Toledo
Fair enough. Neither should we make the bad the enemy of the best. So many posters here keep trying to measure the principle of oneness by the failures of the LSM denominational churches.
Just because their experiment failed due to the lusts, ambitions, and rivalries of the "Blended Brothers" (falsely so-called), does not mean that some should not still endeavor to come back to meeting simply and in oneness.
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I have to agree with Toledo. God has put dear brothers in my work environment that have no association with the local church in any way. I’ve become quite close to these brothers and would miss them very much if they were no longer in my sphere of life.
God’s presence is certainly with all of his people but the oneness of the body locally should be more than just an “in the spirit” thing. The body is universally one…..it should also be one locally. All the believers in any locality being the one body should not be just a spiritual reality but should be practiced as such. The failure and exclusiveness of some should not cause us to depart from the truth spoken to us in God’s Word.
“so that there may be no division in the body” I Cor.12:25