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Originally Posted by Ohio
When it was all about "Christ and the church," things were far healthier than when it was all about "the ministry and the body."
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I think "Christ and the church" was just a back-door for "the church" which itself was a back-door for "the ministry" which was all about someone assuming control. If it was really all about the church then Luther never should have left the RCC.
Remember that Jesus said, "My ekklesia" in Matt 16; there were other ekklesia out there. The ekklesia of Jesus is about one thing: Jesus bringing us home to the Father. It's not about the ground or the ministry or the ministry's various 'truths' and 'flows'.
As we read scripture, the Holy Spirit comes and reveals Jesus, and Jesus likewise shows us the Father. In the church of Jesus, the subject isn't ever the church. If it is, we've taken our eyes off of the prize. We've been mesmerised by a sleight-of-hand shell game. Which shell is the pea under? Maybe under the "ministry" shell? Or the "Body" shell? or the ... you get my point.
Don't be fooled by close-but-no-cigar imitations. Jesus is the truth, and the way home to the Father. This is our unending focus. He alone has the ministry of the age; this age, and every age to come. . . in heaven, on earth, under the earth. Jesus is the way. There is no other way.