Heart Of The Local Church Problem...

[HERn]

Here’s a quote from the TAS link.

“It is always a dangerous thing to bring what we conceive to be the Church out into a conspicuous place, and make a public thing of it. The real Church is a secret, hidden company, and a hidden and secret work is going on in it.”

[PeterG]

Originally Posted by HERn

Here’s a quote from the TAS link.

“It is always a dangerous thing to bring what we conceive to be the Church out into a conspicuous place, and make a public thing of it. The real Church is a secret, hidden company, and a hidden and secret work is going on in it.”

Definitely no! This is not the church we are taught by the Apostles. Nor by Jesus.
„Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.“ (Matthew 5:16)
Of course this is dangerous. But that doesn't mean it's better to do the opposite.

[Sons to Glory!]

I read Sparks daily devotional, "Daily Open Windows" for a few years. Many times it spoke words that so very clearly applied to TLR. Usually along the line of warning about not taking some "truth" we've seen from scripture and trying to dogmatically apply it, and then getting all exclusive and legalistic about it.

[PeterG]

Yes! but how do we prevent this? In a mystical retreat from the truth? By everyone having their own truth?

The undivided New Testament ekklesia is the “foundation of truth”. The church in which God's love holds together all Christians who think differently. If we don't have that, new LCs will emerge again and again. Some say: “You don't have enough of this.” The others: “You have too much of that.”

The undamaged fullness of the Spirit: is God's truth.

Yes, the ekklesia is the "pillar and ground of the truth"! Yet in this life we still have the flesh, which likes to promote one man or teaching above another. Therefore we get all these little divisions, while not seeing the bigger picture that Christ is not divided.
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[PeterG]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yes, the ekklesia is the "pillar and ground of the truth"! Yet in this life we still have the flesh, which likes to promote one man or teaching above another. Therefore we get all these little divisions, while not seeing the bigger picture that Christ is not divided.
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Flesh is the problem? Let's look at the Bible and find out how we should deal with it.