Ground of Locality and Generality

[Norm]

TLG,

When a group declares they have "the ministry of the age," they have "the completed expounding of the Bible" and you "only need to read their publications", I don't think Igzy is too far off on his assessment.

[OBW]

TLG,

You said “Above you quoted me as writing that the concept of locality was formulated by Nee. But then you turn this statement against me by saying that nowhere in my statement does it state that "God formulated the pattern of locality." This is a subtle attempt at creating a straw man argument.”

I would agree that you did not quite say what CMW has said, but in the grand scheme of this discussion, it is not really a straw man argument. While we will easily agree that you did not intend to say that Nee or Lee made up the ground of locality teaching from thin air, since no one has successfully provided a prescriptive scriptural base for it, as a required doctrine, even stated by Lee in The Speciality, Generality, and Practicality of the Church Life as being one of the basic tenets of the faith.

Now we all say that scripture specifies that we are one in Christ, and therefore there is unity. It does not need to be prescribed. Whether we actively experience it, it is true. But the “ground of locality” is an artificial oneness that is not defined in scripture. It is dreamed up from the air.

[countmeworthy]

Originally Posted by Norm

TLG,

When a group declares they have "the ministry of the age," they have "the completed expounding of the Bible" and you "only need to read their publications", I don't think Igzy is too far off on his assessment.

And THAT'S ADDING to the Word of God, TLG! That is what extra-biblical IS. When people replace the HWMR & the RcV footnotes with the pure Word of God....the church is treading on un-holy ground.

I've heard plenty of messages given by the Blended brothers..in recent years and I fellowship daily with an LSMr/LC too.

Anyway...keep your eyes and heart on JESUS..the author and perfector of our Faith, for no one comes to the Father God but through Him. This is a word for all of us...not only you TLG. I have to adjust the Helmet of Salvation, the Breast Plate of Righteousness...why I have to straigten out the Full Armour of God that's on me--DAILY with the Holy Spirit's help.

The enemy likes to mess with it you know..but flees when he sees the BLOOD of the Lamb on me!

Hasta manana amigos.