Canfield on the Ground of Locality

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Originally Posted by Peter Debelak

This reminds me of "the administration of God's economy" which has one too many Oikonomia's in my opinion.

Maybe I'm not really understanding what problem you are describing.

I didn't mean walking from A to B. I meant, for example, dealing with people. Dealing with Christians. Dealing with life. And life is always slightly different in every situation. Prior knowledge only takes us so far.

Look at it this way. I'm a trader. I trade the markets. One thing you learn about them is that they are always the same, but always different. They present similar patterns, but each one is unique. No two instances in time are the same. There are too many variables.

So it is with life. Situations are similar, but always unique. You can't step into the same river twice. You never have all the information. You always have to make assumptions just to get along.

Same thing in the Christian life and church. We have no choice but to make assumptions. We have the Bible and the Holy Spirit. But in real time we have to make assumptions. We can't wait around until we know everything.

I think that's what walking by faith is about.

We know we are supposed to meet with other Christians for edification, worship and testimony to the world. We know we are supposed to live in a way that honors God. But we don't know all the details. We learn more as we go along, but we never have it down pat. If we did, we wouldn't need God anymore.

I think you are asking, again, how should we do church. I don't know exactly. But I can look around and see what the bible says, what seems to be working, and what hasn't worked. And I can make some judgments based on that. I don't know how I can do better than that.

Can you suggest a better approach?