The Ground Of The Church

[Gubei]

Originally Posted by Igzy

We've already addressed this as well. The Bible prescribes freedom in Christ. Therefore to limit that freedom you need a counter prescription, not just a doctrine concocted from vague patterns. In other words, if you are going to take away someone's freedom, you need a clear reason for doing so. The local ground is anything but clear. Why do you think it ends up in court?....
How is he divisive? Is he sowing trouble in the church that the elder leads? Then the elder has authority to deal with him. Does he have a reputation of being divisive in some other church? Then the elder can't deal with him until he causes trouble in his own church.

Igzy,

I'm really shocked how you use the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus that way. Gal 2:4 is not about confirming "free moving of saints." PLEASE rethink your position. It is very dangerous to resort to the freedom that we have in Christ Jesus to advocate your model. My understanding of Gal 2:4 is such that we do not need to be controled by such Mosaic Laws as circumcision.

The ground of locality is not for taking your freedom. You are over and over again equate (the wrong, tyrannical eldership) with (the ground of locality itself.)

My point about the divisive ones is that once you reject those, that is nothing other than division. So every division should not be evaluated as same thing.

Gubei