Is it Possible to Have Genuine Fellowship with an Absolute Brother?

[UntoHim]

HERn,

I think it may help to remember just exactly what your brother in law is absolute for. We all know that when a Local Churcher says that one is "absolute", they mean absolute for the person and work of Witness Lee. Of course it is couched in much more spiritual and palatable terms..."absolute for Christ and the church" and "absolute for the ministry".

My advise, for what it's worth, would be to be absolute for the Gospel. Be absolute for God's Word. Be absolute for the Truth as given to us in the Word and confirmed by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth. Let me assure you that if you do this your brother in law, and anyone else listening, will see the contrast. There will be a sharp contrast - an absoluteness for a man-made religion and all of it's proprietary accoutrements, versus an absoluteness for the genuine thing. It will literally be Christ versus religion. The Word of God versus the words of man. Light versus darkness.

Try to keep in mind that is NOT you versus him. It is NOT the Local Church versus Christianity. He may very well try to put your interactions within this realm. Try to resist this. Have some human compassion. Let the Lord Jesus be your example. When he was confronted by those entrapped within false religion he did not simply condemn them, but he had compassion. Many times he simply confronted them with a contrast - the words of men contrasted with the Word of God.
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