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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
However, they DO need to go out and start a church - since the current "home bible study" methodology that they have going right now is completely without any biblical sanction whatsoever.

Nonsense. Nowhere in the Bible are the Apostles charged with BUILDINGS. Jesus NEVER tells them to build buildings. The PEOPLE are the church. Wherever they meet, Jesus is there. THAT is Scriptural.

284 posted on 09/19/2011 5:47:03 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Nonsense. Nowhere in the Bible are the Apostles charged with BUILDINGS. Jesus NEVER tells them to build buildings. The PEOPLE are the church. Wherever they meet, Jesus is there. THAT is Scriptural.

You're missing what I'm saying. Yes, the PEOPLE are the church - but just having a random aggregation of people in a Bible study is NOT a "church." The church - which is always and only local in the Scriptures, there is no such thing as any "universal church" - is a specifically organised body of believers. A church is a body of called-out believers, organised under the leadership of a God-called-and-church-recognised pastor, which fulfills the roles of evangelising the lost and edifying the saints, all to the glory of God. What these folks have in their home Bible study is more akin to a parachurch organisation - which are entirely without any scriptural support whatsoever.

289 posted on 09/19/2011 6:22:11 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("A gentleman considers what is just; a small man considers what is expedient.")
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