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To: bluepistolero

God has provided grace to the wheat that is larger than the problems that tares can cause. Also if a former tare believes, it becomes wheat. They won't believe except by hearing, and won't hear except by the word of God.

In some sense, the holy church is the set of all believers. If you are at a place where you're pretty sure there aren't any or they are so outnumbered and/or so weak that the problems overwhelm, then maybe you should look elsewhere to go. If you can. I'm not a big believer in "churches of 1."


1,643 posted on 05/28/2005 1:33:48 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Yet, I would think, that a church of one, is the purest form of the church. A tabernacle, even.


1,644 posted on 05/28/2005 1:36:04 PM PDT by bluepistolero
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Every shepherd in the bible, and there were many who became prophets and kings, were essentially tabernacles.


1,646 posted on 05/28/2005 1:41:03 PM PDT by bluepistolero
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