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Originally Posted by Esaias
I can accept the idea a genuine church being deficient in certain areas. The Corinthians, Galatians, and most of the seven churches in Revelation had serious problems with their doctrines and practices. There seems to be a basic minimum which would qualify an assembly as being an authentic God-planted ekklesia. If they fail to grow they are subject to being cut off, it seems.
Just thinking out loud here but doesn't the great commission at least imply that a genuine assembly is started by a genuine assembly? Like begets like and all that? How could a heresy give birth to truth? How could a pseudo ekklesia produce a true one?
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I accept there are Christians gathering together with each other holding doctrinal error but not that THAT constitutes a "true Church". The true Church will hold steadfastly to the apostles doctrine. They will contend for the faith once given to the saints.
When the Holiness people of 1901 discovered new truth they accepted it. So groups in error can gain in truth. They or "we" as the case may be after being filled with the Spirit have potential to be led by the Spirit into all truth.
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