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Originally Posted by Coonskinner
Randy's big "POTD" was in response to this:
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How many times do we have to prove that the UPC's relationship to a sovereign local church is nowhere close to analagous to the relationship between a saint and their pastor?
That is one of the most bogus, laughably misconstrued things I have read on here.
Does it strike anybody else as odd that the same folks who will argue and fuss and contend that pastors have no authority to tell anybody anything all of a sudden want to twist and warp the concept of pastoral authority by applying it to the organization, and then call the tulsa men rebellious for doing their own thing?
I guess you guys think if you keep saying it often enough, people will buy it...and some will.
But it has been refuted soundly, over and over again.
You are comparing apples and horse apples.
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Coon, your statement seems to assume that the local church is the ultimate sovereign institution in God's eyes. I disagree.
I believe the
family is the ultimate sovereign institution in God's design. The local church is made of families, the section is made up of local churches, the district is made up of local sections, and the national is made of of districts.
With this view, the analogy that you seem to strongly object to, is absolutely correct.
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