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Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW
Salvation is not a corporate thing... it's a personal thing.
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Well, the ark was a type of the church in the OT, and if the ark sunk, then the people in the ark were going down with it. Also, GOD is coming for a Church- not for however many million individuals. These million individuals must be in one vehicle (the Church) to be saved. My assembly of 70 or so, is part of GOD's church, a family who worships together due to the lack of an apostolic assembly is part of GOD's church. GOD's church is all over the world in pockets and places we may not expect it to be. I am not saying the UPC is out of GOD's Church, but it has a different structure than the Bible permits it to have. Might this be as the servant who knew the masters will, did it not, and was beaten with many stripes? Might a UPC church member who knows no better be the servant who didn't know HIS will and was beaten with few stripes? I don't want the LORD to have to beat or judge me. I want to be careful, I want to judge myself, and thereby spare GOD's judgement on me, and I want my assembly to do the Master's will, so that we can prevent the beating with the stripes. It seems some see the error they are in, and they figure- "GREAT, well, at least I'm saved, and I may be a bit out of order, but I'll still make it to Heaven, and just get have to go through a quick rebuking of JESUS, but that's a whole lot easier than changing things from how they've always been."
GOD BLESS!
Bro. Alex
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