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Originally Posted by HaShaliach
While it is has yet to catch on through out the entire body of Christ, there are many folks who are no longer content to sit back and listen every week the same old song and dance from the platforms.
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I wonder if in the long run the internet does for the church what the printing press did. Namely give the power to the people to expose error.
Before the internet, unless you were able to write a book, you had no voice. No then through forums, blogs, youtube, etc. every teaching, denomination, and tradition under the sun is questioned. I believe that is a good thing, which though the water may be rough right now, hopefully the church in a couple generations (if the Lord tarries) will be better off and more united over it. Differences will probably always still exist, but perhaps we can tear down the walls that divide us over non essentials. Hopefully not only within the oneness movement, but amongst all of Christianity, while at the same time, with the help of God, maintianing the essentials. I believe God is able to help the church do this, but I don't believe He will force the church to do this. Sadly there are men who would rather be in charge of a denomination, call it the church, and exclude all others. We must repent of this party Spirit as a church if we will ever be able to truly be what God intends us to be.
The good news is revival comes to individuals not to denominations or organizations. And each person who comes to see that we are not the church of Christ on our own little island, as the original post points out, the closer we are to being the church God wants us to be. No doubt it will take time, but its not impossible.
God help us.
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