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To: imardmd1

With all due respect, in what sense is this an authorized meeting of the totality in a locality of all the regenerated individual disciple-believers summoned together—assembled, congregated—for the teaching and watchfully preserving without change whatsoever He has commanded?


I’m not understanding what you are talking about. I’m talking about taking communion. And here is the big part of it to me:

The old testament is about God’s relationship with a nation called Israel. The new testament is about Jesus relationship with me, personally.


271 posted on 07/12/2015 8:50:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf
The old testament is about God’s relationship with a nation called Israel. The new testament is about Jesus relationship with me, personally.

I don't think so. The New Covenant is about Christ's relationship is with His Bride, the church, of which you are a member. Is your membership vested in a local, autonomous Biblical church? That is the only organism with members ordained to congregate for teaching and preserving the commandments of Christ (Mt. 28:20a), and for the observation of the Lord's Remembrance Supper (Lk. 22:17-29, 1 Cor. 11:24-26), AFIK.

The impression I get is that the conduct of the rite of communion outside the assembly of the brethren only on your say-so is not the plan or context provided by the Lord's example for it. I am not of the RCC convincement, but I do believe in membership in the local independent church governed by a plurality of spiritual elders as the plan through which the Holy Ghost works into the individual's life.

Take care, bro.

380 posted on 07/12/2015 5:12:49 PM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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