[Meeting] Re: meeting: Pan African Brethren Conference on Missions (8th - 12th Nov)

[Peter Blackwell]

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> > And of course here is where you err Peter. To suggest Mt 18:20 to be a 
> > *name* so called, is putting something into the text that isn't there.
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> > Also, to see no difference in "gathered in My Name" and the so called 
> > "Brethren" or "Brethren assemblies" is also adding something to the Word of 
> > God that is not there.
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 It is really my point, Phil.   If we observe that all groups of believers gather  in 
the  name of the Lord Jesus Christ then we are making one point.  If we are 
referring to some select group or groups who claim that they alone are 
gathering to HIis name then we have capitalized the term and made it a divisive 
name.
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> > I pity your dim view of this particular subject sir. In Scripture, the term 
> > "brethren" is inclusive of the whole of the household of faith, not to be 
> > used as some divisive title as you are suggesting.
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 Pity me if you wish.  I am merely pointing out that a "no name brand' is still a 
 brand.
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> > The only title given to believers in our Bibles is "Christian" which by the 
> > way is inclusive of the whole.
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 While you in another posting list a number of titles given in Scripture, I agree to 
the inclusiveness of these titles.  When I am in China, I attend the church on 
 Meiling Road.  That is the only reference.  Church is a Biblical term.  Meiling 
Road is where it is.    It is no different to the saints that met in Corinth.   I am not 
sure that all who claim to gather in His name alone would gather with these 
saints.
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> > You nor any other have a right to take "brethren" or "Brethren" and apply 
> > it to a certain group apart from the whole of God's people.
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 I regard these folks and others I meet with in other places as my brethren.
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> > Phil Nickerson
> > Gathering in His Name alone (apart from any denominational title)
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