Fw: House Church Talk - We've been noticed :-(

[DanG]

jesusislord wrote:
> Again, God-ordained authority in a plurality of elders is NOT an
> essential ingredient of the church, which may function quite well apart
> from it.  Indeed many churches lacking elders will function best for a
> time in seeing the men of the church alike submitting to their Head (I
> Cor. 11:3) in serving one another, rather than prematurely recognizing
> certain men for oversight (often the "best" qualified) whom the Lord
> Himself has not yet made to serve as its overseers.
> 
> Grace in Christ,
> Glenn S.

Thanks for your responses to this, Glenn - I liked what you wrote.

It seems that the same old mantra is the same old mantra - perhaps the
same as some 2000 years ago - do it right is the prime motive, do it
according to law and what is correct, not do it as Abraham did, as
David did.  What did they do?  I don't know, but I sure see them
written up in Romans, etc - seems they did as God wanted?  They dwelt
there and not in fear of what is correct.  Structure and elders surely
is not the most important of all goals in today's church, is it?  I am
not using the word relationship as most do, because I cannot find this
word in the Bible like we use it today.  I have most likely broken my
rule here, but...
DanG ChicagoArea