why do you not realize that I am not your enemy?


I realize that.


share with you what God has given me


Do you still not understand? Let me try again: someone else also shares with me what God has given them - yet it is in contradiction to what you are saying. So how can I determine which of you have the true interpretation of Scripture? Since you admitted you are fallible and not in possession of "all truth", how do you know it is really what God has given you and not your misunderstanding of what God has given you?


you condemn my understanding as heresy on grounds that are not valid


How can you say that, when you don't even understand what "grounds" we are discussing?


but would rather call me a liar without even contemplating the possibility of you being in error, or even considering what I see about yourself


When you say I exalt myself above God, you are lying pure and simple. As for the possibility of me being in error, I fully admit it! That is why I am not making my personal interpretation of scripture the standard by which to examine everyone's interpretation of scripture.


I have told you some things about yourself, which you say is not true...ok, forgive me for wrongly judging you then. But I tell you these things in love


I forgive you, but how can one tell a lie in love?


You accuse, rather than admonish. I rebuke you not on your knowledge or disagreement, but on your lack of love for me.


If I did not care, I would not try to explain to you the simple facts of scriptural interpretation and help you to see.


I will let you be and I will pray for you, as you will also pray for me right?


I have been praying for both of us, and others here, for quite a long time.


I pray that God opens your eyes, and causes you to discern the body of Christ.


Your prayer has already been answered. The body of Christ is here, now, and has been since the early church. Paul was talking to still-alive people (and not just people in heaven) in verses like Rom 12:5, 1 Cor 12:27, etc. There is ONE body (not many), and it is not limited to the saints that have died and are in heaven. There are universal, principal doctrines which by definition indicate what membership in this one body depends on.


Yet my church is not of a universal church of the whole world


Since there is only ONE body (1 Cor 10:17, Eph 4:4, etc.) and a singular church (Matt 16:18, Eph 1:22, Col 1:18, etc.), perhaps you need to either change your view of what the "universal church" means or else find out where that "one body" is and transfer your membership.

Brian