Anthony,

I don't know if you can read yourself actually denying what you propose above but in calling a man a "false brother" you are repudiating your own insistence that the idea of a visible Church is a "man-made" doctrine. What was the man before he denied the faith, precisely, in the eyes of the Church?

Seriously, if somebody wants to read a perfect example of the dilemna that some credo-Baptists put themselves into, all they have to do is line up my posts above with your last post and they will see exactly what I'm talking about.

Since you reject the visible and invisible Church distinction, Anthony, and it's just the Church (since false brothers are not really in the Church), I think we can solve this confusion right away. Please post the member list of your Church and annotate those in your congration that are baptized that are in the "Church" and are saved from the foundation of the world and also annotate those that are false brothers. Without that list, I can't make any sense of your insistance that you believe a visible/invisible Church distinction is man-made.

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Rich
Okinawa, Japan

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