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Originally Posted by Bananas_on_Bread
From my understanding if the bible, all believers are His disciples...
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1) I never claimed otherwise. Did you misunderstand my meaning in the term "closed group"?
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closed groups and open groups
A Dictionary of Sociology | 1998 | GORDON MARSHALL | 381 words | Copyright
closed groups and open groups These terms are sometimes applied to social groups or organizations which have (respectively) fairly impermeable boundaries, and therefore little interaction with outsiders, or permeable boundaries with few barriers to relations with outsiders. Thus, there can be open and closed religious sects, clubs, committees, military élites, and so forth.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O88...pengroups.html
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2) Never mind your understanding, what does the Bible say? If you want to claim the Bible says something, quote Scripture or be quiet, thanks.
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...and what he says to the original disciples I are guidelines for the next disciples
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Even if you take that route, what I said about Him addressing a closed group, and those remarks referring to that group only, stands. Jesus never told anyone to love everyone.