THE OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED
Having considered in detail the passages most
relevant to Biblical fellowship, we now examine those that might be placed under
the heading of “Biblical dis-fellowship”. Perhaps we
can determine, from a review of both sets, how far we may reasonably go, and
where we may reasonably stop, in our demands upon our fellow-believers. These
passages are grouped under the heading OBJECTIONS because those who would
most object to the general drift of this study to this point would no doubt
quote such verses in counter-argument. I feel that these
“dis-fellowship” passages have been seriously misused
by many Christadelphians. They have been “wrested”, in some cases,
out of their quite restricted contexts and made to do duty that the inspired
writers never intended. The extent of these misinterpretations will be apparent
as we continue.