Section 6
believers in Christ, whether they practice im mersion or sprinkling.
Some say that we in the Lord's recovery are narrow. However, we are willing to receive all kinds of Christians. We receive those who prac tice immersion and those who practice sprin kling. Who then are the narrow ones—those in the Lord's recovery or those who accept into their fellowship only those who meet special require ments related to doctrine or practice?
The divisions among Christians come from differences over doctrine or practice. For exam ple, believers have been divided over such things as head covering, foot-washing, and the obser vance of the Lord's day or the Sabbath day. This fact should turn us afresh to Romans 14, where Paul instructs us to receive those who have the faith in Christ and not to judge them concern ing secondary matters. If someone comes to us with a different opinion regarding a particular matter, we must still receive him as a brother in the Lord. As Paul says in 15:7, "Wherefore receive one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God."
The importance of receiving the believers is illustrated by an experience we had during the early days of the church in Los Angeles. Three