How God Corrects the Church
 
Spiritual logic applied to situation where member in field church feels God is directing him or her to correct the church.

Individual feels he or she is a firstfruit in a true church of God.  However the individual feels the church is in error or, more generally "gross error" regarding a major doctrine.  He is attempting to get the church to correct itself.  The individual generally has the correction in the form of a doctrinal paper and often insists the error be corrected immediately.
 
Member considers himself a firstfruit in the Body of Christ Member feels God is inspiring or directing him to correct the church  
  Field church member    

Field member states that he knows church is a true church of God and leader is servant of God

 
Church   Leader  
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Field church member submits correction to Leader of church  

  Field member confesses that truth could have only come to him via the Holy Spirit.
  He also acknowledges that he will be able to convince the leader because of the Holy Spirit in him.
       

The begging question:  If God brought the correction to the field member via the Holy Spirit and the leader will be convinced by that SAME Holy Spirit, why wouldn't God bring the correction to the leader in the first place?
       

Clearly God corrects His church through the leadership of that church.
       
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