There is obviously a serious misunderstanding about what “church” is. When people say
come or go to, or have “church” they mean “church meeting.” The local church meeting is an ecclesia, a called out assembly. The universal Church, Body of Christ, is the Ecclesia, the people that were called out of darkness into His marvelous light.

My point is that clearly the local church meeting, just as the Body of Christ, is an assembly of Believers, not sinners. There is no privilege granted sinners to join such an assembly and remain as they are, or to dictate its biblically mandated decorum.

Paul wrote, “if” uninformed or unbelievers come into the assembly, indicating that they are not prohibited, but are guests rather than members (1 Corinthians 14:23). He made it clear earlier in the epistle (1 Corinthians 5) that sin should be openly challenged in the ecclesia. Continue reading

(Luke 14:25-33)

At the grocery store, we pay much more than we did 20 years ago. We pay more at the gas pump. It costs more for a mechanic, plumber, doctor, et cetera. It costs more to be educated, have children, or to have enough savings to retire (as if that is possible for most of us).

Now that apostasy has metastasized, and raging evil is pressing at the fence, it costs more to stand and be victorious. It costs more to be spiritually productive. The payment involves more praying and more abstaining from time-devouring and energy-wasting lures and distractions. One must make a greater investment in God’s kingdom, and that requires more spiritually healthy choices

ALERT: Attempting to get by with the same degree of commitment and prayer you invested even a decade ago is a serious mistake. Continue reading

(Ezekiel 13:10; Micah 3:5)

A Major Indicator of terminal apostasy is false prophets saying “peace, peace,” when there is no peace but God’s peace. Professing Christians need to be aware that such peace is a whitewashed wall (wall built with untempered mortar) that God will destroy in His fury. God is furious with people desiring false peace because it is actually idolatrous trusting in a source or sources for substance that only He can provide .

The fact is, many professing Christians seem to believe that God permits them to seek peace by earthly means. Furthermore, they believe that they will be prepared spiritually when the last days wickedness implodes. Think no one does that? Continue reading