Come Out Of Her My People

[n david]

Originally Posted by Esaias

So now that we have dealt with the side issues, the fact also remains that God commands his people to 'come out of Babylon'.

Failure to 'come out' results in two things:

1. Participating in Babylon's sins. And,
2. Receiving the same punishments from God.

Biblical Christianity is a 'come-outer' religion.

The early church had to come out of Judaism (for the Jews) and paganism (for the gentiles). The same thing is true today (although the influence of Judaism is growing amongst professing Christians, it is still yet slight compared to the influences of paganism).

Of course, most people are not willing to 'go outside the camp'. They either want to 'reform' their compromised 'church', or they are just happy with things as they are. Some even want to further the compromise, hoping to be 'change agents' to 'modernize' the theology and faith of others.

But reform movements never succeed. They always wind up in need of reformation themselves. Witness the Methodist church, as a perfect example. They made some 'reformations', but did not go further. And so people had to 'come out' yet again... resulting in the Holiness revival. And then, they too ossified, and did not go on. So once again, when God moved, His people had to come out.

Here we are today. The pillar is moving, but many will be 'left behind' to die in the wilderness.

The call to come out from false religion, and get back to the unadulterated Word of God and the faith ONCE delivered to the saints, to the faith of the original church, and of the apostles of the Lord, is just as valid today as it was 2,000 years ago.

And meets with much of the same kinds of opposition as it did back then.

So you believe, like Renee, that church buildings were brought in by the RCC, are sinful and we should "come out" of them and form house churches?

That's the opposition in this thread, at least from me. The first post was about these things she alleges were brought in by the RCC, which are sinful and we need to "come out" from. They include church buildings, tithes, clergy, and "many other things" which weren't mentioned.

Obviously we need to "come out" from the world and paganism. I would argue there are hundreds, if not thousands of churches which have done so. But her stated resolution: "And the only way that I see “to come out of her” is to start Home Churches by those that are completely dedicated to God," I disagree with.