The
Exclusivity of the Apostasy
That was the true Light, which lighteth every human that
cometh into the world. [John 1]
The root cause of the falling
away is a basic confusion as to what constitutes the authoritative divine
word. The Bible as a written, printed
document states within its own pages that one must have a spirit of revelation
to grasp its knowledge! That is, by its
own testimony, it cannot be understood apart from a spirit of revelation and of
wisdom. [Ephesians 2] When spiritually
quickened, genuinely made alive; then it can be the living word of God to a
person or meeting. But, to state that the printed book equals the divine word
is a fatal departure from the primitive faith.
The antichrist spirit is further
demonstrated in its restricted, elitist doctrine by its denial of a fundamental
fact of genuine spirituality: that the Light is within every person in the
world. To miss this fact is to miss the
foundation of true religion. To say that
only a subset of humanity (my kind of people?) have the Light is a critical
error. It is to depart at the most basic
level from genuinely walking in the spirit.
If we misapprehend the divine goodness and witness at this critical
juncture, then we will end up wandering very far from real faith. We make ourselves susceptible to preachers of
hate and division.
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