American churches have pursued the culture to the point that Christians are not distinguishable from non-Christians (“Christians in name only”). This has caused so many people to believe, or at least not discount, the possibility of people losing their salvation.
However, what does Scripture say in 1John 2? “They went out from us because they were not of us. For if they had been of us they would have continued with us. But they went out that it might become plain that they were not of us.”
Is anyone leaving the church today? Were they ever really vital members of the church? However, in a communal church this passage makes a lot more sense and it will be very evident when people reveal that they never came to Christ.
It will also be tough. My wife and I just had a young lady we sheltered for six months runaway from our house without a word while we were gone. Sometimes the people we shelter and disciple will go out from us because they were not of us.
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