This is where true discernment comes into play. The Spirit of God, if He be in us, WILL give us red flags...if we KNOW The Word of God, we will know we are not being fooled. Not to mention being Bereans. Not every single church is false brother and it sure beats being a lone ranger Christian...we NEED one another for a reason. If we have discernment we will know to forsake it as it is not truth but we are STILL TOLD to NOT forsake the gathering of the brethren.
A TRUE Christian will recognize the truth from error immediately (IMHO). Seems you would rather one be a house bound, lone ranger Christian with no Christian friends...not my bag, I NEED my brothers and sisters, as we all do.
Not every church is false . Very true dear sister .
If my desire were for folks to be alone then why would i even bother doing prayers and bible reads with anyone .
My desire is not that folks be alone . But rather true lambs gather with true lambs .
And that our fellowship and unity be UNDER CHRIST and not under men who have decided to bend the knee to the ever changing world .
Its not a sin to desire fellowship or i myself would be in SIN . BUT it becometh sin
when we overlook errors for sake of fellowship . WHEN we overlook sound doctrine in leaders for sake of fellowship . THEN it becometh sin .
I know many people who constantly pray to GOD for fellowship and yet when it arrives they find fault .
But when i say fault i dont mean faulty because sound doctrine was not being preached but rather
cause its not their cup of tea after all . Folks often can overlook the answer to prayer
GOD IS GATHERING lambs and when i say lambs , I mean lambs who simply desire the truth .
My advice is quite simple . IF men , IF EVEN I myself stood up
and tried to justify WHY i teach contrary to the original pattern , THEN FOLKS better correct me and if i wont heed
YOU GOTTA FLEE ME . SO how come folks sit and gather under men who try and twist things like the love of money .
OR why do folks sit under men who try and make excuse for why Women can now lead the church .
OR why do people sit under leaders who try and make excuse for why we can SUE FOLKS and take them to court
OR why do we sit under folks , leaders , who through carnal intellect try and reason why THEY DO as they DO
and not rather DO as JESUS said to do and the true apostel said to do . I KEEP IT REAL SIMPLE .
I dont try and pretend like i know better than the apostels . I dont try and pretend what they taught was for another day and time .
I simply say If they taught TO DO THEN DO and if they said not to do , WELL DONT DO .
I KNOW i sure dont sound wise and all knowing like these scholars and popular men of today do , BUT
when DID JESUS say YOU must become WISE to the truth of the age , Wise to the wisdom of this world and its ever changing times
HE simply said LEST ye become as CHILDREN ye shall in no way enter into the KINGDOM .
I , by grace , KNOW the apostels TAUGHT TRUTH and HAD THE SPIRIT . I HONESTLY BELIEVE like a babe
IF its in the letters from the apostels THEN BELIEVE IT and DONT TRY and make excuse to go around it .
The bible is so easy to read and understand , IT pretty much means WHAT IT says .
Its not like paul , peter , james , jude or john were writing in some kind of hidden code
that only wise scholars who know much greek can grasp . MEN DIED so we could get the bible .
ITS not like wycliff , tyndale and others GAVE US A BAD COPY of the scriputers . ITS IN ENGLISH
THEY KNEW CHRIST and were willling to die for HIM and for the peoples . TODAYS SCHOLARS , YEAH RIGHT
they would not be SO WILLING TO DIE for the peoples . AND todays agenda dont serve CHRIST
it serves ROME and the one world agenda . TOO many folks are being lulled to sleep under
what to them MUST sound like ever wise men but to me , I hear the same sound charlie brown did
when the teacher would speak over the air ways , blah blah and blah . THEY TWISTIN THE SCRIPS SISTER .
THEY are twisting the scrips to justify WHY THEY DO as they do . WHY THEY who desired the job
but not the COST OF SAID JOB . Church is a BUSINESS to most these days .
But as you said not every church is false . BUT MANY ARE . AND if the leaders of said churches
are not wise in the LORD , THEN SIT DOWN and GET WISE IN THE LORD and THEN step back up and do some teaching .