Do you believe that the judgement that is currently dividing the sheep from the goats will come to this forum and declare it exempt? I agree with hidden, although I wouldn't single out just this forum... It is working it's way through the whole church. Division is coming. In the final analysis, there will only be two... Not the 40,000 odd "perpetually splintering groups"that BoL likes to reference... Just two. The divide is going to be stark and for those in the light, plain. But for those in darkness, the divide will be subtly imperceptible, and the scriptures will be the only means by which to discern the truth of either side. Deception is rife... As scripture says, the whole world shall wonder after the beast, and receive his mark.
So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true, that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures. By their testimony every statement and every miracle must be tested. GC88 593.1
As I quoted earlier, to the law and to the testimony... If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines, and the basis of all reforms. The opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, the creeds or decisions of ecclesiastical councils, as numerous and discordant as are the churches which they represent, the voice of the majority,—not one or all of these should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith. Before accepting any doctrine or precept, we should demand a plain "Thus saith the Lord" in its support. GC88 595.1