This article written by Larry R. Taylor at goinmin@sbcglobal.net.
 
shows the best picture of the apostasy of the church I have seen in a while.
 
There's more, but this points out some things to us that we need to be aware
 
of as the time approaches. In my personal experience years ago, I found that
 
apostasy  is insiduous and is already there and active in local groups almost
 
and sometimes only after it has happened. Dear Doves,The church is sabotaged by
 
deception and various social clubs within the local body. It all becomes "fun,
 
fun, fun" while the true church of Jesus Christ sits bewildered and perplexed
 
on the sidelines.
 
God help us all to recognize the deadly signs and symptoms of apostasy
 
quickly and look to Holy Spirit to lead us away from this and to where He
 
has for us in a local body of Christ, so that we "come out of her" and serve
 
only Jesus, who is Lord=========
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Larry R Taylor
Oct 2, 2006

Because of the natural or carnal mind's inability to grasp the full revelation of the depth, width and height of the wisdom of God, men continue to manufacture edifices that are structural aberrations of mere imitations of glimpses of partial architectural elements of the true Temple of the Living God.

For example, without love there is no Church. A fellowship-less Church would have been an unthinkable contraption to the first century disciples. Recognizing the obvious lack of similarities between the early descriptive narratives and the condition of the current expression of body life, well-meaning leaders set out to imitate the perceived element of deficiency. Programs of restoration are instituted to bring the people back into compliance. Adherence to techniques of behavioral modification become the standard by which individuals are perceived to be achieving an acceptable level of accomplishment in order to reach what was the natural condition of the day one expression of biblical Christianity. A lack of conformity to the proposed model of perfection becomes the grounds for rejection of those not capable of such strenuous feats of emotional and mental stability. In the effort to restore true love and fellowship to the Church, men develop another system of evaluation and rejection of those most in need of nurture and development. In the attempt to rehabilitate the dysfunctional, the dysfunctional are the first to be eliminated in order to prove the success of the de-dysfunctionalization procedure. Manual, workbook, CD and DVD available at your local Christian retailer or Barnes & Nobel for only $299.99.

Another example: without miraculous power there is no Church. Had the supernatural expression of the presence of God in the early Church been absent it would have been viewed as simply another philosophical school of thought or an inferior offshoot of Jewish piety. Cutting edge reform is in order, so men manufacture a movement to reestablish a long dormant single supernatural element chosen from the manifold expression of God's nature. The perceived superior quality of the particular gift chosen is established by the leaders personal preferences and inclinations. A model is established after lengthy human experimentation in which emotional and spiritual carnage is the effluence by which the endeavor is evaluated. A new model is then proposed that will again be pursued ad infinitum until the length of the experiment becomes the only validation for universal application in the Body of Christ. Conferences, councils and seminars to be held in your area soon by appointed, authorized, certified and anointed franchisees. Franchises available.

When men evaluate, diagnose and prescribe a cure based on human observation and reason a partial incomplete restoration is the result. The goal was to restore the house, but only the basement closet was remodeled—and it doesn't look quite right. The object was to restore life to the Body but all that resulted was a cloned ear that can't hear.

In startling contrast, when the Glory of the Lord fills His Temple the Holy Spirit takes over the construction and restoration and the end product is a house not built with human hands that reveals the multifaceted expression of the Life of God that is the healing of the nations.

Imagine an entity in every community, village and city on earth that is an indigenous force for moral behavior, economic development, and global social interaction. Imagine that these outpost be centers of charitable distribution, emotional well-being and models for human interaction that when fully functional and utilized become the institutional expression of good in every instance where they are operational. I believe that the plan has been on the table for some time it's called the Church of Jesus Christ. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.