NO MORE NEUTRALITY
CHAPTER 20
CHOOSE YE THIS DAY
The "25 men" of the SDA church have already turned their backs on the Lord, His Sabbath, and have planted the abomination of desolation in the midst of the church as God has prophesied in Ezekiel 8:16. Corporate probation for the SDA church is now closed, and the sealing of individuals in Ezekiel 9 is already beginning.
As this is true, where are those who will sigh and cry for all the abominations? Where are those who will be obedient to the Lord and separate from the abominable SDA church, and will not stubbornly follow this false church and its religious system posing as the true church? Who is going to leave this synagogue of Satan, that is compromising God's holy Sabbath in order to exalt Sunday, and which is now openly leading our people to worship on Sunday? Our people are being led to the slaughter and who will warn them by word and example?
It is time to stand up and be counted for God. It is not time to remain connected with the corrupt SDA church and become "partakers of her sins." We must come completely out and be separate and stand for our God, warning our brothers and sisters to do the same thing.
We can not remain in the corrupt and apostate SDA church waiting for them to kick us out--thinking that we are obeying Christ by doing so. There is not one "Thus saith the Lord" or "It is written" telling God's people to stay in the midst of an apostate church. Babylon has no right to tell us when to leave! If we follow this foolish line of human reasoning, then we are not under the yoke of Christ but are under the yoke of man! We are waiting for man to tell us that it is now O.K. to obey Christ's command to separate. But God does not accept forced obedience to His commands; He will only accept our willing obedience.
Neither should we follow the example of that man of Jerusalem, who, despite seeing the abomination of desolation planted in the church, would not obey his Lord and refused to flee Jerusalem.(562) He reasoned that he would stay and try to warn more people of what was going on. So he remained in the church and continued to warn the people about the abominations and the woes to come. It is very interesting that the historian, Josephus, reveals that this man's name was Jesus.(563)
But all the church members had a choice of following either the example and command of the real Jesus Christ--by willingly separating themselves from their apostate church, or by choosing to follow the example of this false Jesus by remaining in the church to warn about all the abominations going on within it.
What happened to this false christ and those who chose to follow his example by disobeying the real Christ and remaining in the doomed apostate church? They were destroyed right along with the apostate church. And not one Christian perished in this destruction, because these had already obeyed the real Christ and separated from the doomed church to a place of safety outside Jerusalem.(564)
Did this false-christ ever realize that because he chose to disobey God and refused to separate himself from the church, that he was lost along with all the rest of those who followed His example? This false christ blindly continued to proclaim the abominations and woes of the church, until the very end when he did finally wake up to the fact that he was going to lose his eternal life in its destruction!
Josephus records his last words:
"...for seven years and five months he continued his wail, his voice did not weaken, nor did he grow weary until, during the siege, when he beheld his prophecies come true, his voice was stopped. For then, as he was making his rounds on the wall, crying in a piercing voice, `Woe, woe once more, to the city, to the people, and to the Temple,' and this time adding, `Woe, woe to myself also,' he was struck by a stone shot from the ballista and killed on the spot, his dying lips still uttering the same portentous words." Jerusalem and Rome: The Writings of Josephus, p 162 (War VI, 5:3).
This man lost both his temporal and eternal life because he disobeyed Christ's command and refused to separate from the apostate church, and not one single soul was reported to have been saved by his choice to remain inside the church and warn the people from within! So by his refusal to separate from the church and by his example of disobedience (even though he continued to cry about all the abominations) he showed that he was a false christ. Thus he died in vain along with all who refused to leave the church in order to be with Christ and His true followers on the outside.
He should have obeyed the Lord and separated from the doomed church, showing by his example of obedience the way of life. Thus others might have taken notice of his example, and saved their own lives. Nevertheless, all were given ample opportunity to escape, and all made their decisions to leave or stay. And those who lost their lives for eternity can only blame it upon their own choice to disobey Christ's command to separate!
This same exact scenario is being repeated today! There is no way that the SDA church can corporately escape the doom awaiting her--probation for the church has closed. And there will be no way that any individual will escape destruction should they choose to remain connected with and a part of the church. The only way to escape God's judgments on the church is to completely separate yourself (including your membership) from the entire SDA corporate church.
There will not be one SDA who knows the truth and who will be sealed with the seal of God IF THEY REMAIN CONNECTED WITH THE APOSTATE SDA CHURCH!
"The angel is to place a mark upon the forehead of all who are separated from sin and sinners, and the destroying angel will follow, to slay utterly both old and young." Testimonies, vol 5, p 505.
For those who have chosen to no longer remain neutral, but to follow the will of God and separate themselves completely from the SDA church, what more must they do to receive the seal of God?
"Many will not receive the seal of God because they do not keep His commandments or bear the fruits of righteousness." SDA Bible Commentary, vol 7, p 970.
"Those who would have the seal of God in their foreheads must keep the Sabbath of the Lord."(565) SDA Bible Commentary, vol 7, p 970.
"The seal of the living God will be placed upon those only who bear a likeness to Christ in character." SDA Bible Commentary, vol 7, p 970.
"Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them.(566) It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement."(567) Testimonies, vol 5, p 214.
"Only those who receive the seal of the living God will have the passport through the gates of the Holy City."(568) SDA Bible Commentary, vol 7, p 970.
"The seal of God will be placed upon the foreheads of those only who sigh and cry for all the abominations done in the land." Testimonies, vol 5, p 212.
"Mark this point with care: Those who receive the pure mark of truth, wrought in them by the power of the Holy Ghost, represented by a mark by the man in linen, are those `that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done' in the church." [Ezekiel 9:4] Testimonies, vol 3, p 267.
Those only who keep all of God's commandments--especially the Sabbath, who bear the fruits of righteousness, who have Christ's perfect character in themselves without spot or wrinkle, who sigh and cry for all the wickedness and abominations done in the church or land, and who are completely separate from sin and sinners, will receive the seal of God, and possibly become a part of the 144,000. But those who refuse to separate themselves from the SDA church will not even have a chance to be a part of the 144,000--even if they had overcome all personal sin!
God clearly states:
"These [144,000] are they which were not defiled with women [churches]; for they are virgins....And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault..." Revelation 14:4-5.
It is not just being free from all personal sin, but also being free from all corporate sin, that qualifies us for the seal of God and a possible a place among the 144,000! But if we refuse to separate from the SDA church to be with Christ, or neglect to remove our membership from the church books, then we will have no chance at all for either the seal of God or a place among the 144,000. Hence we are lost. Then:
"Let us strive with all the power that God has given us to be among the hundred and forty-four thousand." Review and Herald, vol 5, p 120.
This loving and merciful message of complete separation is going not just to the SDA church, but to all the churches. "All nations [denominations or churches(569)] have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her [Babylon's] fornication" (Revelation 18:3). They all, including the SDA church, have fallen!
Christ does not want His people--whom He has graven upon the palms of His hands--to be destroyed along with their apostate churches. So He is calling all to come out and completely away from their Babylonian churches, and to join Him and His true people outside of all the churches before the plagues fall.
This separation struggle is not easy, but it is absolutely necessary for salvation and the saving of our souls!
"Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's vengeance...My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord." Jeremiah 51:6, 45.
We cannot hold on to a corrupt church with one hand, and to Jesus with the other! It is either the corrupt, apostate, harlot church, or the pure, spotless and loving Saviour Jesus Christ. No matter how hard this struggle is, no matter how many friends we lose, or how many sneers or how much verbal abuse we have to endure, is not Jesus worth it? Any hardship that we encounter, or the loss of anything or everything we hold dear, is nothing if we may be held in the strong and loving arms of our Saviour!
There is a heaven to win and a hell to shun. And the SDA church is going to hell and not to heaven (see p 59)! God does not want any to be brought down to hell along with the SDA church, but He cannot force us to leave the church. It is a free and willing choice on our part either to leave and join Christ, or to stay in league with the devil and his synagogue. To remain neutral, or to refuse to choose, automatically places us with the devil by default. Either we follow the commandments and sayings of God and gain eternal life, or we follow the commandments and sayings of men and are lost.(570) Either we make God our trust and are blessed,(571) or we make flesh our arm and are cursed.(572) Either we follow God's will in bearing the cross of separation "out of the camp,"(573) or we follow our own will in walking "in the sparks" of our own kindling.(574)
God is calling all of His people out of the SDA church to entrust them with His true gospel of the kingdom of heaven--just like with the disciples of Christ. What a distinct privilege and honor God is willing to give to those who choose to follow Him out of the church!
But what are we supposed to do after we have decided to completely separate from the apostate Babylonian SDA church? What did the followers of Christ do after they decided to completely separate from the apostate Babylonian Jewish church? They started meeting in home churches!
"...greet the church that is in their house." Romans 16:5.
"Salute the brethren...and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house." Colossians 4:15.
"The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house." 1 Corinthians 16:19.
"...Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer...and to the church in thy house..." Philemon 2.
In separating completely from the apostate Jewish church and holding church in their homes, the followers of Christ were allowed the freedom to worship God according to Scripture, and did not worry about being corrupted and misled by attending the Babylonian Jewish church.
"Fearing that the faith of the believers would be endangered by continued association with these opposers of the truth, Paul separated from them and gathered the disciples into a distinct body, continuing his public instructions in the school of Tyrannus..." Acts of the Apostles, p 285 (see Acts 19:9).
Thus all the corporate church members had their choice between two places of worship--either the home churches that were following the true God and His truth, or the Jewish church that was following Satan and rejecting God's truth.
In fact, one such home church was right next door to the Jewish church!
"And he [Paul] departed thence [from the Jewish church], and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue." Acts 18:7.
This is exactly what God is also requiring of His honest and faithful people today! And believe me, there are people who know that the SDA church is apostate, but attend it anyway because they are lonely and in need of fellowship. If they knew of a separated home church that was following God's truth, then they would gladly attend it in an instant.
But these home churches of the early Christian era, which were scattered throughout the different countries, were not just isolated independent atoms from each other. They were connected in a Gospel Order form of simple organization for the purpose of fulfilling Christ's prayer of John 17, and for the furtherance of the gospel of God.
"The proclamation of the gospel was to be world-wide in its extent, and the messengers of the cross could not hope to fulfill their important mission unless they should remain united in the bonds of Christian unity..." Acts of the Apostles, p 90.
"Christ says that unity and Christian fellowship were necessary to the cause of God, therefore He enjoined it upon His disciples. And the history of Christianity from that time until now proves conclusively that in union only is there strength." Testimonies, vol 4, p 19.
This is exactly what God wants His true separated people to do today--unite with Him and with each other and fulfill Christ's prayer of John 17 in a simple Gospel Order form of organization. This organization is not a hierarchy like the churches of Babylon, but Gospel Order under the directions of the Lord.
"The Lord has shown me that gospel order has been too much neglected and feared. That formality should be shunned; but in doing so, order should not be neglected. There is order in heaven. There was order in the church when Christ was upon the earth; and after His departure, order was strictly observed among His apostles. And now in these last days, while God is bringing His children into the unity of faith, there is more real need of order than ever before; for, as God unites His children, Satan and his evil angels are very busy to prevent this unity and to destroy it." Early Writings, p 97.
For further information on Gospel Order, please write to the address given in the front of this book and request our booklet and/or video on this important subject. But if we who have completely separated from all corporate churches and now fellowship in home churches do not unite together in Christ and with each other, in order to finish the work of spreading the gospel, then God will pass us by (just like He has passed by the apostate SDA church and all the rest of the churches of Babylon), and will choose others. May we rise to the occasion and fulfill the work which God is calling us to do so that we do not lose our crowns to others!
For those separated brothers and sisters all over the world who may be meeting alone in their homes for church, please write to the address given in the front of this book, and hopefully we will be able to connect you with other separated brethren in your area.
But not one of us will be able to fulfill the work God is waiting for us to begin, until we study for ourselves and see that the SDA church is indeed Babylon fallen, and then leave it completely. It is far past the time to ride the fence--being half in and half out of the church! It is no longer time to be hypocrites by crying about all the abominations going on, and yet remaining in all these abominations by keeping our membership in the apostate church. It is time to stand up for God, show ourselves men and women in Christ, and "touch not the unclean" church. Then God can receive us, and be a Father to us, and we can be His sons and daughters.(575) But God will not be our Father, and we cannot be His children, until we fulfill the conditions and break all connection with the unclean Babylonian SDA church!
We have clearly seen the evidence that the SDA General Conference leadership have:
Discarded the true principles of our historic SDA faith (see p 133-134).
Changed our SDA religion and accounted as error the fundamental principles of our historical SDA faith by giving up the truths contained in the three angels' messages (see p 135-163).
Re-organized the church into a Catholic hierarchy (see p 165-172).
Wrote books of a new order which repudiated our historic SDA beliefs (see p 173-202).
Introduced a system of intellectual philosophy using hypnotism to keep the people in church or to bring them back to church (see p 203-210).
Brought in spiritualism and doctrines of devils to seduce our people (see p 76, 112, 114, 126, 209-210).
Lowered high standards into the dust in order to gain more half-converted members (see p 202, 211-216).
Persecuted those who tried to stand in the way of this satanic reformation (see p 221- 232).
Removed God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit from the church (see p 40, 65, 99-102, 131).
Placed their dependence upon man and united with the NCC, WCC, the ecumenical movement, and various State Governments around the world (see p 233-243).
Lightly regarded the seventh-day Sabbath (see p 217-220).
And have chosen to give up God's seventh-day Sabbath for sun worship, and are leading our SDA people to do the same (see p 245-256).
Thus the abomination of desolation has been planted within the SDA church, and corporate probation is closed: the SDA church has become Babylon fallen. This shows all who will open their eyes to see, and all who will allow their ears to hear, that the foundation, which the entire worldwide SDA church is established upon, is not built on the Rock--Christ Jesus, or the truth, but on error. Thus this Christ-less, Laodicean, corrupt, apostate, Babylonian, SDA church cannot possibly stand, but it will fall suddenly and be destroyed with a sore destruction!
Is the apostate SDA church more precious to you than Jesus? Is the loss of eternal life along with the corrupt SDA church of more value to you than the prospect of eternal life with God outside of the church? The apostate SDA church is destined for destruction and the seven last plagues (see p 77, 86, 90, 98, 117, 119, 266). Will you be among those who lose eternal life by clinging to a harlot church? Or will you choose to completely separate yourself and come into the waiting arms of Jesus outside of the church, making the line of distinction plain and clear between yourself and sin and sinners?
The choice is now up to you. Will you come out and stand upon the word of God--the firm foundation of truth, or will you stay in the hierarchy and stand upon the commandments and sayings of men--the sandy foundation of error?
This book was written that you might know what God has said, and what the SDA church has done. The decision is yours!
"If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve...but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15.
"Here and there an individual member of a family is true to the convictions of his conscience, and is compelled to stand alone in his family or in the church to which he belongs, and is finally compelled, because of the course of those with whom he associates, to separate himself from their companionship. The line of demarkation is made distinct. One stands upon the word of God, the others upon the traditions and sayings of men." Review and Herald, vol 3, p 169.
(Excerpt of book)
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION
AND CHURCH HISTORY
by
robert sessler
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