Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered outside the gate. Therefore, let us go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach. For we have no continuing city here, but we seek one to come.
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The door out of the religion of Christianity is the knowledge of the way into Christ.
When people are trying to understand my message to come out of Christianity, they often ask the question, “Isn’t Christianity the body of Christ?” The answer is simple. One must only answer two questions, “How does a person get into the body of Christ?” and “How does one become a member of Christianity?” If the answers to those questions are not the same, then Christianity cannot be the body of Christ.
We know how to become a member of the body of Christ. Paul stated plainly that “By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body.” So, the baptism of the holy Ghost is how one becomes a part of the body of Christ. Now, is that baptism also the answer to the question, “How does one become a member of Christianity?” Of course not. One becomes a member of Christianity by one’s own will, by deciding to join one of Christianity’s sects. To do that is even promoted on billboards and television and radio spots around the country with such phrases as “Join the church of your choice.”
To baptize a person with the holy Ghost is altogether the work of God, but to join one of Christianity’s sect is altogether the choice of man.
God’s children are within the city of Christianity in spite of God’s call to come out. And many of them refuse to come out even when they hear the voice. But many others do not know how to come out, and that is why we must help them. If they can just be taught that the baptism of the holy Ghost is the new birth, the holy Ghost can begin to reason with them about the error of their choice to become a part of a religion that their heavenly Father hates. The door out of the religion of Christianity is the knowledge of the way into Christ, and Jesus has called us to help him show his precious people the door.