Note: I had to google the word 'apostate'. First definition listed from my search was: deserter: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
An excerpt from the website: http://www.jamesrussellpublishing.biz/christarticle2.html
The church today revolves around the focus of worship. As if you can't worship God alone on a daily basis. You can. Yet churches demand that worship be performed in their church to be true worship, otherwise any worship you do on your own does not really count.
So, what we have in the church today is a bunch of do-nothing-for-God worshippers. They sing and pray, serving God with their lips but their heart is not near God.
They do not really love Jesus because Jesus said that if they loved Him they would obey His commands. They would do the works of the Father. Attending worship service is not doing the work of God when disobedience reigns supreme.
Go forth and proclaim the Gospel of the Lord and then you will have earned a reason to praise God for counting you worthy to do His work. That is what the Apostles and the early church did. They did not just become church members attending church worship services. If they did what the churches do today, the Gospel would never had reached anyone.
Everybody is too busy playing church to take time to reach the lost. Today churches grow not by saving the lost, but by recruiting members from other churches and from member's getting married and having children (internal generational growth). Jesus said He would make fishers of men, not take fish from one pond and put it into another pond. He meant to catch wild fish.
He did not say, "I choose you to become special worshipers, follow me and I will show you how to worship God." Today, that is what the apostate churches do. Everything focuses on the worship service. The devil is not offended by people worshiping God. He gets awfully upset if you tangle with his lost souls to save them. The apostate church is really the devil's good friend if he can get you to worship God and disobey God's commands.
God's will is easy to find, just read the Bible and you will see what God wants you to do. Feed the hungry, cloth the naked, share the Gospel, save the lost, care for widows and orphans, bear much good fruit, obey His commands, be merciful, etc. It is so simple to find God's will. The moment you begin to do what God wants you to do for Him, then He will direct your paths and give you good success in whatsoever you do. It is as plain as the nose on your face.
In my own words:
I have unknowingly been led into doing many things that offend God.... Here's just a few links that may open your eyes. I have definitely learned something after reading this that I don't feel comfortable shrugging off.....
http://babylon-the-great.xanga.com/480551745/item/
http://christmasxmas.xanga.com/677078838/item/
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