First of all, if you will read Revelation chapter 18 you can see that God is calling people out of "Babylon" and saying that it has become a habitation of devils. Verse 4 says:
"And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."
Revelation 18:
1: And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2: And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3: For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4: And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5: For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
NOTICE that God calls these deceived people MY PEOPLE. He loves them, He rebukes them. They are obviously ignorantly doing something that they dont know is wrong.
Then again in Revelation chapter 3:
14: And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15: I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17: Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19: As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20: Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
God says that He LOVES those who are in a deceived state, He rebukes them BECAUSE He loves them. And He offers to come sup with them if they realize their mistake and open the door to Him.
If we are IGNORANTLY doing something wrong and dont realize it, just as Saul did before he became PAUL... God understands this. Read what James says:
Jms:4:17: Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Acts:17:30: And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent
But then again there is such a thing as WILLFUL IGNORANCE. If you purposely close your eyes to the truth and do not bother to search out the truth, then that's a different story. Proverbs says we should search for the truth diliently.
And it is not up to us to judge individuals. We cannot know these things, only God knows the heart. You can judge whether or not a church body is teaching error, by comparing what they teach with the Scriptures. But thats as far as it goes.
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Claudia Thompson
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