... We ought to speak plainly and honestly about these things. These statements, taken at face value, are blasphemous, they are abominable and they cannot be tolerated for the sake of any common cause we may have.

A man who welcomes statements that should only be said of our Christ is a man who is being exalted in the place of Christ, which is antichrist.

So where to from here? A little while ago I wrote a piece called Schism Needed. I was calling for a kind of division from compromised churches. At the time I was simply urging that laypeople, pastors and elders need to be gathering for worship even without the permission and blessing of their governing bodies. There comes a point where division is necessary even from churches that are otherwise faithful. The Church of God is not otherwise faithful. There is no spin that we can put on these wicked statements to make them palatable.

... there can be no common cause with Belial. "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Corinthians 6)."