We have left the religious systems with whom we were formerly associated. In doing so, some have interpreted our decision as opposing the people with whom we were formerly associated.  

Such is not the case at all.

To properly understand our decision, one must differentiate between the system and the saints. The saints are the people who are caught up in the system. They are people in whom we still have much confidence and in whom we have tremendous love and respect.

The saints always thrive outside of the religious system, but the system could not survive without the support of people. The system is something that is in addition to the body of Christ, His pure and holy bribe. The church is a divine and living organism; the system is a cold and sometimes formal organization. The body of Christ consists of all the born again saints; the system is an institution composed of both saints and sinners alike. At the heart of God’s church is life in Christ. At the heart of the system is man, his ideas and his machinery.

What is the system? The system is the powerless form of religion, whether it be Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism or a derivative of any of these. It is the traditions, the creeds, the rules, the focus on materialism, the hierarchical structure, the temporal buildings, the prestigious positions, the titles and last but not least, the politics.