When we speak about people who fell away from the presence of God, we automatically think about those who frequently came to church. They were members, assistants, auxiliary pastors or pastors, and for one reason or another, left the Church and are now in the world. However, the fallen can be divided into three categories, as you can see below:
Fallen away from birth: These are the people we mentioned in the previous message. They were saved as children because of their innocence, but once they reached the age where they understood right from wrong, they turned away into the world of the fallen (read: Lord of the Fallen - Part 2).
Fallen away from the Church: They had faith in the Lord Jesus, reaped the benefits of knowing Him, such as being healed, receiving a miracle, becoming prosperous or being delivered, but they were never born of God. Therefore, influenced by the circumstances, such as: trials, deserts, persecutions, etc. they were driven away from the Lord Jesus and the Church by their emotions, and plunged back into the world again.
Fallen away inside the Church: They are lost inside the Lord’s house. They have not physically left the Church, but they are like the church in Sardis: "...I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God," Revelation 3.1-2.
There are people in the Church that participate in everything, but inside, they are far from God because they are living in hidden sin. They must think that God is not Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent.
Assistants, when Jesus said, "...Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity," Luke 13.27, He was not speaking to those who are outside in the world. He was speaking to those who are inside His house.
God bless you.
Bishop Sergio Correia
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