If repentance doesn’t melt the hearts of people throughout the Church world, it will eventually seem like there are three churches:
*A Church that holds fast to the truth and faces the brunt of opposition because it refuses to bend.
*A Church in the middle trying to “ride the fence” through accommodation in order to avoid persecution and societal rejection (see Revelation 2:12-17).
*A lukewarm, “Laodicean-like” Church (see Revelation 3:14-22) that has allowed compromise to run its full course, stripping it completely of the power of God and leaving Jesus standing on the outside.
Source: https://renner.org/three-types-of-churches-will-appear-in-the-last-days/
Very well said. It will be interesting to see how many of the churches that decided to cease worship are still around months and years from now. God almighty has a way of seperating the fake Christians, lukewarm Christians from the rock solid Gospel believers.
I particularly like this from your article “The Bible makes it clear that if spiritual leaders refuse to take a stand for truth in these turbulent times, Christ will fight against them with His mighty sword. This is a battle that they cannot win. Absolutely no one may mitigate the truth of the Gospel — even for the purpose of purchasing peace with the world around them.”
For those believing a shut down of churches is warranted ( first time in history), please take more time and read Scripture about what is said about worship, specifically group worship.