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'Remember, and remember it well... the vast majority of heresies have come from

WITHIN THE CHURCH not from outside the Church.'​

 

[Vic C.]

'Remember, and remember it well... the vast majority of heresies have come from

WITHIN THE CHURCH not from outside the Church.'​

The Bible says this:

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 1 John 2:19

Barnes commentary says this:

But they were not of us. That is, they did not really belong to us, or were not true Christians. Mt 7:23. This passage proves that these persons, whatever their pretensions and professions may have been, were never sincere Christians. The same remark may be made of all who apostatize from the faith, and become teachers of error. They never were truly converted; never belonged really to the spiritual church of Christ.