One of the many differences between the \u201cchurch\u201d and the true ekklesia is the matter of who is a part of each of those bodies, and how that happens. In a \u201cchurch,\u201d one is made a \u201cmember\u201d by his own declaration, much the same way that christianity teaches about its version of salvation\u2014that it’s a declaration of man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hebrew word \u201cqahal\u201d and the Greek word \u201cekklesia\u201d are language equivalents\u2014they both mean \u201ccalled out assembly.\u201d With the \u201cchurch,\u201d man decides to join, and is added by his own declaration that he is a member of the club (a \u201cchristian\u201d). But, the \u201ccalled out ones\u201d are not so called because they called themselves out. There is but One who does the calling, and it is not man. When one is added to Yah’s assembly, it is by Yah, not by a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a physical covenant given at Mt. Sinai. Who was it that chose who would receive that covenant? Did the Israelites decide that they would receive it? Did they pray a prayer, and then claim they had the covenant? Did they ask the covenant to come into their hearts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, it was Yah who chose who would receive the covenant, and as such, He chose who would be His \u201cqahal.\u201d What happened at Mt. Sinai is a physical foreshadow of His called out assembly today, which is spiritual, not physical–those who are given the spiritual covenant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is man’s duty to believe in Yahoshua the Messiah and confess Him before men. It is Yah who decides that a person will be given the covenant. Man does not have the power or authority to add himself to Yah’s family. Only Yah can do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cchurch\u201d falsely teaches that all man has to do is make a decision, and that wields power over the Almighty\u2014that it is man who makes the eternal judicial decree that he has been adopted. That is a lie from the very mind of Satan, and it has deluded and deceived countless millions of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only Yah can add someone to His called out assembly. And, when one is so called, he is eternally sealed as a part of Messiah’s body\u2014His bride. The \u201cchurch\u201d is a counterfeit of man, and its membership is derived wholly by man’s own declaration. No wonder we see those christians in Matthew 7:21-23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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