Would it be a sin to leave a congregation that accepts sin among its members?
Question:
I worship at a congregation where there is no preacher, elder, or deacons. The brothers serving on the Lord's table are living with girlfriends, playing the lottery, and drinking. I'm a sister in the congregation. I'm trying to go to heaven. I can't worship properly with all this before me. Is it a sin if I go somewhere else to worship?
Thanks. I am just trying to make it to heaven.
Answer:
I would go a step further and say that it would be dangerous to remain with a group that demonstrates no love for Christ (John 14:15). "How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers!" (Psalms 1:1).
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