ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD A SECT?  GP 179   9/72

         1. What church did the Children of God split off from? Is a NEW child a SECT? NO, he's a totally new birth!--An absolutely new creation!--Dropped out, yes, but a totally new creation! We are NOT a SECT! We belonged to no religious denomination as a group. In order TO BE A SECT, YOU MUST FIRST BE PART OF THE WHOLE to begin with. But we are not even a break with the Church System because we didn't break off FROM it, because we were never a part of it!
         2. Every single sect or group that you can think of has been a split off or division of some former group. What religious body are WE a split off from? They say we're SEPARATISTS. We have separated ourselves from the churches. But most of us were never a part of ANY church. The word SECTION itself means CUT OFF. What church were WE cut off of?--NONE!
         3. Just as we are created from the dust or elements of the Earth, so we've been made one body of the elements of the System. We, the Children of God, who have been scattered abroad, He has gathered together into one body. "And not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."--John 11:52
         4. We are not Protestants or Catholics or Jews. We are not coming out of anything. We are a NEW body, a NEW creation, NEW Jerusalem, a NEW man, a NEW Church! We are a NEW Nation! Most nations are pieces of former nations or empires. What empire were WE cut off from?--Or a part of?--Or created out of? We were ALWAYS the Children of God! He's just gathered us together. WE ARE A NEW NATION, born in a DAY, THIS day, TODAY! So we are God's seed & HIS Children & we were scattered abroad, but are now being gathered together by the Lord. WE ARE NO SECT OR CUT-OFF OF SOMETHING ELSE. WE ARE HIS TOTALLY NEW CREATION!--Hallelujah!