John 16:2 (KJV) Come Out of the Synagogues

John 16:2 (KJV)
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

These days many so-called Christians practice a form of Judaism. When I confront them about it, they try to point out that all the New Testament Christians maintained synagogue worship. They cite Paul’s custom of going first to the synagogues of a city as proof he continued to worship there. 

I would point out that Jesus told His disciples, these very people the modern Judaizers claim to follow, that they would be put out of the synagogues and that they should not be offended by it. 

Paul did, in fact, go to the synagogues. But he did not go there to participate in Jewish worship, he went there to correct and warn them. It never ended well. In every town, he established a local church. He did not encourage converts to unite with the local synagogues. They would not have been welcome. He encouraged converts, both Jews and Gentiles, to unite together in this one new body, a local church. 

This, I am confident, is still the counsel of the Scriptures. 

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John 16:2 (KJV) Come Out of the Synagogues

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