“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth [hindereth] will let, until he be taken out of the way.” 2 Thess. 2:7.
9. Before Christ should come, what did Paul say was to take place?
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” Verses 3, 4.
Note.—The huge system of error now fostered in the papal church is the result of the falling away here referred to. Says Wylie in his “History of Protestantism,” Vol. III, page 25: “Rome manifestly was the schismatic; she it was that abandoned what was once the common faith of Christendom, leaving by that step to all who remained on the old ground the indisputably valid title of the true church.”
10. Together, what do believers in Christ form?
“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.” 1 Cor. 12:27.
11. Being members of Christ's body, of what else do we become members?
“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” Rom. 12:5.
12. As members of one another, what is the duty of each?
“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.” 1 Cor. 12:25.