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 During the Lord's day, too, there have appeared "false apostles" who speak twisted things to draw away the disciples after themselves." (2 Corinthians 11:13; Acts 120:30; Revelation 1:10) They see good in all the conflicting sectarian religions, claim that God does have an organization and deny that Jesus received Kingdom power in 1914. They fulfill the prophecy at 2 Peter 3:3, 4:"In the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires and saying: 'Where is this promised presence of his? Why, from the day our forefathers fell asleep in death, all things are continuing exactly as from creation's beginning.'"

These ridiculers rebel at the thought of making public declaration of their faith. (Romans 10:10) They have enlisted the support of Christendom's clergy and the aid of news journals and TV stations to spread lying reports about their former associates. Faithful ones soon find that their speech and conduct of these deceivers do not ring true. Like the Ephesians, Christians today "cannot bear bad men," so they disfellowship them from their congregations. 

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