Double Standards

[Kevin]

Today we bear the testimony of the Lord's recovery against Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Christianity. Judaism is satanic (Rev. 2:9), Catholicism is devilish (vv. 20, 24), Protestantism is lifeless (3:1b), and Christianity is Christless (v. 20v).

(The Governing and Controlling Vision in the Bible, Chapter 3, Section 4)

It is very common among Christians to have many things in place of Christ. Believers may have ethics, morality, culture, philosophy, doctrine, and tradition instead of Christ. In a very real sense, today's Christianity is Christless. Among Christians almost anything can become a substitute for Christ.

(Life-Study of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 17, Section 2)

They seem to be exempted or invulnerable themselves from being lifeless and Christless.