Thus today as in type we find that the great majority in the church fear men more than they fear God of heaven whom they profess to save. And believe in the pseudo magic of church membership thinking that their salvation is secured by having their names in the church registry.
They [Jews] were killed,thus today as in type we find that the great majority in the church fear men more than they fear God of heaven whom they profess to save.

And believe in the pseudo magic of church membership thinking that their sold into slavery, and lost their kingdom, even though they faithfully obeyed their leaders and kept their names on the church books!

What happened to the magic of church membership? It did not save them as they expected. And what about you today who profess to be Christians, Do you think that you can reject Christ [in form of truth John 14:6] and keep yourself from being disfellowshiped and be saved? You can no more be saved as the Jews could who rejected Jesus Christ can be saved in their day.

Since Jesus Christ and His disciples were not lost when they were cast out of the synagogue, then the Jews who kept their membership there were lost. This fact proves irrefutably that the so-called "saving magic" of church membership is false. And that means if you have membership in any Christian church, don't think that this automatically secures your salvation any more than it did the Jews.

The Jews were lost for rejecting and crucifying their Messiah; so any Christian who crucifies his Messiah "afresh" (Heb. 6:6) by rejecting "truth," because he is afraid that his pastor might cast him out if he accepts it, will also be lost. If, however, any Christian is cast out for accepting or teaching "truth," then he is no more lost than was Jesus our Lord and his disciples were lost when they were cast out for teaching truth.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Mathew 16:25

Ellen G. White