1) It would be hypocrisy to support something we are against.

Before anything else, we need to understand the position we have taken as gathered to the name of the Lord “outside the camp” (Heb. 13:13). H. E. Hayhoe wrote that “It is a biblical and practical protest against the lack of biblical foundation of the denominational order in Christendom,” and there is a similar quotation made by W. Potter. If a person joins those who have taken this position, it is to be expected that they agree with such a position. The obvious conclusion regarding someone who has taken this position, as separated from the unbiblical order that the denominations are, and returns to attending their services is that such a person is a hypocrite. Paul speaks of this principle in Galatians 2:18, when he says:

“For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.” As a converted Jew, he had taken the Christian position outside of Judaism. He was actively engaged in encouraging others, who had taken the same position, to hold “fast the confession of our hope” (Heb. 10:23). For him, returning to that from which his conscience had drawn him out would make him a “transgressor.” While Galatians 2:18 refers to Judaism, the principle is the same with respect to the denominational order in Christendom.

Taking part in a so-called “church” after we have taken a position of protest against it would be hypocrisy. William Kelly wrote something to the effect that it would be a sin for him to return to that from which his conscience had drawn him out, and anyone who insisted that he go against his own conscience would, in truth, be encouraging him to sin against God.