Whatever you do, whatever group you join, whatever decision you make or wherever you choose to be, will make the "what you are" part. Don't you think?
Well we know Spiritually that is absolutely true, if WE choose to join God's Spirit it will affect us. If we don't decide to choose God's Spirit the other Spirit has already affected us, and will remain affecting us, even after regeneration, this Evil Spirit will try to invade us with thoughts and lies, even if it is now a foreigner and powerless unless we let our will be offered...
In addition, The Psychology major in me knows of the hierarchy of needs and sum total of our environment schools of thoughts that influence us as well, along with the attempt of placing the neurotic Freudian stages of childhood development and other crazy stuff in a sleuth of reasoning to come up with an alternative to the Spiritual warfare that is the true battle of all our lives. They even call it humanism which is laughable to me in it's reasoning, to think one can separate ourselves from Satan and turn ourselves unto God alone.
But if Satan rules us at any point before God's Spiritual rule, and the controlling factor of the Spirit of life found in us is the infusion of God's hands in our lives first and continually.. We see a component to the two different Spirits influences in way to us. God rules from within; outward. Satan influences from outside forces to influence an inward change of position,knowing that by doing simply that he then rules us once again concerning all the particulars of our actions. Where do our choices fall in that bigger picture in our influence toward or against God's Spirit assuming it is God's Spirit of life you are seeking?
It is true that thru our actions of obedience God moves in us from within, it is also true Satan moves to influence our mind thru the flesh and distractions and half-truths thru circumstance and flesh attractions and anything that brings our pride to bear.. but it is not in our control at all as to how broad and specific the Supernatural ability of Gods transformation is in us, save one thing: Our choice to surrender to it, and our empowerment thru obedience in God's purposes working thru us.
So, now going back to our doctrinal choices...it's simple it's up to Him. He won't give way to any deity change of Christ Jesus. And He will be involved in the specifics of His plan in this for you if we listen by seeking Him with all our....effort!
Simply put why defend the church that is not pouring the Christ you serve? Change. Second, if you don't see the problem in a ungodly church are you seeking Him? He will point this out to you. Yet, if a believer is in the fold of a church that is not edifying God the way God wants that church to function in that individuals life, can the brother still exist not being in error? Yes! But God will work to finish His message in time to this one brother, thus God is interested in our details in life, and at that point God thru the H.S. will give notice of the needed change..
Never choose then to be a worker for God, but once God has placed His call on you, or a thing to change, woe be to you if you " "turn aside to the right hand or to the left." Deut. 5:32. We must confine ourselves to the assignment in our lives that we are not here to work for God or make decisions of what church to go to based on our choices to do so, but because God has "Laid hold of us" And once He has done so, we never have the thought, "Well, I'm really not suited for this work, or this church, or this level of living." The whole of this issue is found in the answer to our everyday life: I know a broken record, but the only answer that matters of focus on the correct Jesus Christ! The one described by His Word.