God s people witness Him using the saving ministry of the gospel in their lives by the power of the Holy Spirit. This is a supernatural gift all believers around the world share. So the false shepherd who confesses a christ, scatters Christ s own, His people. Rather than reject all false righteousness and put all confidence in Christ s righteousness alone when shown the truth, the false shepherd appeals to an excuse that tolerates a false confession because he says that Scripture is not clear about the testimony of Christ. The false shepherd implicitly says the fault lies with God.
Schism never occurs in the true church.