FBI Planning Christian PERSECUTION: Leaked Documents Reveal FBI SPYING On CHURCHES.
As Islamic radicals have become less of a threat the American security state has turned against the American people and is using its powers to persecute followers of Jesus Christ.
Colonel John Mills joins Stew to talk about the leaked documents that reveal the FBI is planning to place informants inside Christian communities, monitoring their worship services, and both spying on and manipulating believers.
https://stewpeters.com/video/2023/04/fbi-planning-christian-persecution-leaked-documents-reveal-fbi-spying-on-churches/
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The Federal Bureau of InsideJobs
(FBI) used an undercover employee to develop sources inside Christian churches and Catholic dioceses as part of an effort to combat domestic terrorism. In other words, while you were worshiping, the FBI may have been listening.
Why is the Vatican, The Papacy, The Jesuits, The Pagan Death Cult, The Whore of Babylon, The False Christianity Sun Worshipping Emperor Constantine Cult... NEVER addressed? I mean "Boston Globe's over 800 articles resulting in Cardinal Law's resignation with more than 150 priests in Boston accused of sexual abuse from over 500 victims..." and this was 20 years ago! Not to mention the Inquisition with millions tortured and killed... After that it has just gone on and on and on... But still, it is all about THE JEWS? I can't buy into that, if you "Ghostchat" are not interested in revealing the whole truth and nothing but the truth... then you are part of the problem, not part of the solution.
http://www.piratechristian.com/messedupchurch/2016/8/steven-furtick-cornucopia-of-false-teaching-egomania-and-hairgel
one of the largest and fastest growing churches in the USA.
(Obviously church growth rate doesn't mean the church is true).
a Masters of Divinity from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Furtick does not have an in-church board of elders that can hold him accountable, instead he has a corporate board comprised of other mega-church pastors; as a result he makes an undisclosed salary and lives in a 16,000 square foot mansion. He also gets extremely lucrative speaking engagements from his fellow megachurch pastors, and he speaks at many of the largest "Christian" conferences around the world.
full of Christian words and imagery, but he ultimately preaches a narcissistic gospel devoid of much Biblical truth; instead he uses manipulative speeches that "work the crowd" with spectacular success. Sadly, the Southern Baptist Convention has done little to hold Furtick and his church to the Biblical orthodoxy they are typically known for.
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youtube.com/catchthefiretv
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This is a huge subject! And the most perplexing too! Which church is true? If multiple churches say that they are the only one true church, then at least most of them are lying. If for 2000 years there was not a true church on earth, then maybe at this time, the true church has not been restored yet. But Christians exist among various denominations and none of them is the true church. It's totally possible that there is no true church on earth at the present time. Google it and I got some information. The following sites represents different opinions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_true_church
The Iglesia ni Cristo believes that it is the one church founded by Jesus. Adherents hold that Iglesia ni Cristo is the only true church of Jesus Christ as restored by Felix Manalo.
(The part about Mormonism is mostly correct.)
http://www.christianpost.com/news/real-christian-churches-in-us-forced-to-go-underground-soon-64235/
December 7, 2011
“In the past three decades, or so, many of the mainline Christian churches have slipped away from their foundation on the Holy Scriptures and adopted more and more secular tenets and leftist, politically correct, philosophy until they have become only a shadow of the true followers of Christ,”
...he believed that many of the mainline denominations in America today were nothing more than social clubs with franchises nationwide. (This could be true with the Mormon church too, although the Mormon leaders still consider sins as sins. They are quite strict in their teaching materials. But some of the Gospel Principles are not in line with the Bible.)
"...pastors are compelled to preach that those things the Scripture marks as sin are duly, and publicly, noted from their pulpits as SIN. If a church is reluctant to do this, or refuses to do this, then, in my opinion, that church is not a Christian church.”
...in America, pastors were afraid of preaching from the Scriptures, worried about the consequences – lawsuits, slander, or even embarrassment.
Even the government in America has criminalized biblical preaching and prevented thousands of churches and clergymen from practicing their faith without threat of penalty from the authorities,
the “increased slouching toward Gomorrah in the church and culture” was a reflection of poor leadership from the evangelical Protestant church.
(Many good comments under this article's link):
Most of the 'real' church is already underground. Organized religious services are not an expression of the 'real' church. The Lord has a few...not many.
(Maybe it's true that the 'real' church is already underground, and is made up of people only, not organizations.)
Our nation is defined by the a la carte Christian who seeks comfort and affirmation and by the institutional pastorate that gives it to them in a doctrine-lite message meant to offend as few as possible. By prosperity preachers whose message is that a good life is one of material success and that the size of one's bank account is a reflection of your closeness to God; pastors who are afraid to stand up for the Word out of fear of offending their "mega-congregations" and thereby reducing their own "closeness to God," aka their cash flow. We have diminished and marginalized God and His principles in order to create a belief system that is about us, that is driven by daytime talk show hosts who peddle books by the latest guru and who pad their bank accounts by adding leaven to our already bloated sense of self-worth.
Excepted from The Four Pillars of the Kingdom
So what is the "real church"? A gathering of people who are striving for relationship with God. They follow His commands, and strive to be better than they were yesterday.
(Is it really that simple?)
TheRamp.org
http://carm.org/questions/about-church/which-church-one-true-church
The true church is the cross-section of believers in all churches that adhere to the essential doctrines of Christianity.
(Could this be a possibility?)
http://sojo.net/blogs/2013/08/08/fake-church-v-real-church
Fake churches are destroying Christianity. The reality of Christ isn’t superficial avoidance, but genuine life. Following Jesus involves consequences, conflict, struggle, boldness, vulnerability, bravery, and hardship.
(Only answers one aspect, not the whole.)
http://www.voiceofonecrying.com/what_does_the_real_church_look.htm
believers standing together, drawing strength from one another (verse 5), determined to live with Him and be like Him (verse 6), and having the very foundation of their lives firmly established on the things He is teaching them and being thankful for His participation in their lives (verse 7). Now that’s what the real church looks like.
(Only one aspect, not enough.)
http://www.letusreason.org/cult12.htm
The true Church holds to the core beliefs of Christianity without subtracting or adding to them. Christ is the eternal God come in the flesh, there is one God and 3 distinct identities (persons) who exist simultaneously as the One God. The virgin conception, the sinfulness of man and the need of a savior, the new birth, the Gospel which is the death burial and physical resurrection, the 2nd coming, baptism, eternal mediator and priesthood of Christ, the priesthood of all believers, the infallibility and inerrancy of Scripture, judgment and rewards to the believers. These are the essentials that are clarified in the Scriptures.
If the Church one attends does not hold to these essential beliefs, they are not Christ's Church no matter what name they have on their outside or on paper. This is not my opinion, but the Bibles explanation what the apostles taught through the Gospels, the book of Acts, and in the Epistles.
In conclusion there is one true Church, but it is not found in a certain denomination or group by itself. Those who claim you must join their group or Church to be right with God, only prove they do not understand what the word Church or body of Christ means. It is not exclusive but inclusive, as it is found in the heart of all those who have accepted the true Jesus, and have come to God the way He has provided (through His son on the cross), and hold to the essentials of the faith. Whether one is Lutheran, Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Charismatic, or Pentecostal, etc. The Church transcends denominational barriers, it exists within denominations, as well as outside of them. This is the Universal Church that has continued from the beginning of Pentecost. While denominations may have differences on peripheral issues, they do hold to the core beliefs that make them all part of the body of Christ, the Church.
(I don't agree with the above. It's too loose. Considering the differences to be peripheral issues lowers the standard.)
http://www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/73/t/the-search-for-the-true-church.aspx
http://www.netbiblestudy.net/church/
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http://rcg.org/books/wigtc.html
Mr. Armstrong’s booklet Where Is the True Church? under the subhead “The True Name” Did Christ build one, unified, organized Church? Or is His Church divided? (This is a great question! Did Christ really mean he would build a Baptist church, a Pentecostal church, a Presbyterian church, etc.? Of course not.) He said, “I will build My Church”—not “churches,” “fellowships,” “sects,” “denominations” or “communities of believers.” (Did Jesus really mean his church will be an organized church? Or an organization? Not communities of believers?)
(Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.)
No matter how men interpret it, this passage speaks of a single church! (If Jesus really meant his church to be an organization, then what happened to it in the past two thousand years? Obviously there wasn't a visible single church organization on earth that lasted since Jesus' time. Or did Jesus mean his church will be restored?) Christ continued, “and the gates of hell [the grave] shall not prevail against it.” He promised that His Church could never be destroyed.(Did Jesus really mean that the organization he founded will not disappear? Or the believers will never be all gone? Or the organization he founded will eventually be reestablished again?) (It's good that David C Pack talks about end time a lot. But There are so many negative articles about the above church):http://hwarmstrong.com/incest-herbert-armstrong-confesses.htm"Many readers will recall that when David Robinson's book appeared in 1980 it contained numerous allegations shocking to even some of Herbert W. Armstrong's longtime critics. No accusation was more startling than that found in the book's last chapter. There Robinson charged that Herbert W. Armstrong had maintained an intimate sexual relationship with the younger of his two daughters for a period of approximately one decade beginning in the early 1930s. The Armstrong organization, through surrogates, attempted to use the courts to block distribution of the Robinson book, but failed miserably (Ambassador Report, Sept 1980). It is most remarkable, however, that in attempting to stop distribution of the Robinson book, never once was it asserted that the incest allegation was untrue. Nor did Dorothy Mattson, Herbert W. Armstrong's younger daughter, ever come forth to deny the incest story (and she has repeatedly refused to respond to queries from the Report regarding the matter). In spite of all this, it seems there are still some who prefer to believe that the incest story was fabricated. Let us briefly review the facts. In 1971 Garner Ted Armstrong paid a visit to his younger sister Dorothy. He had long been suspicious of the kind of relationship his father and sister maintained during his youth. They chatted over a few drinks and then Ted told her bluntly of his suspicions. She did more than admit the allegations. With candor she related detail after shocking detail. For a number of years Garner Ted Armstrong kept the information to himself. But Dorothy did not She divulged the same information to many others including David Antion (Garner Ted Armstrong's brother-in-law) and Lois Chapman (who had been married to the late Richard Armstrong, Ted's older brother). Dorothy's story as related to Ted and others was that Herbert had begun fondling and heavy petting her in 1933 when she was thirteen years old, around the same time that Herbert W. Armstrong now claims God was using him to found the modern era of the only true church. But he did not begin to go "all the way" with her until three years later. One day Dorothy returned home from a date with a young bank teller to inform her father that she had just been "half-raped." To her surprise, Herbert was actually "elated" over the news. Herbert decided it was time to show her how it was really done. From then on Herbert went "all the way." The year was 1936; Dorothy was 16 years old. Strangely, Dorothy has claimed that Herbert later went on to become a good friend of the bank teller. The incestuous relationship went on for years, but it was apparently not mutually enjoyable. Dorothy has related to friends how on one occasion in a hotel room she so strongly protested Herbert's abuse that the manager knocked on the door and asked what the reason was for all the noise. Herbert was quick to inform him that his "young bride" was a bit uncooperative due to inexperience. Satisfied with the alibi, the manager left. Dorothy has claimed that Herbert then overpowered her, and after tying her to the bed and gagging her, proceeded to rape her. It's a pity Herbert neglected to include this incident in his book God Speaks Out on the New Morality. During those years, besides taking her on supposedly church or ministry-related business trips, it was not uncommon for Herbert to take Dorothy out dancing on Friday nights. On one such occasion she asked him if he ever worried that one of his church members would see them. He told her no, because, in effect, they were too stupid to be out dancing on Friday night and that he had them well-trained (in keeping the Friday sunset to Saturday sunset Sabbath). These incidents were but a part of the awful truth Dorothy related to Garner Ted and others. In spite of church upheavals, arguments with his father, personal emotional problems and considerable notoriety about his own sins, Ted said nothing about his father's shameful past. Not until 1978. That year, during a heated argument between Garner Ted Armstrong and his father, Herbert W. Armstrong threatened to "destroy" Ted through making public certain information about his personal life. But Ted responded in kind saying he could destroy HWA with the information he had. Ted charged his father in no uncertain terms, yelling: "You fucked my sister!" Herbert, shocked at Ted's knowledge of the incestuous relationship, could only reply, "Well-there have been times in my life when I have gotten far away from God." The conversation overheard by Garner Ted Armstrong associate Benny Sharp was the last face to face meeting between the two men. And Ted has since related how the hateful look he saw in his father's eye made him suspect they would never see each other again. http://armstrongismlibrary.blogspot.com/p/wacky-world-of-dave-pack.html
(The Mormon church doesn't even talk that much about end times except getting prepared for emergencies, e.g. food storage, etc. The General Authority is not straight forward with warning people, but some of the Mormons are focused on prophecies of end times, which is good.)
http://salvation.scottsworld.info/which.htm
(Only looking at structure.)
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My original post:
You might have often heard, "There is no perfect church." Does that mean we can just join any church? Of course not. So what's the criteria for God's church? I know God's church does not mean one group of people. Church means the whole body of Christ. But in real life, the body of Christ is assembled in groups of people. Which group should you join? That's what I meant.
I believe many church groups have not kept up with truth - what's really going on behind the scenes in this world. Most pastors are not knowledgeable enough, neither are the people in the church. Churches are struggling to keep people in the church and support its cost. So pastors tend to keep people happy there and not willing to upset them by telling them the truth. People can be easily fooled too. They don't want to know the truth because truth hurts them. Who would want to face their sins and confess? Who would want to know the tribulations ahead? Who would want to give up the pleasure and comfort of the world, the enjoyment and entertainment, and go fasting for days? If a pastor calls the church to stop eating and enjoying life, but to start fasting for a day or two and keep praying, I bet half of the people, or maybe even more, might not return.
Shockingly, there are many prominent leaders in the Christian world who are not really serving God. Below is an unorganized list with bits and pieces of information that I have not got time to sort out thoroughly, but will do in the future if I have the time.
Local
http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=731&Itemid=8
Mary K Baxter EXPOSED !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haqnQp8Y-3s
Rare Footage of Chinese Christians | Secret Underground Church
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNYA4pAGjI
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Supporting docs:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/01/14/18749207.php
On the 1966, 1967 and 1968 Christmas holidays, Billy Graham traveled to Vietnam to encourage US soldiers to keep fighting. President George Bush senior made the decision for the 1st Iraq war (1991) after a conversation and prayer with Billy Graham. For the Baptist preacher Graham, George Bush senior was a “born again believer” with “the highest moral standard” of anyone he knew (Time 5/28/1990). When Billy Graham visited Barack Obama, he was the 12th US president since Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) who was advised by Billy Graham and with whom the Bible man prayed. Graham also founded the “Suburban Professional Men’s Club” which indicates that other interests are in play when Graham is called an evangelist. In 1981 Pope John Paul II greeted Billy Graham with an unusual gesture. He put his right hand on Graham’s left thumb and said “we are brothers.” One temporary culminating point in his lifetime was 1984 when Graham participated in the formal consecration of his own memorial statute (Decision Nr 2/1984). In 1989 he was even awarded a pentagram-star with his name in the plaster of the pedestrian zone on the “road of fame” in Hollywood (Nr 11/1989) – which is surprising for a man who preaches publically about Jesus. A staff of 450 employees worked behind him in the US with an annual budget of $50 million.
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Jesuit - Pope Francis I - 666 Mark of the Beast - Final Warning Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhoPTvXn_t0
http://religiousmatrix.com/
http://religiousmatrix.com/archive/666-the-mark-of-the-beast/
http://biblelight.net/c-record.htm
http://www.markofbeast.net/page3.htm
http://www.reg6.com/
THE POPE'S PRIVATE MEETING & THE MARK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z4qLlp-cIU
14.21
Preparation for the National Sunday Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbcHZsg5g4Q
1:00:18
https://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-SUNDAY-LAW-WILL-BE-ENFORCED-WORLDWIDE/375827316007
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"Now, knowing this, and knowing how the churches are being controlled, should we wonder why the main stream churches deny and fight against the book of Enoch?
"Every program we see on TV concerning the book of Enoch, all dismiss it & sway the audiences into not believing in the book. We see the same exact thing in the 501c3 mainstream state churches. People are being taught & conditioned to believe that the book is either fake, or heresy. This is designed to keep people away from learning the truth about fallen angels, demons, & aliens which are closely one of the same.
"Now, since I have done a lot of reading & a lot of research, I recognize the teachings of the 501c3 church & I know when people are just quoting other people and passing it as facts. This is what this writer from jesus-is-savior.com has done when he echoes exactly what the 501c3 pastors teach in their state churches against Enoch.
"Usually the people who are anti Enoch, they all happened to belong to a 501c3 church organization, which are nothing more than corporations of the government, meaning “state controlled churches” & this is where they get their limited knowledge from.
"State controlled churches have a government agenda, and they want to control what you believe & what they don’t want you to believe.
"I am saying this because #1 is the truth, and because I see a lot of people who go by whatever these 501c3 pastors say, and they pass it as truth.
Other readings:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/14/3917848/mary-sanchez-a-dark-side-to-missions.html
I'm not sure how much this is true, but it's worth knowing...
Mark of The Beast In German, Another Pastor Is Getting The RFID CHIP (Elvi Zapata)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnxN6BZ4mHA
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My own observations:
It's so hard to trust people these days. Usually when I find video of someone that seems really good, there would people who don't trust that person or classify that person as a false prophet.
I found a really good video of Norvel Hayes, and when I googled him, I found pages that claims him to be false prophet.
http://www.africanaquatics.co.za/_christian/_articles/word_of_faith.htm
This page lists Norvel Hayes along with Benny Hinn and John Osteen. It also says that Malachi 3:8 applies to the Levites. I didn't know that the Levites had to pay tithes.
Some of what these people teach may be correct...
Some of their teachings:
... believers are taught that it is a sin to be sick, a sin to be poor, a sin to be in any way below par. They are taught that if they are not healed "in the name of Jesus", they don't have enough FAITH!
There are some really strange quotes from these teachers. Without the original context where these quotes are extracted, many of them sound strange.
Although I think this one is reasonable:
Jesus is in a higher position now than before He died on the cross.
Other things worth noting:
http://www.africanaquatics.co.za/_christian/_articles/truth_about_tithing.htm
Abraham gave 10% of the spoils he plundered from the enemy kings to the priest. Abraham had not touched his own property or income (yet he was exceedingly wealthy).
Nehemiah 10:38 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house.
Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
These verses talk about the tithe payable by the Levites, not the tithes payable by the people. Malachi is rebuking the Levites, not the people.
Numbers 18:20 And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
The Levites, in turn, were to give a tithe of their tithe, to provide for the priests. All priests were Levites, but not all Levites were priests. The priests were to receive the best tenth of the Levites tithe.
Numbers 18:24-28 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe. And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the Lord'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
Malachi 1:6-7 O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
The Levites (those who minister for the people in the Temple: i.e. the modern day pastors as claimed by the pastors) were not offering a heave (best) offering to the High Priests. The Levites were giving the blemished to the Temple Priests. They were not good stewards of the goods God entrusted to them. Today there is no human equivalent of a High Priest. Jesus Christ is the High Priest of all True Believers today. (Heb. 2:17-18; 3:1-2) Those who claim an equivalent of the Levites today, (pastors) are the ones whom Malachi is rebuking. Malachi is not rebuking the "people"; he is rebuking the Levites (pastors).
The only ones ever authorized to receive tithes were the Levites. Ever since the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D., it has been impossible to keep the tithing law. Today, even Orthodox Jews don’t tithe! No one is qualified to receive tithes now that the priesthood and temple are gone.
WHY? Because the sacrifice that once had to be offered daily by the Levites has now been accomplished "once and for all" ( Heb. 10:11-13; Heb. 7:27.) There is no more work for the Levite in the administering of offerings. Do Christians need to give offerings? Do Christians need to make Sacrifices? Do Christians need to offer heave offerings, burnt, freewill, meat, drink and even peace offerings?
Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Col 1:20 Has not Christ made peace through the blood of His cross?.
Ephesians 2:15-16 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
The Temple rituals are gone the way of the cross, so have sacrifices, offerings and tithes.
Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
If you want to understand the book of Malachi, read Malachi 4:4, "Remember the Law of Moses…" That is the whole thrust of Malachi. But we do not live under the Law, we live under the grace provided in Jesus Christ. If you choose to submit yourself to even part of the Law of Moses, you have a problem. Jesus came to fulfill the Law and to add Spirit to it. Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the Law, to perform them”. If you choose to place yourself under the works of the Law, you are under a curse for the simple reason that you cannot keep the Law of Moses. To keep the Law, you have to be perfect. But there was only one person who was perfect – Jesus Christ. Our fallen, sinful nature will see to it, that we cannot be perfect under the Law. That’s why we need Grace, why we need Jesus Christ.
Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
The purpose of the Law is to act as our tutor, or "school master", to lead us to Christ, that we may be justified by faith (Galatians 3:24).
Mark 7:9-13 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
If you have money your family needs, but you withhold it from them in order to pay it to the church as 'tithes', you are doing exactly what the Pharisees did. You are saying your money is "Corban" and Jesus taught that by doing so you were invalidating the Word of God.
People, we are not under the old law, but the perfect law of liberty, which is in Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:12-18 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
James 2:12-13 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
We are never told where to worship, or when. (John 4:20-25)
John 4:20-25 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
We are told to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together, (Heb 10:25) but we are not told how often to assemble.
Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
We are never told how much to give.
We are never told what to give.
2 Corinthians 9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Whatever we can give, guided by Prayer and the Holy Spirit, we must give, but only cheerfully and with a good heart, without which, the giving is worthless.
http://www.africanaquatics.co.za/_christian/my_testimony.htm
To live life without Jesus Christ promises just one thing and one thing only - the second death - an empty, painful and eternal torment - in Hell.
Isn't it horrible if the above statement is true?
http://www.acts17-11.com/dialogs_tithe_melchizedek.html
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http://carm.org/questions/about-church/which-church-one-true-church
Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry
This page didn't mention about repentance as part of the doctrines. What else could be missing?
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http://www.letusreason.org/cult12.htm
Mormonism LDS- 13th LDS President Ezra Taft Benson, “This is not just another Church. This is not just one of a family of Christian churches. This is the Church and kingdom of God, the only true Church upon the face of the earth...” (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.164-165).
Iglesia ni Cristo:
“Each member ... should submit himself to the Administration of the Church in order to be saved.”(PASUGO, January 1976, p. 9)
''People who embraced the true church will be saved not because of the good deeds they have done, but through God's merciful act of commissioning messengers entrusted with words of reconciliation.'' (PASUGO September/October 1986, p. 20)
(I guess if any church emphasizes itself too much, it's a red flag.)
The local Church (Witness Lee):
The only way to follow the Lord absolutely is to go the way of the local church. (Witness Lee, The Practical Expression...p.94)
If you leave the church (the Local Church), you miss the mark of the Lord's testimony. You must be in the testimony of Jesus. Only the golden lampstands, the local churches, are the testimony of Jesus....if you are not in the local churches you are not the testimony of Jesus.”( Witness Lee, The Stream magazine Nov. 1976, p.7)
The Greek word is ekklesia (which is used 114 times in the New Testament) which means a called out assembly (Ek = out of, Kaleo= to call). It is never used of a building or of the kingdom of God. The Church is not the kingdom, but included in it. The Church is an invisible living spiritual organism, composed of all the believers world wide, from the time of its inception on Pentecost, until the taking away of the Church at the rapture. The Church began in Jerusalem, not Rome. Any Church that does not trace its start to Jerusalem on Pentecost is not His church. Those who claim the Church needed to be restored from an apostasy are not part of the original Church. Jesus said the gates of hell would not prevail against the Church, she would never be overcome, no matter how many were killed, it would never result in a complete apostasy. So any church claiming theirs as a restoration can't be traced back to the original.
Jesus told Peter: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” (Matt. 16:18). Meaning it would not remove it nor hinder it's growth, work or people. If his Church had apostatized then the gates of hell would have prevailed against it, which makes Christ a liar, that is uncomfortable even for the cult's to say. Christ will not abandon his bride, he said he would always be with. How could Christ be with his Church always if his Church ceased to exist for over 1800 years? The Church is already made and continues to grow through history. No devil or man can stop or hinder it because Jesus is the architect, not man. While it is valid to claim that there needs to be repentance or reformation throughout the church's history, to get back to the bible when we drift. To restore a church from apostasy has quite a different meaning.
Christ teaches In Matthew 28:20 he said, “I am with you always even until the end of the world.” And in John 14:16, 18 he said, “And I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you forever. . . . I will not leave you desolate.” Christ promised that nothing would prevail against his Church, that he would be with it always, that the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the third person of the Holy Trinity would be with her always. Christ will not abandon his bride. How could Christ be with his Church always if his Church ceased to exist for 1800 years?
We (the people) are the Church, which is likened to the temple 1 Pet. 2:5 “you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” We are bricks cemented together our spiritual sacrifice is ourselves, our lives. As Rom.12:2 tells to present ourselves as living sacrifices. We no longer sacrifice animals for a sin offering but present ourselves, our lives to God continually each day to be used by Him.
1 Cor.3:16 teaches that each of us as individuals are the temple of God because “the Spirit of God dwells in you.” You are not Christ's possession or part of his Church unless you have the proof by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. (by the way this does not mean one must speak in tongues or have another spiritual manifestation).
We are called Col. 1:24: “His body, which is the church” 2 Cor. 6:16 that “we are the temple of the living God.” As God has said: “I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
2 Cor.3:7 The church will be God's dwelling place. together we are the temple (the church) the dwelling of God. Christ “In You” is the hope of glory.
Eph. 2:20-22: “Having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner stone, in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” Jesus is the cornerstone and the apostles the foundation stones. Paul explains further in Eph. 4:15-16: “but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-- Christ-- from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” The Church is a living temple made up of bricks whom are the people. We are all interdependent on one another. Just as a house is not made with one brick but all are cemented together.
Heb 3:1-6: “For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.”
1 Cor. 12:27: “Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.” Notice collectively and individually. This means one does not have to belong to a certain denomination or group but to Christ.
No one is told to join the Church by the apostles because it is an automatic placing of one in the body of which Christ is the head. 2 Cor.5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
Jn.1:12-13 “ But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” To be born of God is to have the Holy Spirit regenerate the dead spirit in man back to a relationship with God. This comes through Christ alone, no Church or minister can give you this.
1 Cor.12:12-13 “For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-- whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-- and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.” This is how one enters the Church by the Spirit who comes inside us and unites us with the rest of the body which is invisible and visible. Paul writes in Rom.3:24: “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” This is one of Paul's favorite technical terms. Paul points to our spiritual life coming from being connected to the Son. It is Christ that uses examples to show us that He is the gate, the door, the way. We enter the Church (become part of the church) by a person and his work for us. As we come to Christ He puts each one in his spiritual body the Church. You don’t join a church but are born into a family that is the Church. And it is not limited to a local body but a worldwide family of faith.
When Paul was persecuting the church, Jesus said he was persecuting him, because he was the owner of it, we are his body and his Spirit indwells those who he killed. By killing Christians he was fighting against Christ himself. The Church is Christ's invisible body on earth. The Church is called “the Church of God” Eph.5:23-24: “also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.” 24... “the Church is subject to Christ.” The Church is ruled by God, just as our body takes instructions from its head. Col.1:18: “And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” If we want to obey the truth we receive our sustenance and instructions from Christ alone, collectively and individually!
Jesus referred to those who were part of his body/ Church as “my sheep”. In John 10:16, Jesus spoke of other sheep which were not of this fold, them also I must bring and they will hear my voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. What he meant is that the Gentiles outside the nation of Israel were to be grafted into the covenant and have him as their shepherd. You are the branches “I am the vine.” All these relate to our connection to the Son who brings us to the Father, and is the source of our eternal life. We cannot produce fruit apart from him Jn.17. Mark 6:34 “So He began to teach them many things.” Listening to Christ is the first step to having him be your shepherd, you then become a disciple by following his teachings. The leaders or shepherds are to train the sheep to hear the chief shepherds voice.
The word “Church of Christ” is not singular but plural in the Scriptures, which is a problem for those that call themselves the exclusive Church of Christ.1 Cor.1:2, 1 Cor.10:32, also Rom.16:16 calls them the Churches of Christ. Rev.1:20 says Christ holds the seven golden lamp stand's, the seven stars and the messengers (angels) of the seven churches in his hand showing his control. This becomes a problem for numerous groups that claim the name “Church of Christ”, since it is plural not single. Even those who claim Christ can have a different Jesus from the Scriptures. (2 Cor.11:4) So we must examine who Jesus is to them and their relationship to him.
Each church may have a specific way to minister to its own communities needs and essentially have different focuses. It is from this variety God is able to meet the needs of individuals and their personalities.
Christ is the eternal God come in the flesh, there is one God and 3 distinct identities (persons) who exist simultaneously as the One God. The virgin conception, the sinfulness of man and the need of a savior, the new birth, the Gospel which is the death burial and physical resurrection, the 2nd coming, baptism, eternal mediator and priesthood of Christ, the priesthood of all believers, the infallibility and inerrancy of Scripture, judgment and rewards to the believers. These are the essentials that are clarified in the Scriptures.
In conclusion there is one true Church, but it is not found in a certain denomination or group by itself. Those who claim you must join their group or Church to be right with God, only prove they do not understand what the word Church or body of Christ means. It is not exclusive but inclusive, as it is found in the heart of all those who have accepted the true Jesus, and have come to God the way He has provided (through His son on the cross), and hold to the essentials of the faith. Whether one is Lutheran, Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Charismatic, or Pentecostal, etc. The Church transcends denominational barriers, it exists within denominations, as well as outside of them. This is the Universal Church that has continued from the beginning of Pentecost. While denominations may have differences on peripheral issues, they do hold to the core beliefs that make them all part of the body of Christ, the Church.
(This article is more comprehensive and inclusive of more aspects. The problem is most of the main denominations have been infiltrated by the Illuminati. If you give money to these denominations, you'll be supporting the Illuminati.)
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The Glorieta Conference Center is owned and operated by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (LifeWay). The Southern Baptist Convention is not only a non-governmental organization of the United Nations; it's also been reported that the SBC is controlled by Freemasonry (http://watch.pair.com/sbc.html). Both the UN and Freemasonry want to transform Christians and churches into service to Satan. (I don't know if these figures are accurate, but according to Wikipedia, LifeWay is a 501(c)(3) religious nonprofit organization that employs 7000 and had a net income of $449,303,000.00.)
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he described the "cult" reference as name-calling. "If I want to win a person to Christ, how can I call that person a name? That's what shocked me, that we were calling people names." he indicated that his priority is winning people to Christ and throwing around the "cult" term does not help that.
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The World Mission Society Church of God is the only true church; all other churches are wrong.
the longer I was there the more pressure I felt to not associate with my friends of the world and felt more and more pressure to bring more people in and distance myself from my family. I did feel much love and I wanted to believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother. I wish my faith was stronger and that if this really IS the true church that God will have mercy on me for leaving and allow me to still be saved. I left because I couldn t live up to the expectations they had of me. I m a far cry from perfect and everything moved so fast. I moved into a house with some of the members and my life changed so fast that over time I came to feel restricted and felt that I was working too hard for something I couldn t feel with my heart. I want to feel the love of God and love God in return and nothing I do or say or act can make God love me any more or any less. This is the only church I ve ever felt truly taught from the Bible. I learned so much and truly wish that I could understand and feel what everyone else felt there and what kept them there and it scares me every day to think that maybe I m just not chosen to believe.
"the new name"
Check your Church first. If there are Christmas, Sunday service and Easter Sunday. Any of these Pagan stuff. You might be the very cult yourself.
Check the origins of Christmas, Sunday service and Easter Sunday.
WMSCOG is a cult. Jehovah's Witnesses are a cult. Scientology is a cult. All of these groups use mind control and exert an enormous amount of control over their members.
Christians today change many things about the bible...
but they do not.
One of the many many studies is the Sabbath day.
Actually in Revelations it says that satan will come and abolish set times. IF there was no set times then why would satan abolish them...there would be nothing to abolish! Sunday has never been set aside as a day to worship on going and going
Yes. It behaves like a cult. It is secretive. It separates its members from their families. It controls their money. And it seeks to squash any dissent, including trying to ban all criticism from the internet. So, it therefore seeks to curb the right to free speech.
they try to justify her based on two or three scriptures that are explained manipulatively. They say without her, no one can recieve salvation, WRONG! ( Romans 10: 9-10,.Confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be SAVED. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.)
they say no one can read the bible on their own and be able to understand it, unless SOMEONE comes and explains it to you, who is that special someone. Is He/She so great than everyone else? and how did God communicate with them to understand the scriptures the way they do, if they say that no one can have the holy spirit within them? does that mean that that person interpreted according to his/her own understanding? and the rest are just following what some Asian guy decided to believe about the bible.)
they think their founder is the second coming of Christ!
