"Christian Cults"

by James Jacob Prasch

Deals with the subject of organizations which are evangelistic in theology but cultic in their organization.

  1. Introduction
  2. It Begins with Men
  3. The First Marks of a Cult
  4. Men Establishing Themselves
  5. The Personality Type of a Cult Leader
  6. Beyond Doctrinal Error
  7. How This Comes About
  8. When the Saved Do the Same Things
  9. Taking It a Step Further
  10. A Sobering Thought
  11. Further Down the Same Road
  12. In the Same Manner as the Sanhedrin
  13. Recovery
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Introduction

In the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 and Luke 21, Jesus warned about false teachers, false prophets, false Christs. Now when I was a young Christian it had been my basic assumption this meant Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, things like this. I have no doubt that the proliferation of cults that we have seen in the last century, particularly the last 20 years is, in itself, of prophetic significance; I do not question that. But those are not the false teachers and the false prophets He was mainly warning of. He was warning of those who would come in the Last Days, if possible, to deceive the elect. (Mt. 24:24)

Some, of course, have said that it is not possible for the elect to be deceived. That is a lie in itself. Jesus would not warn about something so much if it was not even a possibility it could happen. However, He warned about ones who would come to deceive Christians. If Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses deceive a Christian, it is basically someone who is newly saved who does not know anything. They are not going to get somebody who has been saved three years, four years, or five years, etc.

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