"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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Recovery

Sometimes it takes months, sometimes it has even taken people years to take that person out of that central role in their life and put Christ in that role instead. These people are in unspeakable bondage. And unless you have been in that bondage you do not understand where they are coming from. You will not even be able to grasp what their problem is. Why can they not fit in?

Not only that, but they will even say a lot of true things. “The church is lukewarm.” “The cult was more zealous.” “You are Laodicea.” Well, that is true. That is the danger. They are not just telling “lie” lies, they are telling Satan’s lies – perversions of truth. But look at the results, look at the damage; it can be found every time.

They begin sociologically as “cults”, theologically “churches”, but give them a few years – not more than ten. Then you will find heresy, you will find financial corruption, you will find immorality. But maybe at the end of it you will find Jesus.

If you are in bondage to one of these groups the Bible says…

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”. (2 Corinthians 3:17)

By virtue of the fact you are in bondage tells you that is not God’s Spirit.. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”. If you are in bondage that tells you it is not of God’s Spirit – it is a different spirit: a “party spirit”, a deed of the flesh, a sin, the opposite of the fruit of the Spirit. The deeds of the flesh are the opposite of the fruit of the Spirit. You are in bondage.

It might take a couple of months and sometimes it has even taken people a couple of years, but the sum of the matter is this: you keep your eyes on Jesus and one verse will become a reality like you have never known…

“So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (Jn. 8:36)

God bless.  

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