Many of the cults are now using Christian-speak to disguise their doctrine.\u00a0 Walter Martin warned about this practice long ago in his excellent book, The Kingdom of the Cults<\/i>.\u00a0 However, the cults have refined it so that now when they proselytize Christians, they sound as Christians.\u00a0 The Watchtower Tract Society, aka, Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, have been doing it for decades.\u00a0 The Mormons have become so proficient at it that they are now being considered a Christian organization by some leading Christians.\u00a0 The Hebrew Roots Movement has also become adapt in modifying their language so that they appear as Christians.<\/p>\n
One has to wonder; if what they have is so much better than Christianity, then why are they copying Christian rhetoric?\u00a0 It is as if they need the stamp of Christian approval in order to become validated.\u00a0 The truth is that in each case the Word of God clearly exposes their doctrine as heresy.\u00a0 These groups cannot win the lost, so they prey on unsuspecting professing Christians.\u00a0 In fact, they focus nearly all of their efforts on proselytizing Christians.\u00a0 The simple truth is if they are going to become effective in snaring professing Christians, they have to appear as Christians.\u00a0 Added to the problem is the fact that most professing Christians are completely unable to defend their belief systems.\u00a0 Most of their belief systems consist of such basic truths that they ought to be able to defend them very easily.\u00a0 But if they tell the cult proselytizer, \u201cI believe in Jesus Christ\u201d, the reply will be, \u201cso do I\u201d.\u00a0 If they declare, \u201cI\u2019ve saved, I\u2019ve been born again\u201d, the reply will be, \u201cSo am I.\u201d\u00a0 If they say, \u201cBut I attend the Baptist (or Assembly of God) church\u201d, the proselytizer can now reply, \u201cWe have a very good working relationship with the Baptist, Assemblies of God, and other mainstream Christian organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Someone may protest that the Baptist, Assemblies of God, and other mainstream Christian organizations haven\u2019t given approval to The Watchtower Tract Society.\u00a0 That may be true, but it may not be long before that occurs.\u00a0 It is a fact that the Mormons and Hebrew Roots Movement have made great strides toward becoming accepted by mainstream Christianity.\u00a0 The very reason for that acceptance is the modification of their language so that their false doctrines appear to be Christian beliefs.\u00a0 It is a clear indictment of the lack of knowledge among professing Christians.<\/p>\n
For the past several decades pastors and teachers have focused on messages that are psychologically stimulating at the expense of producing at least two generations of spiritually ignorant and incompetent professing Christians. It is easy to recognize this truth by simply reading Christian input on social media. \u00a0Many of the quotes by blatant heretics are shared by completely unsuspecting professing Christians.\u00a0 If it sounds good, they share it without considering the source.\u00a0 Some of the quotes, if they are even scripturally sound, are what must be considered pabulum, mere baby food.\u00a0 However, the ones sharing those quotes appear to believe that they have read something of great depth and wisdom.<\/p>\n
Because of the Internet, cult proselytizers can access Christian blogs, web sites, forums, and other social media, and learn how to talk and write Christian-speak. They have no compunction about cloaking their heresy in Christian-speak to lure a hapless victim.\u00a0 My encounters with cult proselytizers have been unpleasant, to put it mildly.\u00a0 They do not react well to having their disguise removed.\u00a0 They used to insist that they are as much a child of God as I am.\u00a0 Now they insist that they are true Christians. \u00a0They have so refined their words that even when I challenge their doctrine, they will defend every facet of it with Christian-speak.\u00a0 Christian-speak has replaced much of the old language in their literature.\u00a0 They have become Christian in every outward appearance while their core remains completely diabolical.\u00a0 When I explain to them what they really believe in their former language, they become angry.<\/p>\n
If one considers that there has also been a massive invasion of the New Age Movement into mainstream Christianity, and considers the many flagrant heresies and heretics, hirelings, and other imposters that inundate Christian media with their spiel, it is easy to recognize that this is not a good period for the nominal Christian.\u00a0 The nominal Christians simply wishes to attend church meetings, hear great praise and worship music, and a short motivational speech by a pastor, rush to the restaurant and then home to catch whatever sports program on TV.\u00a0 He or she is not interested in a deep relationship with God, a viable prayer life, and knowledge of God\u2019s word.\u00a0 They are no more prepared for the great endtime deception than they are prepared to win a soul to Christ.\u00a0 They are completely vulnerable to deception.<\/p>\n
Other ones that are vulnerable are the ones who are constantly searching for some hidden meaning in the Bible or a new revelation. \u00a0They haven\u2019t even obeyed what God has already revealed, and are going about to find something new. \u00a0Individuals such as these believe that the reason Christianity is not working for them is because something of God is missing.\u00a0 Somehow they do not recognize or accept the fact that they might be to blame.\u00a0 These individuals are vulnerable to the cult proselytizers that claim they have discovered some secret knowledge in the Scriptures.\u00a0 They back up their bizarre claims with a plethora of heresies disguised with Christian-speak and linked in such a way as to draw the subject into a web of deception. \u00a0The vulnerable ones are susceptible to beguiling words because they have long ago stopped listening to the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
Every true Christians that is filled with the Holy Spirit will recognize the enemy even if he appears as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14).\u00a0 The alarm bells will ring even if smiling faces, gregarious personalities, and clever Christian-speaking cult proselytizers create the sense of a benign and cordial visit to your front door. \u00a0Sometimes the proselytizer is a co-worker, a new friend, or someone associated with a trusted friend.\u00a0 Nevertheless, their initial goal is to set you at ease, get you to lower your guard, and discover an opening or weakness.\u00a0 You have to be alert and on guard.\u00a0 The rules have changed.\u00a0 You can no longer think, \u201cWell, it walks like a sheep, sounds like a sheep, and looks like a sheep, so it must be a sheep.\u201d\u00a0 Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).\u00a0 Nothing is hidden from the Holy Spirit. \u00a0Instead of a sheep, you may be looking at and listening to a wolf.\u00a0 When the Holy Spirit sends a warning, it is time to shut the door.\u00a0 Do not be deceived. Make certain that your light is shining bright and your fire is hot.\u00a0 If you are not equipped to be a victor, you will become a victim.<\/p>\n
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; \u00a0<\/sup>and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7 NKVJ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many of the cults are now using Christian-speak to disguise their doctrine.\u00a0 Walter Martin warned about this practice long ago in his excellent book, The Kingdom of the Cults.\u00a0 However, the cults have refined it so that now when they proselytize Christians, they sound as Christians.\u00a0 The Watchtower Tract Society, aka, Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paIm2N-5H","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354,"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions\/354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truthkeepers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}