Recognizing Cults or False Church

        It is always been heartbreaking for me when a so called  Christian cannot distinguish a cult or false church from a genuine one.  I am by no means a theologian.             God has just been very gracious to me to reveal His truth; to lead me in the right path - the mere Christianity.   

        Satanic ritual alone cannot be the determinative factor in identifying cults. It is mostly the DEVIATION from Biblical Truth. Some cults are:

1. A cultic/false church that is still under the LAW.

- Even though its doctrine is very close to the real Christian doctrine, its members are brewed in strict conformity to the Law of Moses/Mosaic Law (from Exodus to Deuterenomy) e.g. health laws that define clean and unclean meats, etc.

BIBLICAL TRUTH:

- Christians are under the Grace of God.

Romans 6:14

¹⁴For sin shall not be your master, 

because you are not under law, but under grace.

Galatians 5:18

¹⁸But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

Romans 10:4

⁴Christ is the end of the law 

so that there may be righteousness 

for everyone who believes.

2. The Cults on Salvation by WORKS.

- Cults attach something to the doctrine of salvation which is: “by Grace of God through FAITH in Jesus Christ”.

    To illustrate the cults’ false doctrine:

    FAITH + baptism or good works or obedience to laws = SALVATION

BIBLICAL TRUTH:

    - Faith is the only key to salvation.

Ephesians 10:4

⁸For it is by grace you have been saved, 

through faith—and this not from yourselves,

it is the gift of God— ⁹not by works, 

so that no one can boast.

3. A cult that does NOT recognize Jesus as God.

- A Cult believes Jesus as human or prophet only.

BIBLICAL TRUTH:

- Jesus is Lord and Savior.

Isaiah 9:6

⁶ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

4. The Cults on Heaven and Hell
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- Heaven is just a state of mind in cults and hell is nonliteral.

BIBLICAL TRUTH:

-    mere Christianity teaches the glory of Heaven as the reward for Christians (John 6:47) and the hell as the eternal damnation and punishment for the non-believers. (Revelations 21:8)

5. Oneness Cult
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    - Cult does not believe in the Trinitarian concept of God instead it holds to a oneness view of God.

    

    BIBLICAL TRUTH:

- Christians believe in the Doctrine of Trinity.  God is eternally existing in three distinct persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit, yet they are all the one God; co-eternal in being; co-equal in power and glory (Matthew 28:19-20).

2 Corinthians 13:14

¹⁴May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 

and the love of God, 

and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

        I also get so concerned when a believer, either man or woman, is engaged in what some call:

evange-LIGAW;
DATE-cipleship;
bible stEdy;
disciple-CHICKS;

        It is the practice of sharing the gospel to his/her “special” non-christian boy/girl for personal gain; trying to fix the non-believer and hoping that his/her mind will let go the false doctrines in order to conform to the “do not be yoked together with unbelievers”.

            We should realize that we do not become Christian with the mind but with the SOUL.   Salvation depends on the grace of God alone and not on our human efforts.  As the song goes:

“Only by grace can we enter.
Only by grace can we stand.
Not by our human endeavor.
But by the blood of the Lamb.”