WN 7/5/76
Above you see a clipping from a WN article where Herbert Armstrong says he is the "pioneer" going into countries and "opening doors" for the Gospel to go in. He also states that by opening these doors he does not need to be the one to complete the job, but others may come later to do that job.
Various splinter personality cults that self-appointed Church of God leaders formed due to their narcissistic vanity, have used this quote to legitimize their apostate ministries. Herbert Armstrong, if he were alive, would take these snivelling little men and wipe the floor with them due to their arrogance. During HWA's lifetime, numerous men broke off and claimed to be doing a final work. Just one word from HWA criticizing them immediately made the ministries of these men weak and impotent. Even though a few people would naturally follow these men, the vast majority of church members ignored them.
So it remains today with every one of the modern day groups out there, not a single one of them have made any impact upon the world. They have not gone into foreign countries and met with world leaders. They are actually unknown. They have no gospel message that offers hope for anyone. Usually, it is a message of gloom, death and damnation. Who needs that in a world of nasty politics, terrorism and other life-altering issues.
These little man/boys play church like a bunch of bullies, just like they learned to be from their spiritual daddy, HWA.
Herbert Armstrong, who would say in one-moment that others would follow him with the gospel and in another claim that NO ONE could do the work that he was doing. God only worked through him and only spoke through him. This bold arrogance is what makes today's man/boy splinter personality group leaders such epic failures.
The other main issue the narcissistic leaders all face is the claim they all trot out at some point in the future the entire universe would be under their power. They learned this from HWA, Meredith and others.
Anyone who has been a part of the Church of God for a few years will certainly know the story of another person that sought to rule the universe and was cast down. That same arrogance is what feeds the so-called ministries of various COG leaders today.
Anyone who has been a part of the Church of God for a few years will certainly know the story of another person that sought to rule the universe and was cast down. That same arrogance is what feeds the so-called ministries of various COG leaders today.
SHT and NO2HWA
Even at the time, I could see that his claim to be bringing the "gospel" to the world was a load of BS. Christ never got mentioned. The "gospel" was a subject never broached. He carried lots of money, gave lavish dinners, etc. He was having a good time. It didn't take much for me to see the nonsense and vote with my feet back there in the mid-seventies. I've always tended toward realism and that doesn't equate with continuing to follow pure fantasy.
ReplyDeleteHe would go to spas between visits to important people. I can't even imagine HWA sitting in a tub with cucumbers over the eyes. Nor would I want to! But it does sound like something James over at PT would create with photoshop LOL
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ReplyDeletePractically all of the COG ministers talk themselves up while beating down their sheep. I've never experienced such confidence and a "I'm soooo important" aura in any other person in my life. A big contrast to 'call no man your master.'
ReplyDeletePerhaps not on full topic, but it always annoys me when ministers in the COGs retire and people talk about their great sacrificial service (a service they were paid reasonably well for). COGWA was, maybe still are, having a short interview/biography of those that gave so much for their faith. Of course, they were all ministers or ministers' wives. As if they sacrificed more than the individual members who were not paid or recognized at work or treated as superior due to their faith.
ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, the people who have been the greatest influence in my life were not famous to the "world" in any way. Some were not even Christians in any sense whatsoever, and of the Christians, only a few were Sabbatarians.
ReplyDeleteI am thankful to them all.
It is not necessary to be "known to the world" to have made a difference. Didn't Jesus say not to brag about our works, and to not let the left hand know what the right hand is doing?