Living Church of God is warning their followers about false prophets, like Bob Thiel and Dave Pack who are trying to deceive the elect. Calling them false ministers and misguided teachers who speak evil, pretty much describes what is currently going on with both of these men right now. Thankfully, fewer and fewer people are being deceived by these fools as each day passes. Sadly though, there are many sincere people who are still being conned by these liars and agents of darkness.
Rest assured brethren, NOTHING like this will EVER happen in the Living Church of God!
Prove Your Beliefs: Jesus warned that before He returns, “many will come in My name… and will deceive many… even the elect” (Matthew 24:4–5, 24). Satan, the deceiver of the whole world (Revelation 12:9), will use false ministers and misguided teachers who speak evil of the truth (2 Peter 2:1–3) to spread lies and false doctrines (2 Corinthians 11) to confuse even sincere people. How can you avoid being deceived? We are told to examine and prove what we believe and then hold onto what we prove to be true (1 Thessalonians 5:21). We must also study the Scriptures (2 Timothy 2:15) so we know what the Bible actually says about specific issues (Isaiah 8:20). When we firmly establish what is true, we are putting on the armor of God (Ephesians 6:11–17) that can help us recognize and resist the efforts of our adversary who wants to confuse and destroy us (1 Peter 5:8–9). Take time now to prove what you believe!
Have a profitable Sabbath,
Douglas S. Winnail
Did LCG specifically mention Pack and Thiel, or is that NO2's insertion?
ReplyDeleteWhether Winnail mentioned Pack/Thiel by name or not, they are all getting so legal careful to not mention names often. But it is assumed that LCG in general has poor opinion of any splinter group splintering out of their splinter. A splinter of a splinter ends up very small in size.
ReplyDeleteTook time to prove Hoeh years ago, who referred to pages 443-444 of Graetz History of the Jews, Vol 2 (online), to write Jews had changed the sequence of leap years. Hoeh wanted Nisan 14 to be on Wednesday in 31 AD to accommodate the "3 days and 3 nights".
ReplyDeleteBut...the reference was about a maverick Jew who was attempting to set up his own Babylon Sanhedrin and later revoked his leap year change and Sanhedrin attempt.
Most (?) COGs accept the 31 AD date of Christ's crucifixion. However the evidence points to Nisan 14 being on Monday in 31 AD. Are your works built on Hoeh?