Just when you think the Church of God can't sink any lower, along comes someone to restore your faith.
This ongoing public mental breakdown of Samuel Kitchen is sad and unbelievable. Armstrongism has such a negative effect on people anymore. Instead of focusing on Jesus, he placed his entire trust in Herbert Armstrong, the supposed one true Apostle who apparently still speaks from the grave to keep Samuel on the narrow path.
Recently there have been tremendous issues in the Kitchen family with brother being pitted against brother, all thanks to Armstrongism.
Samuel Kitchen has now resorted to claiming his younger brother is possessed by demons and has recently found him trying to conjure up a demon. Samuel let his brother move in with him to help with his window cleaning business. Apparently, demons moved in also and Samuel has been busy casting them out:
He thought while working, me pausing and working on office work and book keeping, was negligent and unnecessary, and I needed to be with him to finish the cleaning. I said, no I'm the boss and I have responsibilities and I needed to get this done.
This triggered him, and a wrong attitude came about. He began to believe I was taking advantage of him. He was no longer led by a cooperative spirit.
Since then, things have worsened. I've had to put out several demons, and restore order in my house. I caught my brother sitting in the dark, fuming and foaming in his emotions, trying to conjure a demon, and in his own words "searching for the devil". His spiritual condition got worse, and he refused to study the Bible or pray. He kept telling me, he already did.
Then, horror of horrors, Samuel walked in and heard him playing heavy metal which apparently to Samuel is a pipeline for demons to come in and enter his brother's mind:
So I've been telling him he needed to leave. He had me take him to a Walmart in a town 30 miles away, and drop him off as he was leaving to go to a homeless shelter. Upon finding they were full and could not accept him, he called me up and I picked him back up.
I talked with him many times, about finding a job, working for a couple of weeks and renting a place of his own. I didn't want him homeless. And he went back and forth with wrong attitudes and wrong spirits.
Now, he told me he never experienced these type of attacks until he moved up with me. I kind of agree with him on that. The Devil doesn't attack an evil thing. We were two men, who I thought was walking the same path. I talked to him over the phone and he sounded like he had a good relationship with God, and when things weren't working out for him in Kansas City, I opened up my heart, my home and my business to him.
I even paid for his flight tickets for the feast this year.(Something that is not refundable I found out)
God began to bless my business here locally. It doubled in one week. And I have tried to remind my little brother of what God is doing. But he has taken the stance I am using him for personal gain.
Tuesday night, this week, he was playing metal and screaming music in my bedroom, indulging in the evil spirits and anger and hate. He has done this in the past, and he is evoking demons and wants to swim in the hate and bitterness. So I walked in and for over an hour, sang Bible hymns, and confronted the demons that were coming in.
The last time things got this heated and out of hand, in he was possessed, and he tried to stab me and did a lot of damage to my home, and it was the Devil that entered him and told me to my face I was going to die and he was going to do it in Jerusalem.
This time, he told me he was looking for the devil to possess him. I asked the demon that was entering him, his name, and I got profanity and "I told you before".
It ended with the demons leaving, and I went to bed.
Things did not get better the next morning:
I was walking to the library to upload this next week's Bible study and Church services, to the channels my brother Tim(another brother) had returned to me last week.
He was still part of the channel, because YouTube didn't allow me to become "primary owner" until after seven days of being an owner. Tim made me an owner, and since YouTube saw I was just added, they said I had a seven day period before I could become "primary".
So while I was working on that, I received emails telling me I had been removed from the channels and I was no longer owner.
I contacted my brother, he refused to answer my calls or messages.
When I posted yesterday about it, he messaged me telling me how I wronged Clint, and he took it back because of how I was treating Clint and will not give it back. I needed to change he said, and he took the side of Clint.
Clint, had called Tim, while I was going to the Library, and gave him a story, full of lies.
Tim, took to himself, without coming to me about this situation, and took the channels, on total condemnation against me.
Samuel sees this as a direct attack by Satan who is angry that he runs the Worldwide Church of God.
It has been a stressful several weeks, of battling the Devil and demons, and those easily led by them.
The Devil wants to destroy the Worldwide Church of God, and me doing what I was doing on YouTube was helping the Church.
So please pray for me. My family has turned against me. I am not afraid, but I am deeply concerned for my well being.
I came home yesterday, ordered my little brother to leave the house immediately. He was no longer welcomed. He called the police on me, who arrived and told me he couldn't leave according to state laws and I have to serve a 30 day eviction on him.
I can end my lease and move, forcing him to leave sooner, but I would be displaced and without home.
I think that is what Satan wants.
So I'm praying about finding a new place, or waiting out things here behind enemy lines, until the 30 days are up.
It's all in God's hands. I realize a YouTube channel is not the Church. A website is not the Church. I don't need a home to continue to obey God. I don't need anything. God has provided everything for me. So whatever happens, I know it'll be okay. My comforter and protector is near. My concern is whether I am close to him, and that's what I'm focusing on right now.
Please pray for me brethren. I need your prayers.
What Samuel and this entire family need is a good psychotherapist who deals with mental illness, cult trauma, and recovery. It should NOT be a COG minister who is not qualified.
It is actually sad to see what Armstrongism has done to this family. They aren't the first and will not be the last.
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Dunno. Uh, maybe Sam should find a better hobby? One without all these tethers and hooks? I've heard that drones can be fun.
A good psychotherapist is better than a COG minister? For casting out demons? What? Aren't you a Christian, Mr. Editor? And are you pleasing Christ by going to unbelievers (1 Cor 6:1-2) to solve a spiritual problem? You don't know by now that these are spiritual issues? The sinner has to be renewed in the "spirit of (his) mind" (Eph 4:23), which only comes through repentance and faith. (Titus 3:5) He needs Christ to open the prison where Satan has him bound. (Is 61:1)
But if we, as members, have our faith in shambles everything will fall apart around us. It doesn't help that all of us keep disagreeing with one another all the time. This alone gives the devil an inroad to stir up trouble. I fear that this is going to continue as long as we continue to rebel against the Word of God.
The onus is on Sam and Tim to aid their brother. When you see your brother hungry, thirsty, alienated, naked, sick or imprisoned (Mt 25:35-36), it's your duty under Christ to assist, not play the judge, not despise the stumbler, not forsake, not condemn, not be oppressive or be judgmental, merciless, a hard bargaining self-righteous taskmaster, to bring relief, not to repel, to be longsuffering, to bear no grudge, to comfort. We were taught this way in the COGs but in practice, led by corrupt ministers, we have abused one another, demanding stripe for strip, wound for wound, forgetting the example of Christ under duress, afraid of losing the lustre of our image if we dare take a loss or do something good to one unworthy.
Sam, quit hanging onto the WCG name. We had a name once but now many are dead and so is the name. (Rev 3:1) Tim, you are a member of UCG, the main splinter, you should know better than to listen and believe the first words that come from a distressed soul, and not let your suspicions of Tim cause you to believe a false testimony (which also happened to me in the church) because this will bring sin into your own life. The onus is on the strong one to help the weak. But if you give Clint over to the devil, you will have lost his soul and Christ will hold you partly responsible.
I realize that not everyone can be won but if you have faith like the grain of mustard seed.... there is some hope that the devil will back off and the Lord will show mercy.
"It should NOT be a COG minister who is not qualified."
But in ACOG-land, their ministers don't need qualifications for anything. Being gawds minister means that they are near perfect in character, and have the wisdom of king Solomon and Dr. Phil. Qualifications are only for the Philistine little people of the world.
Sounds like his brother has serious mental health issues. I don't want to say anything negative because I worked on a psych facility & was married to someone who started manifest mental health issues and it was really exhausting & heart breaking to deal with. Usually most clients have an ongoing substance abuse issue that makes things worse.
These people are not well.
It sounds like the brother Tim as a youth likely was affected slightly more negatively by some kind of deficiency their parents had in raising these 2 chaps.
I personally feel more compassion so far, toward the brother Samuel who has to endure the rude noisy squatter brother Tim who covets his brother Sam's house so badly, that he is using the new crummy anti-eviction clauses to remain in a decent home where he (Tim) wore out his welcome. (after Sam seems to have extended brotherly love a-plenty, already)
To Sam : some ideas to get Tim out...ban him from all internet or wifi in the home. Remove any comfy bed in his room, see how he likes sleeping on the floor. Legally you have no obligation to provide the squatter any TV, luxuries, bed, wifi, etc. Even remove any light bulbs in Tim's room, and issue a warning that even the socket fixtures are slated for remodeling/removal! Disconnect any outlets to that room from the breaker box switch panel.
If this Tim uses the entire home as his "room", then maybe switch off the entire home main breaker a day or 2. Also close off the hot water heater awhile. No a/c at all if y'all are in a hot climateš”️
Sam (since it's his house) could begin playing loud amplified recordings 24/7 (or during Tim's sleep shift) of chatty parakeets, laughing hyenas, rottweilers. The guy Tim has worn out his welcome.
Too many "KOOKS" in the Kitchen!
These guys sadden me.
This instability has got to be disappointing for those who use the Kitchen library to "prove" or reinforce Armstromgism.
Umm. I have refrained from commenting or even posting concerning this. But you have a misunderstanding on who is who. I do not live with Sam. My younger brother does. And again this is all one sided. I don't know why Sam feels he has to post all over the Internet, but what you all call "Armstrongism" has nothing to do with it. All this nonsense from my twin brother, is just to seek attention, and it appears it doesn't matter what kind of attention. I pray for him. But there's a reason why I have kept away from all of this and what my brother says. Sadly he needs to keep it private, but it's his choice.
whoa, hard to keep the rambling story straight, sorry I missed detail of the actual bro. named Clint (not Tim) who is the unwelcome squatter exploiting the new anti-eviction clauses nowadays at Sam's
very sorry I took Tim to be Clint, my mistake
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