Sanctifying the Simple-Minded and the Erroneous COG Members

The 7th of Abib, a date that certain Church of God splinter groups finds significance in, especially those wild and crazy fold in the Christian Churches of God. Though this not one of those "fun" feast days COGers celebrate, this one involves members fasting.  This one involves supposed COG members fasting for the simple minded and the erroneous nincompoops of the world.

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We observe 7 Abib, the Sanctification for and of the Simple and the Erroneous (Ezek. 45:20). On this day we fast. Why do we do this? Was not Christ's Sacrifice enough for the process for all time? Are we trying to do something that was done by Christ and usurp Christ's prerogative? 

Ezekiel 45:20  And so you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who has sinned unintentionally or in ignorance. Thus you shall make atonement for the temple.

(cf. also Heb. 5:1-2.)

The church is apparently filled with simple-minded people too stupid to understand what God's most mighty COG leader is teaching.  Those spiritual idiots apparently are also members of the various COG's. They are lacking in intelligence and are unable to understand the amazing teachings of dingy Wade Cox.

Thus the Temple of God or House of God is composed of all grades of people such as those that make mistakes and for those that are less intelligent and can’t understand many aspects of the faith.  A good example is the Worldwide Church of God offshoots who are so misled by their ministry that they follow the Hillel calendar and keep the feasts and the Solemn Assemblies on the wrong days and sometimes in the wrong months; and so we must fast for their error and ignorance, and also for that of Israel and Judah and the nations that understand even less. 

This is the kind of crap that COG leaders dream up because they reject the one they claim to follow. Like many other COG leaders, Cox has rejected everything that Jesus came to do and replaced it with his bastardization of the law.  Once again the law trumps, Jesus be damned.

The asinine absurdities of Cox get even crazier:

The last day of the primary phase of the Sanctification of the Temple – which Temple we are – is the Seventh of Abib. Once that has happened the sanctification continues on until the end of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

So do we say as some claim that we don’t need to do anything before the Lord’s Supper as he set it aside and the ceremony of the Footwashing and the Bread and the Wine was enough? That is a false doctrine taught by some offshoots of the Churches of God and shows the appalling ignorance of the ministry of those elements. The commandment of the faith is to be reconciled to one’s brother and that we should not go to the feast empty handed and all males must attend. It is taken for granted that we must prepare individually for the Passover, but also we are commanded to prepare as a congregation and the Sanctification process is and always has been undertaken by the righteous over the ignorant of the congregations of the faith. God has set a process in place that has always existed and must be restored to all the faith.

Sanctification in the House of GodIt is always a fact that the actions of the House of God and its ministry which Temple and Ministry we are, has always undertaken the process of sanctification.

It was from before the giving of the Law to Moses, by the patriarchs such as Job (Job 1:5).

Also we are told:Numbers 20:12 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.
 Numbers 27:14 because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) 

The explanation here is that because the leaders of the congregation did not sanctify Christ as the Angel of the Presence and the Yahovah of Israel they did not go into the Promised Land. This was an example to the leaders of the Church of God that those who do not order and go through this sanctification process will not enter the First Resurrection.

Who in their right mind would want to spend eternity with this bunch of raving lunatics?  Imagine being part of the first resurrection with these nutjobs are your leaders!

Never fear though, these nutjobs still think there is hope for all of us and will stand between us and God so God does not get too pissed at us.

The Seventh day of Abib is the sanctification of those that erred or were too simple in mind to understand that the Sanctification of the Temple had to be done. This process is for those people who have not yet come to understand the glory and mysteries of the Kingdom of God: those people who fall short and do not undertake their full spiritual responsibilities. As Moses and Aaron stood between the wrath of God expressed in Christ and the people in supplication for their safety, so too do we stand so that they may be helped and we may also stand together in safety for our nations.

Isn't that nice, Wade and crew are standing up for us.

  

COGWA Not Happy That Members Don't Let Their Lives Revolve First Around The Church

I rarely post much from COGWA (Church of God a Worldwide Association) here because perusing their website is one of the most mind-numbingly boring things one could imagine. Given that COGWA is nothing more than a dissident carbon copy of United Church of God, they have never set out to reimagine their church or the things they preach into a new and relevant model for the world today.

So thanks to a reader here we have this little tidbit, on how things have NOT changed in the church, to examine.

Starts around 35:29:

A second category we'll quickly go to it show honor to the Brethren show honor to the Brethren. We saw in previous scriptures how especially there in first Thessalonians how the brethren were just doing a fine job of honoring each other of caring for each other. Are there ways we can improve there? Let's look at Romans chapter 12 in verse 10. Romans chapter 10 12 in verse 10 we'll read verses 10 and 11  

Now the New King James starts out by saying “be kindly affectionate to one another” “be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love” I like to read that to you in the new American Standard translation. It says this, “be devoted to one another in brotherly love kindly affectionate” I don't know I often wondered what is why the emphasis? We could say be kind to one another be affectionate to one another but apparently Paul said there's a “kindly affectionate”. I'm not sure there can be an unkindly affectionate. But he's emphasizing that be really affectionate... be and that's why I think the new American Standard says “be devoted to”.  

So one of the trends that we've always been concerned about in the church is our lives getting so busy with other stuff that no longer does our life revolve around the church. Now the gray heads among us remember the days when everything in your life revolved around the church. Did it not? Every week revolved around the Sabbath and the Sabbath was the most important thing and everything went leading up to the Sabbath. And you got to the Sabbath and you went to Sabbath services and then you ate together with the Brethren. Then you went to spokesman club for a couple hours then the next day you got up and drove halfway to Timbuktu to do some YOU activity because all your kids were involved first with basketball and then with track and then with... you go on and on. Volleyball and okay what just it wasn't one basketball team it was an A team and a B team and a C team. And was there ever a weekend we didn't travel? Caring for those things? 

My wife got out to our first assignment and oh you're the cheerleading coach, oh really? So we spent how many fundraisers raising money to do what? To buy cheerleading outfits for our girls. Because they couldn't do cheerleading in school. Now why we thought cheerleading was that cat's meow I'm not sure but we did at the time. And that's not to say it's a bad thing but anyway. Won't get off on that. 

But everything revolved around the church. And so we had what? We had food co-ops. You have any here? Food co-ops were where you could get stone ground whole wheat. Not just not as regular whole wheat. Now why stone ground is better than metal ground I don't quite recall. But everything... we had Church cookbooks right? Some of you still got those right? Church cookbooks that you baked stuffed you made stuff out of the church cookbook.  

So everything in life revolved around the truth. And troubling at times is to see instead of the truth in the church being the hub of the wheel upon which everything else revolves… The concern is and that maybe is what being talked a little bit about here when he says be be devoted to one another. That the church cycles in instead of being the hub, it's kind of out here on the rim somewhere. And it cycles into our life once a week as it comes around but other than that we may not think of it much. Maybe that's what Paul was concerned about here? When he tells the Brethren to be devoted to one another and I really would like to help out so-and-so but man I got so much going on here. I don't have time to serve. I don't have time to take care of others. 

That's a sad thing there was a time we had a woman back 30 years ago in Massachusetts a woman who's stricken with cancer sad situation but we were able to do such a thing that I had 24-hour a day care for this woman by church members. Now again it's a different culture most of the women didn't work outside the home and I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing, it's just the way it was.  

But everything revolved around the church and around the Brethren. So Paul may be lamenting a little bit to say “be sure were devoted to one another” and preferring and it says to “give preference” Continuing here Romans 12 verse 10. “Be kindly affectionate be devoted to one of the brother love” and then it says “in honor giving preference to one another”. In honor giving preference to you, putting others first, you first attitude. Verse 11 “not lagging behind in diligence fervent in spirit serving the Lord” You see when we serve others were serving God Himself, serving Christ. With that turn over to Matthew chapter 25. Matthew 25, in verse 37, you're very familiar with this section of Scripture without a doubt. Because every time we read it it kind of sticks us a little bit. Kind of prods our conscience, or pricks our conscience. Proverbs 25 verse 37, remember the scene here there's the the picture of who will be in the kingdom. And what did they do in order to be able to be brought into God's kingdom?  

And so there's this explanation, this kind of proverbial explanation, of what these people did to be considered worthy of being brought into God's kingdom. Christ said, you know to the righteous, come on. In verse 37 “the righteous will answer him saying Lord did we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and gave you drink?”, remember what Christ said? The reason I'm having you all in is because when I was sick you took care of me. When I was down and out you watched over me, thirsty you gave me drink. And they're saying, “why we didn't do that”, verse 38. “When did we see you a stranger and take you in or naked and clothe you? or when when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you? and the king will answer and say to them assuredly I say to you and as much as you did this to”... who? “one of the least of these my brothers”. Not to the general world we can't care for the whole world. That's not wrong to do that kind of kind of thing for the world. But I guess our our thought really would be is that once everyone in the church is taken care of, great, let's go help others. But until that time let's make sure the Brethren are cared for. “...in as much as you did this, these things - one of the least of these my brothers you did it to me.”  

So we're to show honor to the Brethren by caring for them by fellowshipping with them by doing all we can to help. By encouraging them so we ask how might we show honor to the Brotherhood of believers? Well we can all meditate on that and maybe come up with some good suggestions even for the seminar this afternoon.

This continual looking back on the "glory days" of the church from decades past is a denial of how sick the church was at its core. It is one thing for members to care for one another with godly works so that no one is uncared for, but letting the church tell you that you need to reorient your life so that the church is central to everything you do is bordering once again on cult speak.

No Church of God member needs to let any of their organizations control their lives with one activity after another, till they are exhausted and compliant when they are preached to on Saturdays. Look at how it wrecked thousands of lives over the decades in the WCG and then on into the hundreds of splinter groups. The typical church member's life is between them and God first and not between them and the church first.

Richard Ames: Living Church of God members are the "pioneers of the New Covenant"

Richard Ames writes:

GROWTH IN THE NEW COVENANT: Have you allowed God to write His spiritual law on your heart and mind? Have you energetically sought to internalize the Ten Commandments as away of life? Many mainstream churches wrongly say that the Ten Commandments are "done away," but the truth is that we in God’s Church are pioneers of the New Covenant, allowing God to write His law on our hearts. So, examine yourself to determine how thoroughly you have internalized God’s law of love.

  

The law still till trumps everything in the Living Church of God.   That inconvenient dude called Jesus still gets relegated to the back burner 95% of the time.

Here is a short chart of the things Richard Ames apparently refuses to acknowledge:

LAW COVENANT--MADE OLD	NEW COVENANT--DIFFERENT, FRESH
1. Old covenant--2 Cor. 3:14	New Covenant--2 Cor. 3:6
2. First covenant--Heb. 8:7; 9:1	Second covenant--Heb. 8:7; 10:1-9
3. Came by Moses--John 1:17	Came by Christ--Heb. 8:6; 9:15
4. Law of Moses--Acts 13:38,39	Law of Christ--Gal. 6:2
5. Law of sin--Rom. 7:23; 8:2	Law of righteousness--Rom. 9:30,31
6. Law of the flesh--Rom. 7:5,6	Law of the spirit--Rom. 8:2
7. Not of faith--Gal. 3:12	Law of faith--Rom. 3:27
8. Yoke of bondage--Gal. 5:1	Law of liberty--James 1:25
9. Ended by Christ--Rom. 10:4	Estab. by Christ--Heb. 8:6; 10:9
10. Law of death--2 Co.3:7; Ro.8:2	Law of life--Gal. 3:11;6:8
11. Entangles--Gal. 5:1	Makes free--John 8:32,36
12. A shadow--Col. 2:14-17	The reality--Heb. 10:1-18
13. Fulfilled--Mat. 5:17,18	Now in force--Heb. 8:6; 10:9
14. People left imperfect--Hb.7:19	Makes perfect--Heb. 7:19
15. Glorious--2 Cor. 3:7	More glorious--2 Cor. 3:8-10
16. Powerless to save--Hb.9:9;10:4	Saves to uttermost--Heb. 7:25
17. Many sacrifices--Heb. 9:12,13	One sacrifice for sins--Heb. 10:12
18. Temporary priest--Heb. 7:23	Eternal priest--Heb. 7:17
19. Remembers sins--Heb. 10:3	Forgets sins--Heb. 8:12; 10:17
20. Yearly atonement--Heb. 10:3	Eternal atonement--Heb. 10:14
21. Priests have sin--Heb. 5:1-4	Sinless priest--Heb. 7:26
22. Aaronic priesthood--Heb. 7:11	Melchisedec--Heb. 5:5-10; 7:21
23. Out of Levi--Heb. 7:11	Out of Judah--Heb. 7:14
24. Animal sacrifices--Heb. 9:12	Human sacrifice--Heb. 9:14-28
25. Earthly tabernacle--Heb. 9:2	Heavenly tabernacle--Heb. 8:2
26. Imperfect mediator--Gal. 3:19	Sinless mediator--1 Tim. 2:5
27. No inheritance--Rom. 4:13	Eternal inheritance--Heb. 9:15
28. Instituted upon animal blood -- Heb. 9:16-22	Instituted upon blood of Christ -- Mat. 26:28
29. Law of works--Rom. 3:27	Law of grace and faith--John 1:17
30. Works wrath--Rom. 4:15	Saves from wrath--Rom. 5:9
31. Non-redeeming--Heb. 10:4	Redeems--Gal. 3:13; Heb. 9:12-15
32. Non-pleasing--Psa. 40:6	Pleasing to God--Heb. 10:5-18
33. Abolishment predicted--Is.51:6	Establishment predicted--Heb. 8:7
34. Circumcision--Exod. 12:48	No circumcision--Rom. 4:9-12
35. Changeable--Heb.7:12; Gal.3:25	Made eternal--Heb. 13:20
36. Faulty--Heb. 8:7	Perfect--James 1:25
37. Weak--Heb. 7:18	Strong--Heb. 7:25
38. Unprofitable--Heb. 7:18	Profitable--Heb. 7:19,25
39. Natural program--Heb. 9:10-14	Spiritual program--2 Cor. 3:6,18
40. Daily program--Heb. 7:27	Finished program--Heb.10:10-18
41. Infirm priests--Heb. 5:2, 7:28	Perfect high priest--Heb.7:26
42. Priests by law--Heb. 7:12,28	Made priests by oath--Heb.7:21,28
43. No salvation--Heb. 10:2-4	Eternal salvation--Heb.5:9; 10:10
44. Perfected nothing--Heb. 7:19	Perfects faithful--Hb.7:19; 10:14
45. Earthly priests--Heb. 5:1-4	Heavenly priest--Heb. 9:24; 10:12
46. Repeated inability--Heb. 10:11	Glorious success--Heb. 10:10-18
47. Many offerings--Heb. 9:7	One offering--Heb. 10:10-14
48. Good promises--Deut. 28:1-14	Better promises--Heb. 8:6
49. A good covenant--Rom. 7:12	A better covenant--Heb. 7:22; 8:6
50. Many high priests--Heb. 7:23	One high priest--Heb. 7:24-28
51. Typical tabernacle--Heb. 9	True tabernacle--Heb. 8:2; 9:11
52. No mercy--Heb. 10:28	Complete mercy--Heb. 8:12
53. Handmade things--Heb. 9:1-5,24	Not handmade--Heb. 9:23,24
54. An old way--Heb. 8:13	New and living way--Heb. 10:19,20
55. Unavailing ministers--Heb.7:18	Able ministers--2 Cor. 3:6
56. Carnal ministry--Heb. 9:9,10	Spiritual ministry--2 Cor. 3:6
57. Ministration of condemnation-- 2 Cor. 3:9	Ministration of righteousness-- 2 Cor. 3:9
58. Glory covered--2 Cor. 3:13	Glory uncovered--2 Cor. 3:18
59. Brings bondage--Gal. 4:24,25	Brings liberty--2 Cor. 3:17
60. Cannot justify--Gal. 2:16	Does justify--Acts 13:38,39
61. Brings a curse--Gal. 3:10	Redeems from the curse--Gal. 3:13
62. Live by works--Gal. 3:10	Live by faith--Gal. 3:11
63. Cannot give life--Gal. 3:21	Does give life--John 6:63-68
64. Exposes sin--Gal. 3:19	Covers sin--Rom. 4:1-8
65. Under law--Rom. 6:14,15	Under grace--Gal. 3:22-25
66. Done away--2 Cor. 3:7-14	Not done away--2 Cor. 3:11
67. Abolished--2 Cor. 3:13	Continues glorious--2 Cor. 3:11
68. Ministry of death--2 Cor. 3:7	Reconciliation ministry--2 Co.5:18
69. Only for Israel--Dt.4:7,8; 5:3	For all men--Lk. 22:20; Mk. 14:2

Chart link here:  Auburn.edu

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