CGI Vance Stinson: "the Bible nowhere teaches that the Bible is the sole source of truth"

A reader wrote in to CGI''s The International News writer Vance Stinson and asked if the Bible anywhere says that Saturday is the seventh day.

He then goes into a short explanation. I only highlight the first couple of paragraphs as it states two things that CGI thinks about the Bible. This is sure to short circuit a few diehard COG leaders and members.

ANSWER: The biblical proof you’re asking for doesn’t exist. One cannot determine by the Bible alone that the day we call “Saturday” is the seventh day of the biblical week. But then, the Bible nowhere teaches that the Bible is the sole source of truth—so by what authority do you establish your “Scripture alone” rule? On what biblical grounds do you throw out examination of historical data as a legitimate means of arriving at important truths? The truth is, the extreme form of sola scriptura you have adopted is nowhere taught in the Scriptures.

Make no mistake, the Bible is God’s unique revelation to mankind and therefore must be given first place in our quest for truth, but Scripture nowhere teaches that it is the sole source of all true knowledge. From: Does the Bible say Saturday is the seventh day?

In an answer to another question, he says that:

"The Bible does not directly state that the Sabbath begins and ends at sunset."

 

Did Crackpot Prophet Who Is The White Horse of Revelation Started Riding in 2009? He Also Claims That He Predicted COVID 19

 The Great Bwana to Africa and Lord Overseer of his African followers is back letting us know that he predicted COVID-19 and that the 4 Horseman of Revelation are now riding!

Hilarity ensues below as he claims Amos was inspired to say that God is revealing things to Bob Thiel that we need to hear today. As the one and only true living prophet in the Church of God today this can mean that Amos was referring to no one other than Bob.

As a false prophet and now a certified "antichrist"(according to Gerald Flurry) Bob Thiel is back spreading more myths.

These Signs of the 4 Horsemen Have Begun 

Are we at the time of the ride of at least some of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse? If so, are many prophecy watchers missing signs associated with them? History shows that authoritarian totalitarian regimes tend to arise after famines and/or pestilences. Those are events associated with three of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Could the beginning of sorrows, and the associated ride of the first horseman of false ecumenical religion, have started in the Fall of 2009? What is the significance of this rider having a bow? Is Satan the prince of the power of the air? Did Dr. Thiel warn of a prophetic threat of a “novel” coronavirus back in 2013? Could COVID-19 been related to the taking away the peace from the earth that is associated with the ride of the red horse, the second horsemen of war? What are some of the ramification of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict and the opening of the second seal? Was Amos inspired to write that God does nothing without revealing it to his servants the prophets? Who warned of these matters? The ride of the third horse, the black horse of famine and food price inflation–specifically wheat, barley, edible oils, and wine. Since Ukraine is a major exporter of the first three, could this, as well as fertilizer shortages, have anything to do with the ride of that horseman? The pale horse of the fourth seal mentions one-quarter of humankind being subject to being killed by the sword, hunger, and pestilence–will this be a factor in the rise of the Beast of Revelation 13? Is persecution associated with the start of the Great tribulation and the rise of the Beast? Why is the Beast going to be in charge of a European-based empire? Will the opening of the first four seals and the starts of the rides of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse get Europe to reorganize such as is prophesied in Revelation 17:12-13? What does Jesus say you should do? Dr. Thiel addresses these matters and more in this video.

Gerald Flurry Calls COG Splinter Groups Antichrists

 

The needle has been skipping in the same spot since 2001. Flurry has been an epic failure in his prophecies just like all of the other COG leaders currently are.

On May 5, 2001, God signaled the beginning of a new phase in this rapidly fading age of man. This new phase is described in vivid detail by the Apostle John in his epistles. You need to understand this deeply to know how imminent Jesus Christ’s return truly is! 

 

1 John 2:18 in the Revised Standard Version reads, "Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour." Last hour is the correct translation of the Greek in that verse, rather than last time, as it reads in the King James Version. 

 

God began to reveal this truth about the last hour to the Philadelphia Church of God on May 5, 2001. Approximately four months later came the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. I believe God allowed us to receive this physical sign that we had entered the last hour. The worst terrorist attack ever on American soil powerfully reinforced our new revelation about the last hour. 

 

In the last hour, antichrists appear on the scene—people who knew God the Father, then turned away and are now fighting Christ! The problem began with that antichrist—singular. But then there were "many antichrists"—numerous dissenting groups from our mother Church. 

 

John wrote these epistles about A.D. 85–90. He was trying to wake people up and alert them to the war raging inside the Church. That is where the problems were. That is where Satan always attacks first. John sincerely believed he was in the last hour, and Christ let him think that for a short while. When the Church ought to have been really serving God and getting the message out, many of them were turning away and becoming, of all things, antichrist! We Are in ‘the Last Hour’

Well, we knew it all along, but it is nice to have Flurry confirm that Bob Thiel is an antichrist!