Those Pesky Critics

Don't let anyone lead you away from God's truth!

The ministers of the Armstrong Churches of God put a whole lot of energy into trying to convince their members that anyone who criticizes them is trying to pull God's sheep away from God's truth. In other words, "if you accept what they're saying about us, you won't make it into God's Kingdom!" Don't think so? Here are just a few recent examples from two ministers of the Church of God International: Remaining Christian in An Evil World and Beware Lest Any Man Spoil You.

It's an old tried-and-true trick that they've employed in the battle against their critics for many years now (stretching all the way back to the Herbert Armstrong days of the movement). This way, instead of actually acknowledging and answering their critics, all they have to do is threaten their members with the fires of Gehenna! The logic goes something like this: "You've already proven the truth of our doctrines from your Bible, so anything that contradicts those teachings must be wrong (and designed to lead you away from God and his truth)." They've learned too, over the years, that the tactic is pretty damn effective! The corollary, of course, is that "you shouldn't have been listening to/reading that stuff anyway!"

Hence, the poor little lamb under their control not only sees the fires yawning before them - they also feel guilty for even entertaining criticism of God's ministers and church! It's a double whammy! And, as I've already pointed out, the church doesn't even have to address the criticism - no additional research, reasoning, no additional effort of any kind required from "God's servants!"

In this connection, they love to equate themselves with the Apostle Paul and quote extensively from his warnings about false teachers and heretical teachings. Never mind that those passages are actually much more applicable to them and what they're teaching! They also love to quote Christ's Parable of the Seeds and Soils. From their perspective, the critics are obviously represented by any of the things which keep the seed from taking root and producing fruit! "Critics are the servants of the evil one."

For these folks, "growing in grace and knowledge" means immersing themselves in ACOG doctrines - reinforcing and repeating the same things over and over again! It could NEVER mean that they might have more to learn about something, or HEAVEN FORBID - relearn something that they didn't get right the first time around! When I hear these kinds of messages from these folks, I always think about that passage from the book of Revelation: "You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked." (Revelation 3:17)

Lonnie Hendrixs/Miller Jones

Guest Article: Christ and the Saints in ‘heaven’

 

Guest article:

Christ and the Saints in ‘heaven’

 

1Co 15:50a Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God

1Co 15:51b but we shall all be changed,

1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly [epouranios].

 

The premise of this “scribble” is that a person is changed from “flesh and blood” to ‘spirit’ so that one can ‘live’ in the spiritual realm. During the Messianic Age, inaugurated when Christ’s glory [second cause] takes up residence in the Millennial Temple (Eze 43:1-7a), Christ and the Church Saints will inhabit the ‘heavenly’ realm, a realm that “flesh and blood” cannot enter.

 

Heavenly and Earthly Kings and Priests

 

Heb 8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 

 

“It occurs to the writer that some confusion might arise in his readers’ minds over the co-existence of two orders of priesthood. He proceeds, therefore, to show that the priesthood of Jesus was not established on earth. The main point he is making is the impossibility of Jesus fulfilling the conditions in the matter of genealogy, or in the precise nature of the gifts, which are stipulated in the Mosaic Law” (Donald Guthrie, Hebrews, TNTC, pp.174-175).

 

Jer 33:20 Thus saith the LORD; if ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 

Jer 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken ... with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 

 

The covenant with the levitical priests can only be broken when the alternation of day and night is also broken.

 

Rev 5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

Ex 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

 

“Israel was to be kings and priests to God on behalf of the nations” (Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Exodus, EBC, p.417).

 

There may be “some confusion,” from Rev 5:10, of the co-existence of two orders of kingship on the earth. The argument below is that the ‘kingship’ of the saints is not established in the “terrestrial” realm of the earth, but in the “heavenly”.

 

The success of the Messianic Age requires two priesthoods, one in heaven and one on the earth. It also requires heavenly and earthly “kings”.

 

 

Lk 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 

Lk 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me...

 

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies[epouranios].

 

In the diagram above, the “heavenlies (6:12),” as it relates to Satan’s kingdom, is referred to as the “heavenly-earth.” Typology suggests that the lower realm of heaven is the invisible, higher realm of the earth - “the kingdom of the air” (Eph 2:2).

 

The heavenly realm comprises “heaven” and the “heavenly-earth”. In Hebrew “heaven” has a dual ending - “used to designate things that occur in pairs” - which implies that heaven is a two-part realm.

 

In this heavenly realm of the Kingdom of God, the Saints - the Israel of God (Gal 6:16) - will be kings and priests.

 

The Saints will exercise their kingship over the earth from the “heavenly-earth”. (The heavenly-earth is where Satan and the demons are now).

 

1Ch 11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

 

Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand... 

Heb 12:22 But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels

 

As David cast out the Jebusites from the strong hold of Zion, which then became the city of David, so Jesus Christ, David’s greater son, will cast out the demons from the heavenly-earth - the heavenly Mount Zion - and this will become the ‘city’ of Jesus Christ. Christ’s throne (Rev 3:21), will be in the heavenly-earth.

 

Rev 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

 

From the heavenly-earth the Saints will ‘go-up’ to God’s throne in heaven, where they will exercise their priesthood (cp. Rev 7:14-15).

 

Eze 44:15 But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok ... they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD:

Jer 33:20 Thus saith the LORD; if ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 

Jer 33:21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne;...

 

The Davidic kings and Levitical priests will exercise their roles on the earth. The Davidic kings will exercise their kingship on the throne of David in the city of Jerusalem.

 

2Sa 24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up [‘alah], rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 

Eze 40:22b and they went up [‘alah] unto it by seven steps

 

In the Messianic Age the Temple is north of the city of Jerusalem - the Temple Mount was higher and north of the City of David - and the people will ‘go-up’ 7 steps to the north and south gatehouses through which one enters the outer court of the Temple.

 

Isa 2:3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up [‘alah] to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Zec 8:13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: 

 

“The glorified Son of man shall rule mankind by His transfigured Church in heaven, and by His people Israel on earth: Israel shall be the priestly mediator of blessings to the whole world...” (A. R. Fausset, Revelation, JFB, Vol.3, Pt.3, p.692).

 

Eph 2:6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenlies [epouranios] in Christ Jesus,

 

“By virtue of their union with Christ .... [the saints] ... have shared in his resurrection, ascension and session... For if we are seated with Christ in the heavenlies, there can be no doubt what we are seated on: thrones!...” (John R.W. Stott, The Message of Ephesians, BST, p.81).

 

Note:

 

The preface to Pt.3 - “1 Corinthians to Revelation” - of the JFB Commentary was dated November, 1869”. Andrew Fausset noted on 1 Cor 6:

 

“The mistake of the Chiliasts was, they restricted the kingdom to the terrestrial part. Besides this earthly glory, there shall be the heavenly glory of the saints reigning above” (1 Corinthians, JFB, Vol.3, p.298).

 

Some twenty years before HWA was born Andrew Fausset was pointing out the mistake of the Chiliasts, now known as Premillennialists, a mistake that HWA was also to make; and both Sabbath and Sunday keeping Premillennialists are still making today.

 

The Good News of the Kingdom of God, as it relates to the kingship of the Saints, is that Christ and the Saints are going to replace Satan and the demons in the heavenlies [epouranios] - Andrew Fausset understood this over 150 years ago.

John

Little Self-appointed Crackpot Prophet Weighs in on New Years, Christ returning in 2023/24 and the Doomsday Clock

 

Our favorite self-appointed illegitimate Church of  God leader has been in a whirlwind of activity over the last 24 hours. From melting down over how evil New Year's is, Jesus not returning 2023/24 and worrying about the idiotic "doomsday" clock, it has been a productive weekend of writing about topics NO ONE gives a rats ass about.

First off, he has a typical Thielistic meltdown over how pagan New Year's is.

Does God begin His new year on January 1st? If not, what is the origin of January 1st and New Year’s?

Back in 46 B.C., Julius Caesar declared that January 1st would mark the beginning of the new year. January was named after Janus, the god of gates and doors in Roman mythology. People prayed to Janus when they wanted something new in their lives (such as resolutions). Janus is normally represented with two faces, one looking to the past and the other looking to the future (the two faces also signified change that Janus would supposedly bring in, see Burchett B, Janus in Roman life and cult: a study in Roman religions, p. 15). The first day of the month of January was sacred to him.

January first is Julius Caesar’s and Janus’ New year.

It did not come from the Bible.

No one cares. Saturnalia, Janus, ho-hum.

It is also appalling to the delicate self-appointed prophet that people actually have more fun-filled lives than he does. Some people eat special foods on New Year's. Oh, the humanity!!!!!!!!!

So, how is New Year’s celebrated? Well customs do vary around the world. Various cultures believe that meeting with people, eating certain foods, or consuming certain drinks will help insure good luck for the year.

Like any good Armstrongite booklet educated prophet, he writes that the real calendar begins in the spring, though since he is not talking about Easter, spring is ok in this instance. If it was Easter then spring is pagan.

January 1st is not the beginning of the year for the true God, but only of certain false gods. The last biblical new year actually began at sunset April 1, 2022 (and yes, being called an ‘April fool’ is related to those who stuck with a Spring-time beginning of the new year). In 2023, it begins at sunset on March 22.

Now perhaps it should be mentioned that other cultures also accept that the new year begins in the Spring. And while those cultures have various non-biblical practices, it is certainly possible that because God’s year begins in the Spring that perhaps anciently these people were aware of it, and retained the correct season, but not the practices. 

Then, the illegitimate prophet gets his knickers in a real homeopathic twist over the possibility that Christ may return in 2023 or 2024.  Of course, he is not in a twist of Dave Pack's predictions but is offended by people in the world making such claims. People that NO ONE cares about or even listens to.

Someone referring to himself as ‘Enoch the Witness’ falsely put out a video with the following title:

Jesus is coming soon, 2023 is Rapture

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/762726886871391189/ accessed 11/27/22

A place called Christian Video Magazine, put out a video with the following false title:

5 SIGNS that CHRIST WILL RETURN IN 2023 l The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz6VAu-H5eY accessed 11/27/22

No, not related to 2023 it was not. Jesus is not coming in 2023. Nor did the wrongly titled video actually state Jesus would return in 2023–thus the title and premise was wrong.

Next, he discusses the Doomsday Clock and the obsession some have over it.

Many events in the world are worrying scientists in the world–and for many of them, it is worse than it was decades ago. Of course, most scientists and leaders do not know that God has a plan. And that is s problem with the ‘Doomsday Clock’ people.

Now it should be conveyed that, to a degree, like Boris Johnson’s statement, changes to the ‘doomsday clock’ have mainly been meant to send a political message.

But are we closer to the end?

Certainly.

Notice what the Apostle Paul wrote:

11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. (Romans 13:11-12)

Everyday we are closer to the return of Jesus Christ and the establishment of the millennial kingdom of God, which will be preceded by a time called ‘the end.’

Are we at the end now?

Well, as Jesus stated in Matthew 24:6, “the end is not yet.” 

But, since they are NOT the Bob, none of them know the correct time Jesus Christ will return.  Only The Great Bwana to Africa and 150 Caucasians know that time. Even his brother Dave Pack can't figure that one out, but the Bob can.

 

Happy New Year!

 

Dave Pack's Disheartening Year Full Of Disappointments

 

Year of Disappointments

 

The good news for those inside The Restored Church of God is that tonight will be the last time David C. Pack fails in 2022. The Year of Disappointments will finally be over.

 

The bad news is Dave's learning disability, combined with prophetic hubris, ensures 2023 will be a repeat. He must continue to prove to the members that nobody on the face of the earth or who has ever lived knows prophecy as he does. Because he doodies in the toilet, not in his pants.

 

At 5 PM EDT tonight, Jesus Christ will return to merge the Roman year with the Hebrew month of Tevet, resetting the calendar to a 30-day cycle so that the 1260 days of Revelation match 42 months. Tevet 8 begins at sunset in Jerusalem, but midnight starts January 1. God will roll back the Hebrew calendar to repeat Tevet 1 and begin a ten-day Day of the Lord. Nebuchadnezzar will be resurrected as the Man of Sin, the Seventh Head of Daniel. Elijah the Prophet will rise to be an opposing voice, so the entire world will know that David C. Pack was right.

 

You can understand the challenge of making that as simple as possible.

 

At 5 PM EDT, some on the east coast will be settling down for the after-Services meal, frequently checking their watches and looking out the windows. On the west coast, others will wonder if they will make it to services. A few will be formulating their exit letters in their heads.

 

After midnight passes in each region of the United States and Canada, members of The Restored Church of God should reflect on the immortal words of their Pester General.

 

Part 412 – December 27, 2022

@ 1:01:44 In a way, we were right. In fact, we were right twice.

@ 1:04:25 I was right twice, but not in either way that I thought.

 

Their human idol twice proclaimed his double-accuracy using the past tense. In Part 413, will he twice mention his double-failure that rang in the new year?

 

The exrcg.org website launched on June 24, 2022. The dates set by David C. Pack have been listed on the main page. Far from complete, it is missing his failures from January 1 to June 29 (Sivan 30).

 

As of this morning, exrcg.org documents 35 failed biblical dates for only the second half of 2022. If tonight is included, that reaches 36.

 

David C. Pack has over 36 failed prophetic dates in 2022.

 

If anyone has documentation regarding his failures from January 1 to June 29, please send them to exrcgwebsite@gmail.com, and they will be added to the list. Please provide sermon numbers.

 

 

The confusion and turmoil current RCG members are experiencing breaks my heart. They have stories of mental and emotional distress but choose to endure this trial as a test of faith, holding on to the idea that God is behind this and that He will “do something” about it.

 

I encourage everyone on the fence or harboring deep confusion to re-read "Is 'That Prophet' Alive Today?” and re-listen to “90 Reasons to Follow the Truth.” In your current frame of mind, you may find the content enlightening and, perhaps, an answered prayer.

 

Let David C. Pack warn you about David C. Pack. His words will have more weight than an unordained non-prophet/non-psychic.

 

 

Each person has their own line in the sand. Some do not know it is there until it is crossed.

 

One major red flag that helped me see RCG was not God’s church any longer was when it was first taught that you cannot be anointed in the name of Jesus Christ.

 

According to David C. Pack in Part 276 and Part 277, James 5:14, "…anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord," refers to the Father. I realized I could never be anointed again. Some in the church today have to struggle with this.

 

This is one example of know-it-all-Dave doing severe damage to the doctrinal integrity of RCG and cracking the foundation of our belief. He meddled with God and misidentified where Jesus Christ was throughout the Bible.

 

It was not just about prophecy anymore. It became about which God I served. False apostle David C. Pack ushered in the era of The Restored Church of Another god. He is aided by compromised, cowardly, and neglectful hirelings who surrender their integrity for a cup of beans. Shame on the lot of them.

 

Edward L. Winkfield's horrific sermon, "Stay Immune to Heresy," was the line in the sand for me. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. After the last song, I put my hymnal down and said, "I don't belong here anymore."

 

 

David C. Pack is not a man of his word. David C. Pack tells lies. He spends hours preaching about himself. He tells you everything you need to hear to know if he is true or not. He cannot be trusted with the little things and cannot be trusted with the big things. His reading comprehension skills are spectacularly piss-poor. He has no problem skipping Holy Day or Sabbath services but never misses a meal. He takes Common from brethren and threatens their eternal life, but then buys a $500,000 property because the unkempt lawn was an eyesore. He will set a date for your salvation but plots his own escape days in advance. He is wrong continuously but finds a way he is actually right. And he is a false prophet by his own definition.

 

Brad, did I lie in any of those statements? If so, please let me know. Dr. Ranney has my number.

 

One statement Dave made a few parts back struck a nerve.

 

Part 410 – December 17, 2022

@ 1:44:47 There wouldn’t be a 411 explaining something. I’ve done all I can possibly do.

 

Like much of what Dave says, this is not true. This is what David C. Pack CAN possibly do:

 

He could step down as the Pastor General of The Restored Church of God. In a final message, he could tell the brethren:

 

“After 412 Parts of this Series, I still have no clue what God is doing. I have gotten everything I have ever preached about timing 100% wrong. This solidifies that I am not qualified to lead God's people. 

 

“I am an incompetent teacher. I change the words in the Bible while I read, so they fit my current narrative. I ignore the warnings in Revelation and love adding to and taking away from the words of the prophecy of the book. I skip words I dislike and add words I need as a crutch to sell my point.

 

“I told you I was Elijah and then set multiple dates that did not come to pass. And still, you kept sitting there. I am an inept prophet. I am a false prophet. If this were Old Testament times, I would be taken outside and stoned. And you would be justified in doing so. The original Elijah the Prophet would take me down to the brook Kishon and deal with me there. But you fine people kept giving me a pass, accepting what your field ministers repeated, ‘He is only guilty of being overzealous.’

 

“I have told you fables that you swallowed hook, line, and sinker. These conjured fantasies strained the imagination of plausibility. I have proved myself to be wrong at every step, and yet, you suffer me to continue. I have told you exactly who and what I am, but you would not hear it. The words of my own condemnation have fallen from my very lips, but you continue to accept me.

 

“I have blasphemed God. I have accused God. I have blamed God’s word. And quietly you sat, bearing with it.

 

“I said your dead relatives would live again within days. They are still dead, and I never apologized, even privately.

 

"If I did not stand up here and voluntarily quit, what would it take, brethren? What would it take for you to accept the plain words of my mouth so that you take action? Are some of you so invested in the lie that RCG has become that you willingly choose terminal blindness to hold on to the comfort of what this organization once was?

 

"If you were expecting the Headquarters ministers to step up, guess again. They are broken men only concerned with serving their own interests and preserving the status quo. They care not for the sheep. The Board of Directors could have voted me out of the corporation but lacked the spine to do so.

 

“For those waiting for God’s intervention, what are you expecting Him to do? Strike me with lightning at the lectern? Melt me in front of an entire Feast site? Perhaps take me gently in my sleep with a heart attack? You are waiting for Him, brethren, but did you consider He may be waiting for you?

 

“I have already admitted God blinded me, and I have repeatedly spoken presumptuously. Must I smear my own feces on my face to prove that I have lost my mind? Even then, some of you would stay.

 

“Due to all of this, the most merciful thing I could do in my entire life is resign from being your Pastor General and admit God has not sent me to teach you any of this. The whole Series is a sham. It is a combination of psychosis and demonic influence that enablers knowingly supported. Burn your notebooks from the past seven years. Burn your note-filled Bible and buy new ones. That is the only way to purge the doctrinal fraud you have been subjected to.

 

“Go home and tell your family, ‘Wow, I just followed a false prophet for seven years.’ You will be met with hugs and tears of joy.

 

“Now, after I step down, I will try to repair my marriage and spend real quality time with my wonderful wife. I will continue the rest of my years on my knees, begging for God's forgiveness.

 

"Brethren of The Restored Church of God. I am wrong. I have been wrong. Please forgive me."

 

 

This would be a beautiful thing to see. David C. Pack repenting would be earth-shaking. But that is as much a fantasy as Jesus Christ returning on Christmas.

 

Part 413 will come. Maybe even today.

 

David C. Pack cannot stop because that is not only who he is but what he is.

 

2022 has been a year of disappointments. Without miraculous lightning or flesh-melting, 2023 will be more of the same. But expect it to get even worse.

 

It is all up to you, brethren of The Restored Church of God. Get out while you still can.

 

Marc Cebrian

See: Year of Disappointments

 

Pathetic Little Self-Appointed COG Prophet Releases His 23 Prophecies For 2023

As the end of 2022 rapidly approaches self-appointed prophets of doom, both in and out of the church, are releasing their prophecies for 2023. In COGland today many see themselves at the tipping point of ushering in the end times, a time so many of them gleefully look forward to so they can be proven right for the first time in their pathetic little lives.

The Grande Dame of COG prophecy utterances is our very own Great Bwana to Africa and 150 Caucasians, the esteemed and most highly sought after theological on the planet, the only man preordained at the beginning of creation to arise in the end times and lead the COG into glory, Dr. Robert Thiel Piled Higher and Deeper.

The Great Bwana has released his top 23 prophecies the wishes will happen in 2023.

23 things to prophetically watch in 2023

In Mark 13:37 and Luke 21:36, Jesus tells His followers to watch world events that will precede His coming. In this sermon, Dr. Thiel goes over 23 items to watch in 2023 and points out events that were related to many of them in 2023:

1. Scoffers in the Last Days

2. Morality Prophecies Being Fulfilled

3. Media, Internet, and Other Censorship

4. Weather Sorrows and Troubles

5. Earthquakes

6. The White Horse of the Apocalypse

7. Strife and the Red Horse of War

8. Trade

9. The Deal of Daniel 9:27

10. Knowledge Increasing

11. Debt

12. US Dollar Dominance will Decrease

13. CBCGs and 666

14. Gold

15. Unrest, Terror, and the Dividing of the USA

16. Europe Will Work to Reorganize

17. Europe Will Have a Great Army

18. Steps Towards the Formation of the King of the South Will Occur

19. The Time of the Gentiles will Lead to Armageddon

20. Jews Ready to Sacrifice

21. Totalitarian Steps

22. Preparation for the Short Work

23. Fulfillment of Matthew 24:14 and 28:19-20 

Dr. Thiel goes over prophetic scriptures (in 2 Timothy, Habakkuk, Amos, Daniel, Matthew, Mark, Romans, Revelation, Isaiah, 2 Corinthians, Psalms), including those that must be fulfilled before the start of the Great Tribulation as well as others that also need to be fulfilled before Jesus returns. When are some prophetic events expected and not expected to be fulfilled? Dr. Thiel goes over many biblical items and ties them in with world events that happened and are in the process of happening.

Gerald Flurry: Your Prayers Are So Pathetic Jesus Has To Repackage Them Before God Can Hear Them

 

We have been watching the mental meltdown of Dave Pack over the last few months as he sinks further and further into spiritual depravity. Still, lest we forget, the church has other men like Bob Thiel, Ron Weinland, and Gerald Flurry who are as equally disturbing, in their own ways.

As his mind deteriorates from old age and a spate of falls resulting in head injuries, Gerald Flurry handed in an article the other day to his son to be published about prayer, and it's as crazy as you can imagine.

Flurry writes about the Church of God's version of the prosperity gospel.

God wants you to be bold when entering His throne room in prayer. Cry out to Him. God isn’t kidding—pray boldly! Don’t just sit back and wait for God to help you; go get help. Let God know all about your thoughts, concerns, worries, cares, hopes and dreams. Ask Him for the things you need and the things you want. Hold Him to His promises in His Word. Take action through fervent prayer to change your life. He will fill you with the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5)—with hope, faith and holy, righteous character.

The Apostle Paul showed the Hebrews—and us today—how to avoid the big mistake of limiting God and Christ. They want us to be bold the way they are!

Fill your mind with Christ? In a COG? A church that rarely ever discuss the dude and takes great pleasure in killing him year after year in a school gym or a highfalutin concert hall where they leave him till next year because everything about the guy damages the teachings of the PCG.

Flurry continues with three points:

1) That you may enter the holy of holies where God the Father dwells.As baptized, converted Christians, our citizenship is not on Earth but in heaven (Philippians 3:20). That is why we do not vote in local or national elections: We are ambassadors for Jesus Christ and for a spiritual nation (2 Corinthians 5:20). We are citizens of new Jerusalem. It doesn’t matter what anyone else says; the Bible says we are God’s very elect because we stay loyal to God and the throne of David.

There has never been COG yet who has remained loyal to the God they claim to follow. Division after  division has decimated the church just so vain men can build their little empires. COG members' citizenship is no more in heaven right now than they are ambassadors for Jesus Christ. How can they represent a guy they know nothing about and that church leaders deny?

We need boldness to operate in this scary world. Noah spent a century faithfully building an ark for God even though there were no physical signs that a worldwide flood would ever come. By displaying the faith of Christ, Noah condemned the world for mocking him (Hebrews 11:7). By doing God’s Work today, we also condemn the whole world. Sure, the Philadelphia Church of God is a small loyal remnant, but God commands us not to despise the day of small beginnings (Zechariah 4:10).

What "boldness" is any COG doing right now in the world. 99.99 % of the people in the world even know who these guys are. No one cares for messages devoid of the man they claim to represent. they don't condemn the world but wallow in it trying to impress it with concerts, expensive video productions, beautiful buildings, and archeological digs.

2) Because Christ can now live in you. You want to be able to say, like Paul, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). With Christ in you, you can have the very faith that sustained Christ throughout His physical life. With this kind of faith, you can impact the whole world. You could stand alone against a massive army and, in terms of power, still be in the majority!

This was the case when the Prophet Elisha boldly confronted the Syrians (2 Kings 6). Physically, the situation seemed dire. But God’s army of fiery, invisible angels had the Syrian army surrounded! (verse 17).

A Christ they mock by denying grace, justification, sanctification, and mercy as they whore themselves to the law, their real god. Basic Christian beliefs about Jesus are totally absent in the COG movement, particularly in the Philadelphia Church of God.

They only need their "christ" to gather up their "bold prayers" and reprocess them into something that just "might" impress their god since the intimate words of PCG members are top profane to bypass Christ's ears before God hears them. His purpose is to intercede before a pissed-off god eager to destroy humanity, which includes church members.

Also, in their spare time, they sit around discussing you and your pathetic little lives. Your future husband wants to know everything about you. Being the powerless gods they are, they need to figure out how they can help you.

3) Because Christ now intercedes for us. He is a living Savior. He actively works as the middleman between the Father and us, repackaging our prayers to be more presentable to God. God and Christ have discussions about you. Your Father and your future Husband want to know everything about you. They are working to know exactly how to help you.

If you tried to explain this astounding truth to those in the world, they would laugh at you! It is impossible to explain this to a mind not opened by God. No one can come to God unless the Father calls him (John 6:44). Because you are reading this message, you are either called by God already, or else God is probably working to call you. “For many are called, but feware chosen” (Matthew 22:14). We must come boldly before the throne of God to be chosen. We must let Christ lead us to proclaim God’s message to this world, or God will not choose us today!

It is pretty evident in COGland that God has not chosen most of them to do any work or even speak on his behalf. Not all COG's are like this, a few small local churches are doing good in their communities helping youth and families, but there is not a COG with a current official headquarters that speaks for God. Not a single one!

Instead of following the one who breaks the chains of condemnation from the law, they prostrate themselves in front of the law and hope it intercedes for them.