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With all the new crazy self-appointed Chief Overseers, Apostles, Prophets, Pharisees, legalists, and outright liars leading various Churches of God today, it is important to hold these agents of deception accountable.
Herbert Armstrong's Tangled Web of Corrupt Leaders
There was a comment made on the blog of the Chief Pharisee today that asks why no one dares challenge the leadership of the Churches of God. The question that really needs to be asked is why do the leaders in various Churches of God keep silent as they watch Gerald Flurry, Dave Pack, Rod Meredith and others abuse their members. Why do none of them speak out?
Flurry, Pack, Thiel, Malm, Meredith and many others are NOT their brothers. These men are not brothers in the faith. They sit there and do nothing as one horrendous abuse after another is dished out upon COG people. How many more need to die from suicide, die from lack of medical care, have their families ripped apart and marriages destroyed? How many more need to die in a needless shooting?
Is it because they know deep down that they are just as corrupt but in different ways?
I mentioned to an elder here a few years ago that it is high time for the priests of Baal to be cut to pieces. That didn’t go over too well. I meant of course for them to be cut to pieces verbally. No one who wants to do an Elijah type work should leave this part out! I think that most don’t want to seem offensive to the purveyors of gross error that are partially responsible for the mayhem in the world. Since the proverbial pen is mightier than the sword this can be achieved except for the fact that now we have a lot of subjects that are deemed ‘Hate Speech’.
Leave it to an aberrant splinter cult of the Church of God that is ensconced on its compound in the middle of Oklahoma to lecture its members and children on how to be "respectful." Mind you, this comes from a cult that has disrespected its members so horribly that many have committed suicide. This is the same cult that told a family to abandon their child at the mall so the state could take care of it. This is the same cult that keeps employed in its ministry one of the most vile men the PCG has ever had in its midst, Cal Culpepper. A man who has destroyed countless lives and marriages.
While the world becomes worse and worse, we need to become better and better in our interpersonal relationships both with God and man. “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21). That is a command from God to all of us. Recapturing the true value of respect is our responsibility as we prepare to teach it in the soon-coming Kingdom of God.
Interpersonal relationships are not a priority for PCG members, at least when it comes to threats of "government" looming over peoples lives day in and out. Parents are expected to turn their backs on on their children, and adult children are expected to turn their backs on the parents, if any of them dare question the Holy Father and Son, Gerald and Steven Flurry. Members must never show any disrespect towards any minister or upper echelon leader. If so then God may rightfully strike them down. Bears are the just reward from disrespectful kids.
Disrespect toward God and His servants carries a heavy penalty. In 2 Kings 2 we read the account of a gang of youths who mocked God’s servant, Elisha. They disrespectfully called him “baldy” and mocked that he should “go up” (as in a whirlwind as Elijah had just experienced). They were actually disrespecting God, not just Elisha. Elisha cursed them in God’s name, and two hostile, fleet-footed, female bears came out of a nearby forest and savaged these delinquent hoodlums. They were torn in pieces by razor-sharp claws —a terrible consequence!
PCG is filled with parents that beat their kids and punish them mercilessly. Yet, PCG claims actions of the parents are to be the standards and examples for their kids. When husbands kick their wives out of the house because a minister told them to, or wives walk out on their husbands because the husband dared to question the Dear Leader or God forbid, Cal Culpepper. Its no wonder that the young people leave the PCG in droves.
Parents must first demonstrate respect for God and also show respect toward each other. Children will learn more by the example set by their parents than any other way. To parents God says in Ephesians 6:4, “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath [frustration or resentment]: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Show them respect and require the same from them, especially when they are corrected. When an adult asks your children a question, let them answer. Don’t step in and do it for them as if they cannot answer properly or may embarrass you.
The PCG has been working overtime since they bought the Edstone cult compound in England to promote to the PCG members that they are "royalty." The British Royal Family is brought up every chance they can as the standard they need to look up to. This follows right along with Flurry imitating HWA in everything. HWA had portraits of Queen Elizabeth in several places on the Pasadena campus, particularly on the main floor in Ambassador Hall (Merritt House.)
Address another person by name or title, otherwise “Sir” or “Ma’am,” “Mr.” or “Mrs.”—never “Mate,” “Love” or “Hey there.” Do not be presumptuous or take liberties in calling seniors by their first name unless you are invited to, and even then, use caution. Ministers and wives within the Church should be addressed as “Mr.” and “Mrs.”
What child or adult in the U.S. goes around calling people, "mate,' "love,' or "Hey there?" Even disrespectful kids never say that. There are no ministers in the PCG employ that deserve to be called "Mr."! That title is one of respect, and their is nothing respectful about the ministry of the PCG.
Children should refer to and address adults by “Mr.”, “Mrs.” or “Miss,” or by their title. Adults should not invite children to call them by their first name, because it fosters disrespect and encourages taking liberties. Children should be reminded until it becomes natural. Look to the spirit and give people greater respect rather than less.
Don’t talk over others nor focus the discussion on yourself. Remember to “esteem others better than yourself.” Avoid informal replies such as “Yep,” “Nope,” “Dunno,” etc. Uplift others in conversation by listening and keeping it positive.
When has Cal Culpepper, Lil'Stevie or Gerald ever "esteemed others better than themselves?" When?
One thing the church has been really good at is creating a "persecution complex" in many of it's so-called leaders. They self appointed themselves as leaders, started their own splinter personality cults, and claim to proclaim the gospel message with "authority." Because all of these so-called leaders claim their message is the most forceful and truthful message they will be persecuted for the things they preach. These so called leaders are so paranoid that they think the entire world is out to stop them. They are persecuted when their magazines are thrown in the trash, when TV/cable stations cancel their programs, and when they are mocked on the internet. All of them fear that the government is monitoring them and is ready to shut them down. None of these so-called leaders have been more paranoid than the Almost Arrested Prophet Elisha Elijah Amos Joshua Chief Overseer Bob Thiel. Today the so-called leader of the so-called Continuing Church of God said:
It is my view that the USA no longer has the type of ‘freedom of religion’ or ‘freedom of speech’ or the freedom to ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ its founders envisioned.
Furthermore, the time will come when the USA, and likely some private companies (probably with direct or indirect governmental pressures), will apparently stop the efforts of websites like this one. As well as our numerous video channels on the internet.
Consider the following prophecy:
13 Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time. (Amos 5:13)
The above indicates that even those that are doing nothing wrong will need to be silent at the coming evil time. The times are evil.
Yet, currently, it is still time to:
1 Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins. (Isaiah 58:1)
Which is what we in the Continuing Church of God are doing. We have denounced, not only sins that the world sometimes seems to consider politically correct, but also sins that many claimed 501(c)(3) COGs will not do, because of their own concerns about their political fates and/or fates that could happen if they offended their financial supporters if they told the truth to truly fulfill Isaiah 58:1 (cf. 501(c)(3)? Why the Continuing Church of God chose a better option).
Many in and out of the government have plans and are watching the internet with plans to deal with materials that they some day hope to silence.
And while you might think that if you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear from surveillance, consider that many in the government of the USA consider that not supporting homosexual marriages is an extremist position.
As mentioned before, I also saw someone once on a documentary that stated that people who believed in themillenniumcould not be trusted and should be considered as potential terrorists. The fact that we in theContinuing Church of Godwould be consideredpacifists, does not change the fact that since we hold to millennial and other biblical views that we will not be improperly classified by government employees with various agendas.
We are getting closer to this time. And consider that until this century (and perhaps theoretically, the latter part of the 20th century), it was not possible to really control buying and selling. But certainly that ability exist now–and it will come to pass.
I believe that the USA is paving the way for the final European Beast power to spy on people and monitor financial transactions, as well as preaching restrictions.
The Church of God has always found life to be hard a fight to live. We were constantly battling some evil force as we struggled to advance a few yards towards the kingdom. Satan was always there in front of us fighting to take as many as he possibly could away from the truth. Who can ever forget hearing ten thousand people or more at a Feast site singing, Onward Christian Soldiers, Marching Off To War in unison. It was stirring and unifying at the same time. We naively thought were helping fight the battle along side Herbert Armstrong as we journeyed onwards to Petra.
Our sermons and funerals were always filled with, "fighting the good fight." Not only was our Christian walk one big continuous battle, but an even larger battle was coming in the future when the wrath of satan would be unleashed upon the world in one final battle of Armageddon.
Of the three larger Church of God splinter groups in existence today, three of them use battle cry as their rallying cry to rake in more money. Dave Pack has been fighting his personal and religious demons for decades and has brought that fight to his members encouraging them to be good soldiers ready to sacrifice for the common good of the church. Rod Meredith is perversely attracted to the war motif and loves to talk in vivid details about torture and other atrocities at the hands of the German Army. Noting is more gratifying to him than discussing concentration camps, fiery ovens and meats hooks that Americans will be strung up on. Gerald Flurry uses war, battles and fiery judgment to keep his dwindling flock under control. Notice the latest below by James Brady that was posted on the PCG web site:
Here is one final, inspiring thought to sing and march to as we finish our war together. In this evil world, armies sometimes set people free from oppression. The most famous case in living memory is the Allied conquest of northwestern Europe, ending the Nazi menace. American journalist Andy Rooney said the day the Allies liberated Paris was probably the happiest day the world has ever known. The liberation of the Dutch city of Nijmegen by British Grenadier Guards was vividly and accurately depicted in the film A Bridge Too Far. Throngs of deliriously happy people pressed in on the tanks, offering flowers, kisses and hugs, waving Royal Union and American flags, singing in English, “The war is over!” Seeing this film as a boy, I was enthralled. I wished I could jump on a tank and liberate a third-world country from a dictator!
Is that not the role of God’s Church in the near future? Like those troops, we have to fight heroically to be there for those people!
Maybe you have straggled behind at times as this awe-inspiring army, the Church of God, conducts its “forced march” (no resting) to battle. We all have. But we do not want to be remembered as a straggler in the coming battle. As Gerald Flurry writes in How to Be an Overcomer, “What hope we can deliver to the world! We have the opportunity to win a glorious victory that we can savor for all eternity! We will never regret what we did for God … in this end time. That will be our joy forever.”
Song of Songs teaches us that we are part of something bigger than ourselves, bigger than our problems and desire for comfort! Empowered by God, this army delivers hope. We rescue entire nations! We fight in an epic war that shakes the heavens and the Earth! (Isaiah 13:13; Haggai 2:6). We march in lockstep, in unity and purpose, fighting together against all odds with valor and heroism.
As Mr. Flurry wrote in the last sentence of How to Be an Overcomer, “Let’s all be noble knights together and thank God that we have the opportunity.” We have the chance to fight as one for Christ and the Father and be an awesome bannered host!
It is this kind of thinking that allows such terrible and physical abuse to run rampant in the Church of God. As soldiers supposedly unified on the path to war, it is not good to be a questioner, to rock the boat or disagree with the Pastor General. To do so, destabilizes the ranks and the battle cannot be won. Christ has had to delay his coming so many times now that even he forgets the exact date, all due to the fact that the membership was not ready. It had failed to fight the good fight.
If these men were actually Christian that might have the understanding that the battle has already been won. The fight is no longer ours to worry about. There is a rest that comforts the weary of hear tired of fighting a fight they can never win because they just can't ever measure up.
Matthew 11:30The Message (MSG)
28-30 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
I had a news alert today regarding Almost Arrested Elisha Elijah Joshua Amos Doubly-Blessed Chief Overseer Bob Thiel. It was about his latest online sermon. Poltergeists and Lying Wonders.
Who sits around and thinks about poltergeists day and and day out? Who really cares about levitating chihuahua's in Scotland?
Here are other things that he thinks occupies peoples minds continually. You will notice how fear based it all is. Demons, government conspiracies, illuminati, rouge planets, and the collapse of the dollar...where would the church be without such fearful things to worry about?
10 Reasons Not to Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton
Chinese threats against Australia for real?
Hillary Clinton, Theresa May, and Isaiah 3
Could the Large Hadron Collider lead to destruction?
Germany ready for military leadership?
America's Day of Reckoning 2017 Dollar Collapse?
Forbes' Brexit Monster is the Beast of Revelation
Post Brexit Prophecy
Can the Bilderberg Group Affect 2017 and Beyond?
Is the Universe Expanding or about to Catastrophically Collapse?
Planet Nibiru to Destroy Earth by 2017?
USA pushing gender confusion
Eliminate the $100 bill?
Thiel has also come up with a new gimmick in order to make him look like the biblical "authority" he foolishly believes he is. Hold up your big thick bible and shake it at the camera and people will know you mean business!
The self appointed lying wonder Thiel is not alone in his fear based topics and embarrassment of Jesus. Here is Gerald Flurry's latest topics. Jesus is not even a consideration. Much of Flurry's articles are militaristic, about old testament "hero's", and loyalty to church government.
How Secure Is Your Outpost?Paul called true Christians good soldiers for Christ. Are you? Or is Satan ready to take you captive?
By the Waters of Babylon Psalm 137 paints a terrifying prophetic picture of a tragedy about to befall a great many of God’s people.
How Not to Be Deceived Christ’s greatest warning to this world is found in Matthew 24. What makes it the greatest? It addresses the world’s greatest deception!
Improve Your MemoryFive practical ways to strengthen a mental muscle that is critical to your salvation.
A Law of HistoryLearning lessons from great leaders of the past is critical to national well-being.
Armstrongism is fear based to the core. Grace, mercy, peace, justice and redemption are not part of the church make up. Showing kindness to ones neighbor, deliver food to the hungry, helping the needy and being agents of comfort to the hurting are not part of their church plan. Who needs the words of Jesus when Moses, Jeremiah and Elisha are more important.
When Thiel talks about lying wonders, he perfectly describes himself, Malm, Pack, Flurry, Meredith and the rest of the corrupt church leaders.
