Saturday, December 5, 2020

Is it Time for a Better Path in the COG's?


 

Guest post:

Time for a better path

It is time for the members of LCG, UCG and COGWA to embrace a better path by truly following Jesus Christ's voice.

# 1 The power of good deeds.

The COG does not let its light shine. Although there are stellar individuals or ministers that care about the poor such as Daniel Botha or Wes White it is clear that most of the leadership does not.

The COG has all sorts of absurd rationales rooted in HWA's selfish greed to avoid helping others and doing good deeds. It is one of the major reasons they are so despised now and have such a bad reputation. But that doesn't have to be true for the members.

The membership should listen carefully to the voice of Christ,set aside the delusional rationalizations and traditions of their leadership that render the word of God of no effect, and do good deeds that honor God.

Matthew 5:14 Let your light shine. A city on a hill cannot be hidden . Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it give slight to everyone in the house. In the same way , let your shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

# 2 It is Time to be Better Stewards

Since the collapse of WCG in 1995 the offshoots have taken in at least half a billion dollars. What do we see for this huge investment? Unfortunately we have stagnant and dying churches. The COG talks about growth, but the truth is the churches are instead rapidly growing old and dying. Perhaps one of the reasons is the money is not going to do a work.

For example, to its shame COGWA only invests 10% of its resources in the public proclamation of the gospel and UCG is almost just as stingy with about only 20%.

One would have thought with all that money and time the COGs would now have a vast library of TV programs, books and other materials that are well researched and relevant for this generation. Sadly that is not the case for much of what has been produced (e.g., LCG's poorly designed materials). If you doubt this just show some of the church materials to teenagers and see how interested they are in them.

Christ told his disciples to let nothing be wasted (see John 6:12). But the membership of LCG, UCG and COGWA waste their time and money being involved in such unproductive churches. The members of the COG need to become better stewards, by carefully considering how their money is spent and vociferously demanding changes if it is being squandered or siphoned off. If things do not improve in your church then defund them, and donate to other biblical organizations that are bearing fruit.

# 3 True Repentance Needed

A mountain of evidence has come to light documenting the sins of HWA and the leadership of the former WCG and how the church treated people with brutality. One would think that this would have led to some type of public remorse and repentance on the part of the present COG leadership. Instead they ignore the plain admonition in Proverbs that fools mock making amends for sins (see Proverbs 14:9). If they are unwilling then the membership should humble themselves by expressing remorse, disavow any rationalizations for these sins, and make amends by treating people –especially the least among us -- with respect and love.

Aristophanes

OMG! Did Jonah get swallowed by the whale after he saw a woman eating gelatin while Ezekial was telling her not to get pregnant during Hanukkah because the Germans like to gamble at Golgotha while getting their COVID vaccines?

Bobaniah's ADD has kicked in big-time today. He has a new "sermon" up for his few faithful and it is a doozy! 

In this sermon, Dr. Thiel answers questions that have been submitted to the Church of God on many topics, such as:

What about using expressions like gosh and OMG?
Can Europe get together?
Is mercy killing (euthanasia) allowable?
What about stopping medical life support?
Is it alright to become pregnant during this time?
Why aren’t you supposed to boil a goat kid in its mother’s milk?
Did Ezekiel see the throne of God?
Can you participate in gambling games of chance?
Is bankruptcy acceptable?
Should Christians avoid gelatin?
What does “until Shiloh comes” mean?
Did Jacob engineer selective breeding?
Where did the Germans come from?
Is Germany the Assyria of biblical prophecy?
Where is the location of Golgotha, the site of Jesus’ execution?
Was Jonah swallowed by some type of great fish?
Did Jesus observe any national holidays, like Hanukkah?
What is the CCOG position on vaccines? 
 
Dr. Thiel goes through scriptures, facts, COG documents, opinions, and historical information to provide answers.

The dumbing down of COG ministers continues unabashedly! Imagine having to sit through this handwaving mind-numbing drivel and never hear anything about Jesus Christ, what he did, what he accomplished, and why no Christian needs to worry about any of this kind of crap in their daily walk.




Friday, December 4, 2020

Why you should not trust the numbers Bobaniah Thiel gives for his total membership (3,000+)



The Great Self-appointed Bwana and Savior of the Church of God, Bobaniah Thiel has proclaimed for many years that he has thousands of members in Africa. He has claimed he has 3,000+ members there. Bobaniah apparently uses the same counting system that Wade Cox uses when he claims 1/2 of the African continent, including untold numbers of Muslims, are his followers. There is one thing for sure about the COG and that it has always been good at fudging numbers and making them mean something other than what they actually are.

Bobaniah has this up on his blog in a letter to his African faithful. Notice the numbers they are reporting:

India, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Haiti, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia 

Per my request, various leaders have provided numbers of congregants in various lands. 

From our deacon in India: 

We have 39 members who have been baptised and another equal number who are co-workers who await baptism. 

Our feast participants number nearly 80.

From deacon Koang Deng, here are parts of two emails: 

Truly, we do have more number here in Ethiopia than that of South Sudan. 
 
Ethiopia has … Total number 88. 
 
For South Sudan {50}… 
 
He also mentioned also that there are another 52 in Ethiopia that expressed interest, but he is not convinced that they are yet faithful. 
 
In Haiti, we have 20 people. 
 
From evangelist Evans Ochieng: 
 
The church members in Tanzania are 65 they were 67 but two left. One died and another man … left. 
 
While in Uganda we have 8 people.From deacon Radson Mulozowa:

Zambia … Last time they report to have 50 brethren …

The fullness/full number of the Gentiles need to come in (Romans 11:25) and many are coming with the CCOG. 
 
Serbia
 
We have 6 regular Sabbath and Holy Days attendances in Serbia. Four members are baptized, one person is being prepared for baptism and another is having issues with Sabbaths and Holy Days off, but attends more-less regularly.

Remember though, the fields are white for harvest and Bobaniah will soon be bringing untold numbers of people for the final end times push. How many years have we heard that from Ron Weinland, Dave Pack, Gerald Weston, Gerald Flurry, and other failing COG leaders?