THE ONLY TRUE WAY...

If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, and the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, 'Let us go after other gods,' which you have not known, 'and let us serve them,' you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. 


''For the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul'' (Deuteronomy 13:1-3)

Right now in this world, there are 2 different sections:


1) Major section (Roman Catholic and Protestant)
2) Cults


Let’s start today by examining what defines a cult:

The dictionary defines cult as "a system of religious worship or ritual"; "devoted attachment to, or extravagant admiration for, a person, principle, etc." Generally, a cult is a group that is unorthodox in its beliefs and teachings, and calls for devotion to a person, object, or a set of new ideas. The term cult can range from any group of worshippers of any God who pay no attention to the Bible, to a small, highly paranoid, apocalyptic people who gather around a charismatic leader that uses the Bible to control them.
Characteristics:

1.They all claim special revelation and privilege.
2. Those that use the Bible invariably interpret it in disharmony with standard biblical understanding.
3. They distort the true biblical doctrines that effect salvation sufficiently to void salvation.
4. If it doesn’t use the Bible, it is a non-Christian religion and does not participate in the benefit of divine revelation.
5. Some cult groups add to the Bible.
6. All cults add to the finished work of Jesus on the cross.
7. Cults add works of righteousness to the finished work of salvation accomplished by Jesus on the cross.
8. The twisting of Scripture.


''But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!'' (Galatians 1:8)

The cults of today are Mormonism, Catholicism, Jehovah’s Witness, Moonies, Seventh Day Adventism, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Scientology, Buddhism. Everyday a new leader crops up to spread his message and leads innocent followers to self-destruction. The easiest way to discern whether or not a “faith” is a cult is to look at the root source. Any religion started by one person claiming to have exclusive knowledge into God, is always a cult. No exemptions. One human being started all the listed religions listed above. Jesus was both God and man and whose life was prophesied long before He came to earth. That’s the difference.

''You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me'' (Exodus 20:4-5)

The only WAY for us is to seek God and to read His WORD...pray for guidance, wisdom and help...not by following what people says and not by those so-called ''holy books''...

''Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere'' (James 3:13-17)

"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven'' (Matthew 10:33)

That's all for now...

God bless,

Ezra