False Cults Free Online Course 1, Lesson 3
False Cults Free Online Course 1, Lesson 3
Why Should We Fight Them
In the past millennia wars were fought and won often on the basis of brute force or larger army. But even during such periods some commanders understood the value of strategy. Thus many of them were able to defeat a more massive and powerful enemy force by sheer strategy. Eventually military-strategy developed into a complex and highly refined science and art, and today no commander ever dares to venture out purely on the basis of his fire-power.
The relationship between true Biblical faith and all kind of error is no different from warfare. Even if Bible believing Christians do not desire to fight, the other side has declared war. Unless we defend our territory, we will end up with a lot of our beloved people in the fold of the cults. Thus for the sake of our children, brothers and sisters, family, and the church members, we are forced to fight back.
In this battle of information the first round was won by the cults. They came silently and stealthily and took away millions of people from among us. After these massive losses the churches awoke and fought back and won during this round. This was a battle of information, and we won by pooling up massive doses of doctrine and systematic theology. However, now we are in the third round of the information-battle.
Raw information related to Bible was the ammunition in the first two rounds. The battle was also direct. Thus we won ultimately because of our more accurate understanding and teaching. However the situation has taken a dramatic turn in the present stage. Information continues to be the ammunition, but the enemy now depends more upon strategy. Instead of a face-to-face war, the cults now depend upon subtle psychological war and also upon reprogramming the minds of people. Only a new strategy that takes these factors into account would help us to hold the ground.
The situation is complicated by the present condition of the church also. Biblical literacy was high among believers of past generations. But in spite of having better tools, today the larger percentage of believers in Bible believing churches suffer form spiritual ignorance as well as lack of commitment. Added to this is the deceptive influence of the present-day atmosphere.
Right from the earliest days of a person’s life the education system, the prevailing value system, and the perverted society condition people to reject good and accept that which is evil and wrong. This develops in us a kind of attitude that is very conducive to the infiltration and growth of cults. Thus in every way the present-day Christian community is in a disadvantageous state. Add to this the learned new strategies of the cults, and the time is ripe for the church to be the loser.
This third round is much more deceptive, all-pervasive, and comprehensive compared to the two earlier rounds. Whichever side wins today would remain victor for a long time. This battle cannot be avoided in any way. The challenge and aggression has come from the other side. This if we remain inactive or if we flee, they would simply come and conquer us and the classic statement would fit them: I Came, I saw, I conquered. There was no resistance.
Eternal vigilance is the cost of freedom. If we do not fight back, very soon many of our children, brothers and sisters, family, and church members would end up as slaves in their camp. This has already been happening. Many of us have already lost many of our beloved one’s to many kinds of cults and movements.
For the sake of our dear ones we have to fight back. For the sake of maintaining our freedom we have to fight back.
Why Should We Know About Them
Almost everyone has seen free-style wrestling at least on TV. There are almost no rules, and the wrestlers try to win by any method that they deem helpful. This often leads to much bloodshed and injury before one of them is declared the victor.
Now let us assume a situation where one person attacks the other without being constrained by any rule. On the other hand, the other party has to fight back but only within rules. Obviously it is an unequal battle in which the `Free’ wrestler has tremendous unfair advantage over his opponent who is rigidly controlled by rules. The first one can fight fair or foul while the second one cannot at any time cross the boundaries. The situation is so heavily loaded in favour of the first person and against the second person that the second wrestler can win only if a miracle takes place.
We Bible-believing Christians are like the wrestler constrained by laws. Our integrity and ethics never permitting us to cross the boundaries of decency and propriety. Yet the cultists are often free to win converts at any cost. And they never spare any efforts to defeat us.
Now consider a situation where the first wrestler (and his weapon) is totally invisible. Now even a miracle cannot conceivable help the second wrestler to win. Yet many times that is our situation. The cultists are already waging an unjust and unprincipled war against the Bible-believing people. On top of that they would become an "invisible" adversary if we remain ignorant about them and their tactics. Even the cleverest and most experienced war strategist cannot fight a battle when ignorance is coupled with inequality of rules.
There is no question of neutrality here. Either we defend our territory or they come and enslave us. In such a situation, it is a must to know about the enemy. They are not gong to play fair, and we cannot force them to change their ways. However, they cannot easily prevent us from knowing about them. So at least in this matter we should not put ourselves in a disadvantageous position.
A committed believer should not only read this book, but should also read every book that he can get about the cultists.
False Cults Free Online Course 1, Lesson 3
Why Should We Fight Them
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