False Cults Free Online Course 1, Lesson 4
False Cults Free Online Course 1, Lesson 4
Why Should We Prepare
Bible-believing Christians were known for their warrior mentally till a few decades ago. However a subtle change has been taking place since the last generation onwards. With increasing wealth and financial well-being a desire to "mingle" has been replacing the attitude of separation.
Things have gone so far that many Bible-believing Christians have actively started desiring a union and communion between Christians of all shades right from the most orthodox up to Christians who are totally infidels. In such an atmosphere, ideas like separation and doctrinal purity are in danger of becoming anathema. Unfortunately this change has already swept at least some of the separatist churches into the bosom of the whore called Ecumenism, which is a technical sounding term to denote spiritual compromise. In such an atmosphere many people question the need for fighting back the Cults. After all, are we all not spiritual brothers, they say.
The Other Side Has Declared War
It is a shame that while many spiritually blind people and cowards from the Evangelical churches gush with love for our "brethren" in the Cults, none of those "brethren" feel the same way about us ! Else, they would have put a permanent moratorium on stealing sheep from the Evangelical churches. Instead of doing that, they continue to view and depict us as people who need to be brought immediately under the bondage of their Cult so that our salvation is ensured. Thus while the naive emotionalists among us are busy with love gushing out for our little "brethren" in the Cults, the Cultists have declared an open, one-sided, and shameless war against us — whom they consider as their enemies and totally lost.
Only a fool would overlook this kind of war and its predictable consequences — if it is not fought back in time. We must therefore take note of the following :
1-It Is A Real War: Evangelical Christians of the present generation are totally reluctant even to think of spiritual warfare. Thus they neither declare war, nor desire to go to war, yet the war from Cults is real, and it is going on every side, every day.
There is also a tendency to believe that it is not a real war if only one side has declared its intention to fight. This is foolish. War is war even if only one side has declared its intention to fight. What is worse, whether our side responds or not, the other side would keep on fighting till the end.
There is no reason for self satisfaction on the basis of one- sidedness. One side or two, it is a real war and the Cultist side is wounding plenty of our people. It is high time to defend our people and territory.
2-Ignoring The War Will Not Do: Cowards often feel that a problem would be solved if they just ignore its existence. Many of them prescribe the same approach for winning the war on Bible- believing Christians declared by the Cults.
No problem has ever been solved by pretending that it does not exist, and no war has been won by ignoring it. The same is the case here. If anyone feels that the Cults would not harm us if we do not react at all, he is just being naive. The Cultist is a merciless warrior. Winning others to his side is a part of his preparation for salvation. Thus the more that we ignore him, the bolder that he becomes. Mercilessly he would take as many captives from our side as possible. Ignoring him will not solve the problem.
3-Carelessness Has Been Costly: Though Evangelicals generally close their eyes to the threat, this has not resulted in cease- fire. Rather, this has only helped the Cults to take a lot of captives from us.
Except for one or two, most Cults prefer snatching people away from Christian Churches. This is easier for them than getting people from other world religions. Because of our inaction, the number of people lost by us every year is far greater than what any of us can imagine. By now, each one of the largest Cults have taken away millions of people from our churches. The smaller Cults have taken hundreds of thousands. Worse, many of the non- Christian Cults have also taken away millions of people from traditionally Christian societies like U.S.A., Europe, and Scandinavia. The same is beginning to happen in India also.
Silence is golden, but not in this kind of war. Here we have already lost tens of millions to these Cults. further, Hundreds of millions are already under Cultic influence through the New Age Movement and its countless offshoots. If we continue with our inaction, the losses would be far more greater than we can ever imagine — and at least some of their blood would be upon us.
4-Preparation/Training For War Is A Must: Just as the days of direct warrior-to-warrior combat are gone, in the realm of spiritual war also the situation has changed totally. Today’s Cultist is not just any Bible-wielding simpleton, but a highly trained warrior armed with weapons of psychological war.
Just as the strongest human would fail in combat with a Karate Black-belter, even the strongest believer can fail in his opposition to today’s Cultist guerrilla. The only answer is preparation. Fortunately, this preparation need not be very difficult. The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. Thus what we need to learn is how to use this Sword, and it will fight the war for us. Today we lose millions of people to the false Cults because we are not training ourselves properly. Unless we reserve this trend, we will never win in this battle.
5-A Warrior Mentality Is Needed: As mention previously, Bible- believing Christians have mostly forgotten the warrior mentality of their Fathers. right from the time of Constantine, compromise has been easier for Christians than holy living. Holiness demands separation, and that is totally contrary to today’s spirit of compromise.
The Fathers of every Bible-believing movement were people who emphasized holiness, separation, and non-compromise. An aggressive warrior mentality was required for living and maintaining this holiness. The gradual loss of this warrior mentality has resulted in apathy, which in turn has encouraged Christians to overlook their own training.
Training and Preparation are needed for winning this war. But we do not train ourselves in the art of counterattack because the desire for combat and defending the faith our Fathers is gone. Only a return to the warrior mentality of our Fathers would help us to undergo this training.
6-Fighting is Needed to Minimize Losses: As long as Bible- believing Christians would continue in their pacifism and escapism, there will be plenty of casualties. But once they begin to fight back, the losses would reduce to minimum levels.
At present our unwillingness to fight, or the lethargy to defend our territory, makes the Cultists unnecessarily bold in their tactics. At the same time this coldness clouds the vision of our believers about the serious dangers, making them complacent and unguarded.
Once we recapture the warrior mentality of our Fathers, others would greatly hesitate to steal sheep from our fold. Our believers would also become aware and alert about dangers. All this would reduce the number of casualties.
7-Preparation Helps In Offense As Well As Defense: Once we re- discover the warrior mentality of our Fathers, we would be able to invest in preparation. Once such a preparation is made, we would become competent in offense as well as in defense. And once that happens, the deposit of our Fathers is better protected.
In essence, instead of continuing as cowardly spectators, we must get down to offense as well as defense. We lose if we do not fight back. We gain not only people but a deep commitment to our Faith if we fight back.
False Cults Free Online Course 1, Lesson 4
Why Should We Prepare
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