HOW DO YOU SPELL RELIEF?
by Larry Wynn
Scripture: II CORINTHIANS 11, II CORINTHIANS 12, II CORINTHIANS 13
How Do You Spell Relief?
Larry Wynn
Staying true 2 corinthians 11-13 april 18, 1999 a.m. series: ''a survival kit...'' subject: cults
Introduction
A. ''The approach of the year 2000 has swelled the ranks of the fearful and the credulous.''
1. This according to time magazine, april 7, 1997.
2. The article ''the lure of the cult goes on to quote carl rashke, cult specialist at the university of denver who predicts ''an explosion of bizarre and dangerous cults.''
3. He indicates much of this is due to ''millennial fever.''
4. Time says, ''the modern era of cultism dates to the 1970's when the free inquiry of the previous decade led quite a few exhausted seekers into intellectual surrender. Out from the rabble of the counter culture came such groups as the children of god, the divine light mission, the church of scientology, the robotic political followers of lyndon larouche, and the unification church of the rev. Sun myung moon.''
5. Since this time we have had the jonestown massacre, waco, and heaven's gates as the most extreme of the groups.
B. Who is attracted to a cult?
1. Time states is no one group socially or economically that is most attracted.
2. Disillusioned folks from every strata of life have been pulled into bizarre religious groups.
C. Which cult groups are the most successful?
1. Those that mix its teachings with ''weirdly adulterated christianity''.
2. Heaven's gate for instance took astrology and christianity together to build its belief system.
D. As we move towards a new millennium it is very important we stay true to the word of god and the god of the word.
1. It is important for ourselves and our children.
2. In order to do that we must test the spirits repeatedly.
e. 2 corinthians 11-13 gives us some tests we can follow to separate the true from the false.
1. Understand it will not always be easy.
2. Satan comes disguised as an angel ...
Larry Wynn
Staying true 2 corinthians 11-13 april 18, 1999 a.m. series: ''a survival kit...'' subject: cults
Introduction
A. ''The approach of the year 2000 has swelled the ranks of the fearful and the credulous.''
1. This according to time magazine, april 7, 1997.
2. The article ''the lure of the cult goes on to quote carl rashke, cult specialist at the university of denver who predicts ''an explosion of bizarre and dangerous cults.''
3. He indicates much of this is due to ''millennial fever.''
4. Time says, ''the modern era of cultism dates to the 1970's when the free inquiry of the previous decade led quite a few exhausted seekers into intellectual surrender. Out from the rabble of the counter culture came such groups as the children of god, the divine light mission, the church of scientology, the robotic political followers of lyndon larouche, and the unification church of the rev. Sun myung moon.''
5. Since this time we have had the jonestown massacre, waco, and heaven's gates as the most extreme of the groups.
B. Who is attracted to a cult?
1. Time states is no one group socially or economically that is most attracted.
2. Disillusioned folks from every strata of life have been pulled into bizarre religious groups.
C. Which cult groups are the most successful?
1. Those that mix its teachings with ''weirdly adulterated christianity''.
2. Heaven's gate for instance took astrology and christianity together to build its belief system.
D. As we move towards a new millennium it is very important we stay true to the word of god and the god of the word.
1. It is important for ourselves and our children.
2. In order to do that we must test the spirits repeatedly.
e. 2 corinthians 11-13 gives us some tests we can follow to separate the true from the false.
1. Understand it will not always be easy.
2. Satan comes disguised as an angel ...
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