Re: How Should Christians Treat Those Who Seem To Want To Be "Under The Law"?
Some few oddballs claim that physical circumcision is also required.
1What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
I was one of them while a member of Worldwide Church of God.
I'm sure most everyone here on cc knows this by now, not breaking news any more. ok
the church claimed we had "the truth" and that we were going
to be priests and kings in the Millennium, and ultimately a God being.
-mabe they read it in the bible here,
Revelation 5:10
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
or here in Revelation 1:6, hope you are there too.
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;
to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 John 3:2 (KJV)
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
-kings and priests to replace Satan and his demons in ruling over this earth.
For Satan is now the "god of this age" (2 Corinthians 4:4). He is now
the "prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons
of disobedience" (Ephesians 2:2). and the "father" of lies (John 8:44),
As well, there is a faulty view of church history,
-Paul taught the church was going to become corrupt also.
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn
every one night and day with tears.
-"counterfeit Christianity"! The Apostles knew this was going to happen. Paul warned:
"Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day [of Christ's return] will not come unless
the falling away [from the Truth] comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition.…
For the mystery of lawlessness is [already] at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He
is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with
the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming" (2 Thessalonians 2:3, 7–8)
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation
has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is
no great thing if his ministersalso be transformed as the ministers of righteousness …”
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains,
on which the woman sitteth.-----------do you know what the woman here means?
17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart
is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men"