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just What DoYou
Mean-
A
CULT?
The Worldwide Church of God is
not
a "cult"! It is the present generation continuing the
Church of God founded A.D. 31 by Jesus Christ. Here are the facts.
A
ROMI NENT Baptist minis–
er reccnt ly said, ' ' l f the
Worldwide Church of
God is a cult, then wc Baptists
werc a cult during the carly years
of our growth."
Actu ally, thc word
cu /t
is not
an insulting cpithet, but today it
is often uscd insultingly. The
word comes from the word
cul–
ture,
which ordinar ily is used as a
very complimcntary t erm. Web–
ster defines "cult" as, "1) formal
religious veneration, worship; 2) a
system of re lig ious belief and
ritual, a lso ad herents to; 3) a
religion rejected as unor thodox or
spurious."
l t is this third usage that was
widely used in the sensational
Jones town mass-suícíde íncident.
Since that event occupi ed
front-page banner head lines for
severa! days, sorne who do not
know the facts have becn labeling
any or all small churches, small in
membcrship, as "cults." SMALL
CHURCHES ARE NOT "CULTS."
The One True Chu rch
J esus C hris t founded the one true
Church of God on the day of
Pentccost, in J une, A.
D.
3
J.
lt
began that day with 120 mem–
bers. Jt was not a "cult." J esus,
August 1980
by
Herbert W. Armstrong
during H is lifetíme, called those
origina l members the "little
flock" (Luke 12:32).
1n the prophecíes of the book
of Revelation , two churches are
foretold. One, in chapter 17, a
great false church , is called in
verse 5: " Mystery, Babylon the
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Sorne
...
have been
labeling any oral! small
churches, small in
membership, as cults.
SMAL L
CHURCHES
ARE
NOT CULTS.
' '
Great, the mother of harlots and
abominations of the earth. " She is
píctured as ruling over natíons
speaking different languages–
large, strong, powerful. The
other, the true C hurch of God, ís
d escribed in chapter 12, as a
small, persecuted church, having
to flee for her safety.
By t he year
A.D.
53, the
churches in Galatía, Asía Mínor
(now modern Turkey) , had al-
ready removed thcmselves from
the grace of Christ, into another
gospel. The true Gospel of Jesus
C hrist was being suppressed .
The true Church of God , hold–
ing to the true Gospel of Jesus
Chr is t , and the teachi ngs of
Christ and the apostles, soon had
to go underground, meeting for
services in secret. Millions were
tortured and put to death for
their faith .
But the TRUTH of Jesus C hrist
and the apostles was preserved by
the persecuted " little flock," and
in its fullness in the Holy Bible.
The Worldwide C hurch o f God
today hoJds
LO
the SAME FAITH,
same doc trines , same customs
and practices, as the original
Church of A.
D .
31, under the
original apostles.
Meanwhile, your Bible says,
R evelati on 12:9, the WHOLE
WORLD has been DECEiVED by
the invisible Satan the devil. Yet
God's TRUTH has becn prescrved
in the Bible.
l f you would like to see sorne of
that tru th revealed a nd mad e
pl ain, why not write fo r our free
booklet,
Just What Do You
Mean- Born Again?
lt will open
your eyes, w.hen you see this truth
IN YOUR OWN Bl BLE!
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