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New Apostolic Church – Christian Sect
| Posted on 4 April, 2017 at 10:06 |
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Not to be
confused with the Apostolic Church that is Scriptural and Balanced
OR the Apostolic Movement in the Body of
Christ. The New Apostolic Church is a Christian Cult that has been in existence for many years. It is highly organised and legalistic. An amazing amount of
things are expected of you to obtain Salvation (in addition to believing on Jesus) and
to live a Christian Life. Everyone should read this, because you or someone-else could
be glad you did one day. There are two other good reasons it would be good if you
could. 1) It
will make you glad that you are Saved by Grace and not to take that
Grace in vain. 2) It
will help you not to ever depart from “the simplicity of Faith in Christ”. To anyone who is involved in or considering that church, our
Bible distinctly says “Whosoever calls on the Name of JESUS shall be SAVED” How dare anyone tell you different – God Says! Things you should
know about this Sect: It is strongly structured into a set belief-system (some scriptural and some not scriptural but added or
distorted). Strictly governed by ministers deemed to be apostles. Baptism can only be performed by an ‘apostle’. The Lord’s Supper is strictly dispensed by one of them. Your Salvation experience has to be sealed by ‘an apostle’. They believe strongly in a ‘bridal congregation’ so you miss out
on the Marriage Supper if you are not a member of that church,
beliefs and practices. They claim that you can intercede for departed family members imparting Salvation to them, like Mormons claim. They also believe that after the Marriage Supper, there will
be a peaceful reign of Christ where everyone who has ever been
born will be given an opportunity to accept Christ and
redemption. Does your Bible say that? They believe very strongly that the nature of their services
are ‘divine’ much as to say they are governed by Heaven and must not be
questioned. They have many ‘blessing’ ordinances for every holiday
and special family occasion, so
the church doctrines go very deeply
into family life. They have a strong code
of beliefs they refer to as Catechism like the Roman Catholic institution has and their list is much longer. It also
allows for brain-washing like the WMB Movement has with repetitive tapes and is strongly legalistic. Nothing is to be questioned! ‘Apostles’ encourage and officiate Sacraments for the living and
departed That is an absolute sacrilege found in Mormonism and
forbidden in Scripture! The ‘apostles’ assume all the roles of 5 Fold Ministries
found in Ephesians 4 (that is a distortion indeed) and all the Admin Ministries
of Helpers etc Plus all the Gifts of the Spirit. Where’s the various
Body Ministries of Believers in all this? Conclusion: You can’t have Salvation without an ‘apostle’ in
attendance. In fact, you have to had experienced the sacraments dispensed
by them in order to be saved and accepted. You then get to be called ‘Firstlings’ instead of Earthlings, shall we say? Instead of “Kings and Priests” like Scripture says ALL Believers
ARE because those roles are taken up by “guess who” as well? ‘apostles’ of-course! Can we conclude that everyone-else are in fact “nothings” except for keeping
all the Rules and Regulations of ‘The Church?’ That Cult (pardon me). For a Christian Cult is any strong belief system that deviates
from what we know to be TRUE in SCRIPTURE! But if you should err in your standards as a New Apostolic
believer their ‘apostles’
can forgive your sins – EXCUSE ME! I thought only God can forgive us our (true) sins? Even Christ was accused of blasphemy for forgiving someone’s sins before He shed His Precious Blood for us! Surely, He is the only son of man entitled to do that because He is the Son
of God. Only our Savior JESUS is recorded in Scripture for saying “Your sins are
forgiven, go and sin no-more” Not Peter, John or Paul…….certainly not Roman
Catholic OR New Apostolic Ministers. But we can all forgive each-other our
offences, aye? The New Apostolic Church are strict believers in the 10 Commandments God gave to Israel. Jesus gave us 2 Commandments to observe and practice. “Love The Lord with all your mind, and strength and will and
your neighbour as yourself (treat them how you would like them to treat you)” Forgiveness of sins occurs through the absolution,
which is proclaimed in the name of Jesus
Christ by authorised ministers. Following Repentance and remorse, with acknowledgement that
you are ‘sinners’.
This takes place as an entire congregation, highly dependent on this practice on a weekly basis. Baptism, Sealing of Salvation, Forgiveness of Sins and The
Lord’s Supper are all referred to as Sacraments with a set code of prerequisites to qualify. All of these must be authorised and performed by an ‘apostle’ and are referred to as ‘Acts of God’. Given all that is
required of you to be Saved and secure your Salvation, the deep-seated submission factor in services and during the
week (indoctrination) and the way the practices of ‘the church’ including official blessings are involved in every holiday and special days in your
family, this religion has the potential to be very
damaging to one’s mind and emotions and spiritually also. Especially once you become overwhelmed or disillusioned by
it because the practices of this church make such deep inroads into your heart and soul. This is characteristic of all Christian Cults – a strongly invasive Belief System that weaves it’s way into the very fibre of your being. Only JESUS has the right to be so close to our soul and spirit. If you have been involved in this teaching, you need HEALING. Jesus said “If you keep My
Words, you shall be Free Indeed” AND “Come to ME all you who are heavy laden and I will give you
REST. For My yoke is EASY and My burden is LIGHT” These poor brothers and sisters in Christ, I really feel for
them with such compassion from The Lord. Please don’t get mixed
up in this. A few Christian Cults I have known through family, friends
and people I’ve met and a few I have researched like this one, convinces me that
if the enemy can’t tempt you to live like a
sinner and “trample the Cross of Christ” in doing so, he has plenty of legalistic doctrines
out there to enslave and keep in
bondage as many as possible. He hates Truth and he hates Grace………so often we see one without the other. “GRACE and TRUTH came
through JESUS” Another thing that Christian Cults have in common is making you or family members mentally ill with the stress of it all. Jesus came to HEAL us, not to make us unwell. “I Am Not A God Of
Confusion But A God Of Peace” PEACE BE WITH YOU! |