Escape the Cults if You Can

In the fallen world of the human being we are more inclined to connection with one another than we are to truth. This is why we need Jesus Christ to break that false thinking of people to be able to think with the mind of Christ.

When we walk with Christ we can think with His mind which exposes the family cult that seeks to control the thinking of each one in the cult.

The fear of being treated with contempt and not being accepted by the group drives the members of the cult to remain with those who pretend to have our interest at heart but really care only about controlling those in the cult.

 
Cult leaders are all about control over the members of their cult. They may even think they are doing good but in reality they have no faith at all that other members of the cult are capable of coming to their own conclusions about life to make their own decision about the course of their life.

 
There is pride and arrogance involved in the thinking within the cult, which is dominated by the dilution that they are the only ones doing life right and everyone else not in the cult is the enemy. This is the mentality that drives the ultra-protection by isolating those in the cult from anyone who thinks differently from them.

 
Pride is when someone thinks too highly of themselves and arrogance is when someone thinks they are better and more deserving than others.

In a cult the leader of the cult does not allow any difference in thinking within the cult, monitoring the adults in the cult while punishing those who dare to think on their own. These leaders are nosy, bossy and rude to anyone who is brave enough to seek their own path. This is why Christians are so hated by the cultic systems, they reject the lies of the cult and live according to the principles and commands of Christ Who lives in them.

 
The fear of loss of connection with the people in the cult runs high since they were trained from childhood not to cross the leader and the other flying monkeys within that system.

 
We see this in family cults, church cults, and even in other institutions that assert their own ideas as the only ones allowed. Even the community around us has a prescribed way of thinking that will punish anyone who has a different idea of life than society has.

 
Cults are all around us, they are oppressive and mean-spirited as they dominate those who are too weak to make a break from them and live as Christ commanded.
Manipulation, covert rudeness, and isolation are the tools on the cult leaders' belt, they are always instructing and refuse to listen, the only recourse is to escape their dominance and walk with Christ in boldness.

 
Proverbs 3:5-6
"5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight."

Following people, following a cult leader or anyone else will lead those who follow them into an abyss of oppressive treatment as well as judgment over things that are not sins, but just personal choices. These cults judge the smallest matters as evil while ignoring the sin of arrogance and oppression within the cult.

 
They make rules God never made and punish anyone who violates those rules. They are the height of legalism and often violate much of the word of God while they adhere to their own human rules to keep everyone in the cult in line.

Our walk with Jesus Christ is free and not burdensome. We do not worry that someone may step out of line because we know those who have the Holy Spirit will hear from Him. If someone sins we lovingly and gently speak with them to bring them back to obedience to Christ, but never over man-made rules executed by those who think they need to help God out by making regulations and directives that God never commanded.

 
1 John 5:2-4
"2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith."

Those in the cult will only listen to the leader, they will never be allowed to discern truth on their own or hear it from anyone outside that cult. They will not permit the cult members to question one another, teach one another or encourage one another unless it meets with the approval of the cult leader, even if the leader is wrong and they often are wrong because they see themselves as an authority above that of the Holy Spirit.

 
Any leader who counts themselves as the only one with the truth is usurping the Holy Spirit. Anyone defying the leader by obeying the Holy Spirit will be punished through exclusion and shunning.

 
The best thing that can happen to the one who thinks with the mind of Christ is to be excluded from the cult, then is when their freedom to think with the mind of Christ begins.

 
John 16:13 "
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come."

Never allow any cult leader to oppress you and never remain with those who are cultic if you can get away.

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Obedience is the Evidence we Love Christ

Many people who say they are Christians but have no faith. Faith compels us to search His Word to obey His principles and commands.

 
John 14:15 "15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments."

Fighting to defend sin such as divorce and remarriage, following the ways of the world, and negating God's Word in any way, is to deny Him.

Christ is the very essence of His Own Word.

 
1 John 5:3
"For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,"

1 John 2:3-5
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:"

2 John 1:6
"And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love."

John 15:10
"If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love."

I think God was very clear about this matter of obedience, it is not selective, choosing those things we like and ignoring those we don't like, is not loving Christ, it is loving self.

Luke 6:46
"Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say?"

1 Peter 1:22
"Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart."

Excellence in Everything is being lost!

This is so true, the culture as a whole has become sloppy and ugly. Just look at those ripped jeans that people pay big bucks for, its strange that anyone would like them at all.

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"Have you ever wondered why children are no longer taught to write in cursive?"
And no, it is not by chance that they tend to use it less and less.
Writing in cursive means translating thoughts into words; it forces you to not take your hand off the paper.

A stimulating effort, which allows you to associate ideas, link them and put them in relation.

Not by chance does the word cursive come from the Latin "currere", which runs, which flows, because thought is winged, it runs, it flies.

Of course, cursive has no place in today's world, a world that does everything possible to slow down the development of thought, to fill it.

I think cursive was born in Italy and then spread throughout the world.

Why?

Because it was compact, elegant, clear writing.

But ours is a society that no longer has time for elegance, for beauty, for complexity; we have synthetics but not clarity, speed but not efficiency, information but not knowledge!

In general, we know too much and too little because we are no longer (generally speaking) able to put things into relation.

Most people can no longer think.

This is why we should go back to writing in cursive, especially at school. Because this is not just about recovering a writing style, but about giving breath to our thoughts again.

Everything that makes us live, that feeds the soul, that sustains the spirit, is connected to breathing.

Without breath, as the ancient Greeks said, there is no thought. And without thoughts there is no life.

Vivian Parra.-

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Fear is What Drives the Rudeness and Meanness

Those who are rude and mean are that way because they are depending on themselves for everything walking in fear of failure.

When we depend on Christ we do not walk in fear and we take each challenge in life as a strengthening of character as well as a learning experience that brings us closer to trusting in Christ.

Those who trust in themselves walk in vengeance against those they cannot control. They live a life of continual anger and fear because in their heart of hearts, they know they are not as perfect as they like to believe.

Humble unsaved people learn throughout their life that they must readjust their thinking and actions to be successful but always have that underlying stress of attempting to measure up.

The Born again believer who is trusting in Christ does not walk by fear, or if they do for a time they quickly learn to take their fear to Christ to be reassured that He is in control.

Those who are arrogant, full of self-exaltation, cannot admit flaws and failures. They blame others for their failures and exact revenge on anyone who would attempt to bring them back to right thinking that could help them grow and change. Because of this, the arrogant person regresses even further into childish responses to disagreement.

Until we can admit our flaws and failures, seek Christ for change in our hearts, we will continue down a path of spiritual and emotional destruction, regressing every day we resist the truth.

Chronic defensiveness in the arrogant person creates a continual distrust and disrespect for those they wish to control but cannot. In this distrust, they accuse their target of things that are not true but the arrogant person wishes were true. Even worse they repeat these lies to others making others distrust their target.

These arrogant people have a habit of keeping secrets to protect themselves while revealing the secrets of others to ruin their reputation. Perhaps the reason they keep secrets is because they believe others will reveal them the way the arrogant person reveals the secrets of others. Sadly though, the secrets the arrogant person reveals about others are fabricated in their own minds, the thing they want to believe about their target but are not true.

Arrogant people are self-impressed causing them to disregard their target as insignificant and even stupid.

These arrogant people crave admiration so much so they don't want their target to have any admiration from anyone else, this is the reason they gossip against their target, to prevent anyone from appreciating them.

There is no love involved in anything the arrogant one does or says. Everything is manipulation and utilitarian, they must not validate anyone who does not elevate them as special causing a continually vengeful attitude.

One thing to remember it that once we have been designated by the arrogant person as being on their "bad list", there is no getting off of that list. And we will be blacklisted in the minds of all their flying monkeys who heard their false story against us but do not have the sense to dismiss their lies as gossip.

Those who live in a continual state of pride and arrogance are dominated by devils, the reason they cannot stop their ways. Devils have convinced them they are superior and worthy of superiority over others who do not deserve love and attention.

Is it possible for someone who has lived their entire life in raging arrogance to change? I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that they have the ability to ruin our walk with Christ unless we refuse to let them by remaining in contact with them.

Galatians 5:9

"A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough."

2 Thessalonians 3:14

"Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed."

Romans 16:17

"Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them."

Empathetic and loving people have a tendency to give people chance after chance hoping they saw it wrong or that the person will change. It is wise to walk away until the Holy Spirit is clear that someone is repentant for their continual misdeeds and disrespect. We cannot go wrong when we see the truth and depend on the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom.

Never try to change this arrogant person or instruct them, they cannot learn until they repent and have been convicted by the Holy Spirit. The best course of action is to avoid them as much as possible and refuse to be drawn into their drama. Silence is golden when it comes to interactions with evil people.

Once vengeance has taken over the arrogant person there is no reasoning with this or changing it. Arrogant people want to make us think we are responsible for their attitude but we are not, they are and need to repent.

2 Corinthians 6:17

“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Hallalujah! There is victory in obeying Christ.