The WMS Church of God is Not a Cult

I have mentioned in other posts that some people have labeled the World Mission Society Church of God as a “cult.” They’ve dedicated themselves to defaming the Church of God, Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother.

The Church of God does not follow mainstream Christian doctrines, instead, we actually follow Christ and His teachings in the Bible. We preach to people about the truth, Christ Ahnsahnghong and God the Mother, testified in the Bible. And this makes some people very upset.

Before I get started, I’d like to clarify that no man (or woman) on this earth, whether he is a self-proclaimed “cult expert” or a self-ordained preacher, missionary, minister, priest or what have you, can judge any church by any standard other than the Bible. In other words, only the Bible can say whether a church is the true church or if it’s heretic!

So what does the Bible say? Is the World Mission Society Church of God a cult? Let’s take a few steps back in time.

Acts 24:5 “We have found this man to be a troublemaker who is constantly stirring up riots among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the cult known as the Nazarenes.”

Two thousand years ago, Jewish religious leaders referred to Jesus and His disciples as a “cult.” Hmmm…the Bible says that history repeats itself. If two thousand years ago, religious leaders labeled Christ and His followers as a cult, then what will happen when Jesus comes a second time?

John 12:37 But despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still don’t believe in him. This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted: “Lord, who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?” But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said, “The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts – so that their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.” Isaiah was referring to Jesus when he said this, because he saw the future and spoke of the Messiah’s glory. Many people did believe in him, however, including some of the Jewish leaders. But they wouldn’t admit it for fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue. For they loved human praise more than the praise of God. 

Do you think the standard of a religious authority can be the criterion to distinguish heresy and determine whether or not a church is a cult?

Because they did not recognize Christ as the Savior, they obstructed His work of salvation simply because their religious authority was in jeopardy. So what did they do? Not only did they claim Jesus was a cult leader, but they even blasphemed saying that His works were from the devil.

In the same way, people today who deny Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother also say that the World Mission Society Church of God is doing the work of Satan by deceiving innocent people.

Matthew 9:3 But some of the teachers of religious law said to themselves, “That’s blasphemy! Does he think he’s God?”

Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees said, “He can cast out demons because he is empowered by the prince of demons.”

And because they did not believe in Jesus, the Pharisees dedicated themselves to turning others away from believing in Christ. Same as now, many religious leaders and people who go against the Church of God out of their own unbelief make others turn away from Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother.

How do they do this? We just have to look at the way Pharisees turned people away from Christ 2,000 years ago. They still use the same tactics today.

They made up false evidence.

Matthew 26:60 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward.

Today, people make false evidence against the Church of God claiming things that are not true and cannot be proven. They post blogs, websites, YouTube videos, making false claims against Christ Ahnsahnghong, Heavenly Mother, and the WMSCOG. I’ll give you one such ridiculous claim. They say the Church of God commits religious fraud. Really?

They took his words out of context. 

Matthew 26:60 Finally two [witnesses] came forward and declared, “This fellow [Jesus] said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'” [But the temple he was speaking of was his body.]

While Jesus Christ did say that He was able to destroy the temple and raise it in three days, He was actually prophesying about His death and resurrection, as the temple in the Bible represents Christ’s body. However, taking His words out of context, these two witnesses claimed that Jesus would was threatening to destroy the physical temple. How foolish!

People who oppose Christ Ahnsahnghong and Heavenly Mother are constantly taking Their words and the Bible out of context looking for a way to try to disprove the prophecies They fulfilled and Their teachings from the Bible. In one of my recent posts, I addressed the way people twist the verse in 1 Timothy 2:5 taking it out of context in an effort to deny God the Mother.

The false evidence, fake YouTube testimonials and all the effort that “cult experts” and false prophets make to try to dissuade people from believing in God the Mother and Christ Ahnsahnghong only serve as proof that the Church of God is in fact the true Church. The Bible already prophesied that all of these things would happen again just as they did 2,000 years ago.

So my advice to these people is the same of that in the book of Acts.

Acts 5:38 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”

Stay tuned for Part 2 of this post for a checklist on how to recognize heresies through the Bible.