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Bible Truth (the Word of God for your reference to true
doctrine)
I felt it wise to first establish the true doctrines which the Word of God teaches, to help you discern the false doctrines that the cults teach
Ø True teaching – In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth(Genesis 1:1)
Ø True teaching – Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve(Matthew 4:10)
Ø True teaching – For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ Jesus.(1rst Timothy 2:5)
Ø True teaching – God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the nations, believed on in the world, received up into glory (1rst Timothy 3:16)
Ø True teaching – And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the ressurrection from the dead (Romans 1:4)
Ø True teaching – When the comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth…he shall tedtify of me (John 15:26)
Ø True teaching – There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3:10)
Ø True teaching – We have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins (Ephesians 1:7)
Ø True teaching – For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God- not of works, lest any man should boast(Ephesians 2:8-9)
Ø True teaching – And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment(Hebrews 9:27)
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False
claim- Benny Hinn claimed to raise someone from the dead when on a revival in
Africa, then on the Larry King show, when asked, he modified it and said he had
only heard of someone being raised from the dead.( The Larry King Show,
Interview with Benny Hinn)
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False
claim – Benny Hinn presented a claim to CRI that he had healed a man of colon
cancer, but review of the medical records showed that the colon tumor in
question had been surgically removed.(“Christianity in Crisis”, p.34)
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False
prophecy-several years before 1995, Benny Hinn claimed that God would destroy
all homosexuals by fire from heaven in 1995, when it didn’t happen, Benny Hinn
never mentioned it again(refer to Christian Research Institutes audio archives,
Benny Hinns false prophecy of the destruction of homosexuals in 1995, contact
CRI)
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False
teaching – Benny Hinn taught that he was getting revelation that the trinity
was really nine gods, because the Father , Son, and Holy Spirit were each
trinities too!(Benny Hinn program on TBN,10/3/90)
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False
teaching- Benny Hinn taught that originally women were created to give birth out of their sides.(Our
position in Christ #5-An heir of God,audiotape #A031190-5,side 2)
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False
teaching – Benny Hinn said ‘I am a little messiah walking on earth’(Praise a
thon program on TBN,11/6/90)
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False
teaching – Adam was a super being who could fly to the moon(Praise the Lord
program on TBN, 12/26/91)
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False
teaching - Benny Hinn teaches that if you believe in anything, you will
magically make it happen, for this is a law that even witches use.(Praise the
Lord program, TBN 6/1/89)
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False
teaching – Benny Hinn added a word to a scripture in order to support his faith
formula, instead of ‘the Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away’, he said it
says, ‘the Lord giveth and the Lord never taketh away.’(program on TBN 11/3/90)
Ø False teaching - Christian Science teaches that the Trinity suggests polytheism(Science and Health 256:9-11)
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False
teaching - if Jesus had never been, it would make no difference(First
Church of Christian Scientist pp.318-319)
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False
teaching - the Holy Ghost is divine science (Science and health 588:78)
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False
teaching - Man is incapable of sin (Science and health 475:28)
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False
teaching - One sacrifice is insufficient to pay the debt of sin (Science and
health 23:3-4)
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False
teaching - No final judgment awaits mortals (Science and health 291:28ff)
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False teaching - God is all there is. All
visible objects are but modifications of self existence, of an unconscious and
impersonal essence which is called God.
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False teaching -“I don’t think Christ ever
suffered or Christ could suffer”(Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, p.123)
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False teaching - Devotion centers on the god
Krishna
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False teaching - The “Masters” are considered
to be realized expressions of divinity, and as such, are worshipped
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False teaching -“Be still and know that you
are God, and when you know that you are God you will begin to live
Godhood…”(Meditations of Maharishi, p.178)
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False teaching - Heaven and hell are not
accepted concepts
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False teaching - Jesus did not die for sin
(from “Let God be True”, p116)
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False teaching - The doctrine of a burning
hell…cannot be true(LGBT, p.99)
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False teaching – Satan is the originator of
the trinity doctrine (LGBT, p.101)
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False teaching - Michael the archangel is no
other than the only begotten Son of God, now Jesus Christ(New heavens and New
Earth,p.30)
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False teaching – Christ was not raised in
flesh, but with a spiritual body(Make Sure of All Things, p.426)
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False teaching – God was once a child and a
mortal like ourselves.(Gospel Doctrine p.64, Articles of Faith, p.529, Journal
of Discourses 1:123)
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False teaching – Every man who reigns in
celestial glory is a god to his dominions(Mormon Doctrine, p.322)
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False teaching – The doctrine of a plurality
of Gods is prominent in the Bible(Teaching of the prophet Joseph Smith, p.370)
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False teaching – Adam fell that men might be,
and men are, that they might have joy(II Nephi 2:25)
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False teaching – Baptism by proxy is a major
activity(Plan of Salvation, p.8)
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False
teaching – A multitude of pagan gods are worshipped, the sky god, the earth
goddess( this violates Deuteronomy 6:13,14 ‘Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God
and serve Him…Ye shall not go after other gods.’)
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False
practices – They practice divination, magic, and spiritism(which is disobedient
to Gods instructions in Deuteronomy 18:9-14)
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False
teaching – there is no right or wrong, these evolve according to cultural needs
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False
belief – almost all New Agers adhere to
the ancient Hindu doctrine of reincarnation(This disagrees with Hebrews 9:27 ‘
it is appointed unto men once to die.’)
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False
belief – almost all New Agers adhere to the ancient Hindu doctrine of Karma (a
merciless impersonal law in the universe, from which God does not give mercy)
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False
teaching – Avatars, or ‘god men’ will usher in a new age
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False
practices – Any teaching or technique that facilitates experience is welcome
(Meditation, chanting, ecstatic dancing, sensory deprivation)
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False
teaching – Man never had a fall(Childs, Whatever is, is right)
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False
teaching – Salvation by atonement is a delusion( Ethics of Spiritualism, p.99)
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False
teaching – Hell does not exist and never will (The New Revelation)
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False
teaching – the divinity of Christ is denied(Spiritualistic Hymnal)
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False
teaching – Christ himself was nothing more than a medium of high order
(Spiritual Telegraph #37)
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False
teaching – The Holy Spirit from God is the spirit of some holy person who has
once been in the flesh (Hastings, p.91)
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False
teaching – God and man are one ( see Christianity in crisis, p.9)
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False
teaching – As a man, Jesus was no different from us except for the fact that he
was without original sin (Divine Principle, p.212)
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False
teaching – The Holy Spirit is a female spirit – (Divine Principle, p. 215)
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False
teaching – Marraige is the most important means of establishing God’s kingdom
on earth (see Christianity in Crisis, p.25)
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False
teaching – Christ will come…as a man in the flesh…through marraige(to)…a woman
in the flesh, and they will become the true parents of all mankind.(Declaration
of Unification Theological Affirmation)
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False
teaching – the Hottentot, the Heathen, he who worships the golden calf,
worships God (Lessons in Truth,p.126)
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False
teaching – The Krishna of the Hindu is the same as Christos of the Greeks and
the Messiah of the Hebrews (The Science of Being, p. 22)
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False
teaching – Sin, sickness, poverty, old age, and death are not real…(Lessons in
Truth, p. 35)
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False
teaching – The error lies in the belief that He was the only begotten Son of
God, and that He overcame for us, and that by simply believing in Him we are
saved(The Unity Treasure Chest, pp.68-69)
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False
teaching – The Trinity degrades God from His elevated position(Jesus Christ is
Not God,p.123)
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False
teaching - Many confuse the giver, Holy Spirit, with the gift, holy
spirit(Jesus Christ is Not God, p.128)
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False
teaching – Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but not God the Son(Jesus Christ is
Not God, p.16)
Ø “Christianity in Crisis”,
Hank Hanegraaff. Harvest House
Ø “The Spirit of Truth and the
Spirit of Error” a pamphlet by Keith Brooks, Irvine Robertson, available from
the Christian Research Institute
Ø “The Kingdom of the Cults”,
by Walter Martin, available from the Christian Research Institute
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