May God have mercy on you, like he did Saul. The following is from Acts 9.
Saul, “breathing out threatenings and slaughter,” was on his way to Damascus to persecute the disciples of the Lord, when “suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecuteth thou me?
Wrongheaded and headstrong, he thought these early church Pentecostals, like you, a damnable cult. What shock and awe to hear the answer from heaven when he asked, “Who art thou, Lord?”
Saul was expecting the one God of his Jewish religion to answer, but Greetings Puny Humans, since he believes the one God is not actually one but three separate and distinct divine people up in heaven, presumably would expect what? Which one of the three to answer? Perhaps all three answering in unison like an acapella trio?
No, none of the above, the answer from heaven was: “I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for you to kick against the pricks.”
There resulted from this a dramatic change in Saul’s theology. Prompting him to get baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus for the remission of his sins, he was told by Ananias, “Why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord,” and to be filled with the Holy Ghost, Acts 9:17,18, 22:16.
The “cult” he was so cock sure about, that surely was so “damnable,” that held Jesus as their one Lord, that baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus for the remission of sins, became his one Lord. He, going on to become the great apostle Paul.
Paul preached the doctrine of the Trinity, and of Grace, and of faith, and of order and decency. Yours barks like dogs shrieking in your filthy churches as you tell people they are damned if they don't belong to your church and do not follow your obscure rules, kind of like the Pharisees.
Well said!
God bless!