The poster of this thread has had some past associations with at least one of the following mentioned in post #7 of this thread that was posted last night:
Escape From The Iron-Fisted Worldwide Church of God Cult into The Power and Freedom of Jesus Christ!And since many of these splinter groups from the Worldwide Church of God have been trying to "gobble up" remnants from that cult left and right, and have divided, and redivided, whose the real ravenous ones?
Could it be that that a certain poster has observed such tremendous in-fighting and inward accusation after accusation, and has simply "borrowed" Biblical language from others under this umbrella as to how they've attempted to fend off themselves from competing splinter groups.
Interesting possibility...but instead of guessing...or superimposing this view minus direct knowledge...I'll ask the thread jumpstarter:
Douglas, how often have you seen Matthew 7 -- and/or some of the verbiage you've used in this thread -- used by one splintered Worldwide Church of God leader contending versus another...?
(And we'll take a "crickets" response as indicative that perhaps I'm on to something here).
For those of you who want to see DIRECT confirmation of such infighting even within the offshoot splinter group Douglas has associated with, see post #215...and click on the link there.
BTW, God is a God of redemption...and was bringing back stray Armstrong disciples:
Here is the transformation of the portion of Armstrong's church that went Christian:
A Short History of Grace Communion International
They say:
Transformed by Christ
A Brief History of Grace Communion International In the early 1930s, Herbert Armstrong began a ministry that eventually became our denomination. He had many unusual doctrines. These he taught so enthusiastically that eventually more than 100,000 people attended weekly services. After he died in 1986, church leaders began to realize that many of his doctrines were not biblical. These doctrines were rejected, and the church is now in full agreement with the statement of faith of the National Association of Evangelicals. To reflect these doctrinal changes, in April 2009, the denomination changed its name to Grace Communion International. This name better reflects who we are and what we teach. For a press release, click here. For a letter of further explanation, click here.Here is the story of how the church developed and how it changed. Transformation of a denomination
Jesus Christ changes lives. He can change an organization, too. This is the story of how the Lord changed our denomination from an unorthodox church on the fringes of Christianity, into an evangelical group that believes and teaches orthodox doctrines. The story involves both pain and joy. Thousands of members left the church. Income is less than one fourth of what it once was. But thousands of members are rejoicing with renewed zeal for their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(You can go to above link to read a LOT more)