With today's high interest in cults and their leaders, we can see some common characteristics among many of them, regardless of the ways it is presented. In this episode, I share how these come into play and where I began to see them in WOF belief systems. Are you wanting to change the world, get this "hidden knowledge" and do you like structure? Be careful, these are some of the attributing characteristics of many of the followers found in these groups and organizations.

Resources:

How to Identify a Cult, Right Response Ministries. Retrieved from : https://youtu.be/17b1H4HhPQM

https://bereanresearch.org/white-paper-word-of-faith/

When we listen to that "still small voice" or even so called teachers, preachers, etc. we must understand if they are adding to the word of God and what we are called to do as we study. Salvation is encompassed in the work of Jesus on the cross, not what we did or can ever do. Do not allow others to twist the completed work of Christ into a burdensome and hamster wheel type of works based living. We are called to have fruit of the spirit and that will be evident in how we live. 

Resource: 

http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/index.html

As you begin to study the Word of God, do you struggle with wanting "something more"? When we look to "experience" God we often open the door to self delusion and mysticism. While I practiced many years of "listening to the still small voice" and "being led by God", I mistook those beliefs as true and real. Let's understand why this extrabiblical "knowledge" or experience can lead you to a life filled with doubt and confusion.

Resources:

Are you hearing God's Voice? The Dangers of Christian Mysticism, retrieved from: https://youtu.be/Gbwe5vsmGPU

American Gospel, God Doesn't Whisper, retrieved from: https://youtu.be/7SwI-tcIyFQ