Christ Ahnsahnghong and World Mission Society Church of God

newlove_oldfaith · 01-06-2010, 08:16 PM

I was approached today on my college campus by a Korean woman who wanted to talk to me about what I perceived to be (and rightly so) some rather sketchy theology.

Here's the more objective wikipedia overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_M..._Church_of_God

Check that out before reading their website:
http://english.watv.org/

My roommate (a campus minister) and I are meeting with her on Monday afternoon. She wanted to talk with me more, but I myself didn't have a bible on hand and needed to get to my next class anyway so I told her I'd meet with her again, but made sure there'd be plenty of time for preparation and that I'd bring someone with me, not a crowd to freak her out, just someone to add an extra perspective. I tend to be very nice, and while I clearly won't buy what she's saying I won't necessarily challenge her either, so I thought having one other person well versed in theology and the bible would be good.

Any advice?

aristotle · 01-25-2010, 07:24 PM

dear newlove,

my answer finds itself in Jude. "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to you by the apostles..." it is my humble opinion that you should be prepared to challenge her. if not you then who. what an opportunity Father has put into your hands! pray, get wisdom, and prepare for battle. you may very well be the one who leads her into a right relationship with a right Lord. all things in His Love, of course.

your brother and servant in Christ, aristotle

MacG · 01-25-2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by newlove_oldfaith

I was approached today on my college campus by a Korean woman who wanted to talk to me about what I perceived to be (and rightly so) some rather sketchy theology.

Here's the more objective wikipedia overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_M..._Church_of_God

Check that out before reading their website:
http://english.watv.org/

My roommate (a campus minister) and I are meeting with her on Monday afternoon. She wanted to talk with me more, but I myself didn't have a bible on hand and needed to get to my next class anyway so I told her I'd meet with her again, but made sure there'd be plenty of time for preparation and that I'd bring someone with me, not a crowd to freak her out, just someone to add an extra perspective. I tend to be very nice, and while I clearly won't buy what she's saying I won't necessarily challenge her either, so I thought having one other person well versed in theology and the bible would be good.

Any advice?

Don't go without praying throughout the meeting. Even though you seem to understand they are a cult if they are as good as the JW's at scripture twisting then you could be in for an interesting ride.

Matthew 24:23 At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time.

26"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29"Immediately after the distress of those days
" 'the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'[c]

30"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[d]is near, right at the door. 34I tell you the truth, this generation[e] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
The Day and Hour Unknown
36"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

Since neither you or I have seen the Jesus return theirs is not the messiah.

Grace and Peace,

MacG

Moller.Dance · 05-07-2010, 02:30 AM

Most Christian sects do *NOT* use the same bible version. However, the most popular **English** bible version *by sales numbers* is the New International Version. Probably the KJV remains the most used, though: sales remain high, and there are so many out there already that it seems unlikely the NIV has overtaken it in total copies **in existence**.

01-06-2010, 08:16 PM	#1
newlove_oldfaith Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1	Christ Ahnsahnghong and World Mission Society Church of God I was approached today on my college campus by a Korean woman who wanted to talk to me about what I perceived to be (and rightly so) some rather sketchy theology. Here's the more objective wikipedia overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_M..._Church_of_God Check that out before reading their website: http://english.watv.org/ My roommate (a campus minister) and I are meeting with her on Monday afternoon. She wanted to talk with me more, but I myself didn't have a bible on hand and needed to get to my next class anyway so I told her I'd meet with her again, but made sure there'd be plenty of time for preparation and that I'd bring someone with me, not a crowd to freak her out, just someone to add an extra perspective. I tend to be very nice, and while I clearly won't buy what she's saying I won't necessarily challenge her either, so I thought having one other person well versed in theology and the bible would be good. Any advice?

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01-25-2010, 07:24 PM	#2
aristotle Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: alabama, usa Posts: 6	dear newlove, my answer finds itself in Jude. "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to you by the apostles..." it is my humble opinion that you should be prepared to challenge her. if not you then who. what an opportunity Father has put into your hands! pray, get wisdom, and prepare for battle. you may very well be the one who leads her into a right relationship with a right Lord. all things in His Love, of course. your brother and servant in Christ, aristotle

05-07-2010, 02:30 AM	#4
Moller.Dance Banned Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5	Most Christian sects do NOT use the same bible version. However, the most popular English bible version by sales numbers is the New International Version. Probably the KJV remains the most used, though: sales remain high, and there are so many out there already that it seems unlikely the NIV has overtaken it in total copies in existence.