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  • @karenhuggins6607
    @karenhuggins6607 2 місяці тому +3

    I am a Christian and have been in AA for thirty years. I am brainwashed but coming out through biblical truth. Thank you for your video. God bless.

    • @theworldsastage6231
      @theworldsastage6231 Місяць тому

      I’ve been going if and on for 30 years I’ve been looking into the origins and I have removed myself also and feel better I gotta say … I’ve not wanted a drink I’m finding a deeper understanding of the Bible ❤️

    • @theworldsastage6231
      @theworldsastage6231 Місяць тому

      Me to it’s been so interesting to dig a bit deeper so glad I have because the truth shall set u free x

  • @darrellborder8555
    @darrellborder8555 4 місяці тому +2

    The group I attend finishes meetings with The Lord’s Prayer. AA isn’t for everyone or forever for most. God uses what’s available to get us seek to find the courage to ask and to knock at the door. I appreciate your take. Blessings from me to you.

    • @armandolopez5888
      @armandolopez5888 3 місяці тому +2

      Sorry, that’s not how God works…
      Simple denying Jesus in front of others just to not make people feel uncomfortable, it is not acceptable to God.
      Even though if things look like good, it doesn’t mean necessarily they are… evildisguise himself as light, but it is dark. Evil main purpose is for us to deny Jesus and evil is very smart and meticulous to influence us to.
      God would not use a demon disguised of an angel for His purposes.
      Blessings

    • @gmbconline
      @gmbconline  3 місяці тому +1

      @armandolopez5888
      God allowed or permitted Satan to afflict Job. God allowed the evil Nebuchadnezzar to lead Judah into 70 years of captivity for the purpose of ridding Israel of their pagan idolatry. There are many other examples I can give. So there goes your argument.

    • @Slemington
      @Slemington 2 місяці тому

      The demons also believe in God, in Jesus, and Satan appears as an angel of light.
      Additionally, of there is unrepented sin in our life, our prayers are not heard.

  • @santoscamacho3361
    @santoscamacho3361 6 місяців тому +7

    I agree with you 100 percent on what your saying..."A God of our own understanding."..
    Proverbs 3:5-6 says To Lean Not on your Own Understanding...that jumped up at me..that's when I knew it was a cult and it was Idolatry..that violates the 1st and 2 commandments..if you keep saying your an Alcoholic..your gonna become what you think in your heart..the power of Life and death lie in the tongue.

    • @dustydesertdisciple6290
      @dustydesertdisciple6290 26 днів тому +1

      Same with NA, I say Ive beaten drug addiction through the love and mercy of Christ Jesus.

    • @gmbconline
      @gmbconline  26 днів тому +1

      @dustydesertdisciple6290
      Praise the Lord!

  • @DianElizabethSmith
    @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому +4

    Good job, brother. Keep fighting the good fight. God bless you.

  • @martinceballos3440
    @martinceballos3440 7 місяців тому +9

    A.A.tells us to look for our on religion efture some years
    In A.A. a lot of us do it
    Today efture 30 years I found
    God the lord Jesus Christ
    In the gospels the book
    Of john and I read the bible
    Most alcoholics don't accept
    Jesus christ they velive in man
    Or idols end it is demonic if
    You don't practice the true Christianity in the bible
    I been studying for and serving
    For 30 y .every day but some people needs time to understand
    Thankyou

    • @DianElizabethSmith
      @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому +2

      Good for you! Praise God. I’d like to share that I had been in Al-Anon for years. It helped me when I thought I had no one but over the years I found it to be empty. This preacher makes a good point. Who is this enigmatic “higher power”? Who are you praying to? The devil prowls about seeking whom he can devour. Our people perish for lack of knowledge. I’m happy for you to have accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.

  • @donaldjoy4023
    @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому +1

    Overall, a great video and great service to inform.

  • @James-re6co
    @James-re6co 2 місяці тому +2

    In my experience the people taking the most relentless pot-shots at AA are folks that tried AA, but hadn't hit bottom yet. So they need to rationalize, or justify why they relapsed.
    89 years say otherwise, though. 89 years, 172 countries, and over 60 translations say otherwise. In 2035 we'll celebrate 100 years of 12-Step recovery. First Century 12-Step Recovery.
    Steps 1,2,3: I can't, He can, I think I'll let Him.
    All 12 Steps: Trust God, Clean House, Help Others
    Dr. Bob's last address before he died: "Our entire program boils down to 2 words - love and service."
    Page 77: "Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us."
    How can any of that be bad, unless you're a self-righteous prick?

    • @tylersheppard9601
      @tylersheppard9601 2 місяці тому

      A grip of AA is filled with self righteous people who gloat about themselves to entice vulnerable new comers and help them by sponsoring to stroke their ego most the time

    • @theworldsastage6231
      @theworldsastage6231 Місяць тому

      Keep coming back 😂

  • @weswhite6244
    @weswhite6244 6 місяців тому +2

    Those “Who” Don’t Know The Spiritual Beliefs That’s Held With in? It Take You To Something Higher Than One’s Self, and Before it’s Done it Said “GOD May You Find Him NoW! Judgement is Left in GOD’S Hands, Not Mere Mortals!!!!😤

    • @Slemington
      @Slemington 2 місяці тому

      god? The one of this world or the one who created everything, or another god, represented by a fallen angel, altogether?

  • @TimothyKennedy-t5r
    @TimothyKennedy-t5r 2 місяці тому +1

    Check out ‘father Martin chalk talk’ and his ideas on this. You will see a non-alcoholic Catholic priest teaching A.A. without getting into religion.
    The 12 Principles The Big Book (A.A.) outlines the principles as a
    single virtue that embodies each step...
    1. Honesty
    2. Норе
    3. Surrender
    4. Courage
    5. Integrity
    6. Willingness
    7. Humility
    8. Love
    9. Responsibility
    10. Discipline
    11. Awareness
    12. Service
    The church has issues with child abusers womanizers idolaters misers and many other things. Perhaps work on cleaning up the churches instead of attacking organizations trying to save people’s lives and limit the damage done by alcoholism.

  • @seanprater1795
    @seanprater1795 6 місяців тому +1

    I agree with him on many points.
    However, I experienced these points , personality....

  • @kasspriscilla9350
    @kasspriscilla9350 5 місяців тому +2

    Its new age for shure

  • @cheylou1
    @cheylou1 2 місяці тому

    Jesus the Way to the Father John 14:5,6
    5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
    6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really know me, you will know me b my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

  • @Slemington
    @Slemington 2 місяці тому

    In addition:
    Colossians 2:6-8

  • @DrPhilGoode
    @DrPhilGoode Рік тому +2

    Who is this for?? Who is it aimed at helping or changing etc?

    • @Ben-m9l
      @Ben-m9l Рік тому +2

      It's for this guy to bash AA and inflict his spiritual and psychological abuse onto others

    • @christophr1234
      @christophr1234 Рік тому

      I think it's for a background reference of aa and aa etc

    • @DianElizabethSmith
      @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому +3

      The gospel is for everyone. Jesus came to save us all because there is not one righteous person on earth due to our sun nature. All we have to do is believe in Jesus. It matters what you believe. The Bible is the holy and inspired word of God. God would not leave us here without direction. Would you drop your child off in the middle of the ocean then wish him good luck swimming back? Our Father loves us and left us his holy word. God came here as Jesus and when he was killed he left us the Holy Spirit. We don’t have to do life alone. AA helps some people but it is a placebo. True peace is found in Jesus Christ.

    • @DianElizabethSmith
      @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому

      I must edit one thing I said. Jesus’s was not killed as in someone took his life and killed him. He freely laid his life down for us. Being God, he could have easily bounced out of the whole crucifixion scene but no, he GAVE his life for us as a covering for our sins so that we can live forever in sinless paradise. Praise God.

    • @dalroache
      @dalroache 6 місяців тому

      Amen

  • @Purist187
    @Purist187 10 місяців тому +8

    NA is a cult

    • @nailboy7370
      @nailboy7370 7 місяців тому

      GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IS A CULT

    • @samu_lab
      @samu_lab 3 місяці тому

      And saved my life.

  • @jcudda
    @jcudda 5 місяців тому +2

    Uh, AA actually allows you to have a God of your own understanding, for people who are atheists or nonbelievers, it’s to get them on the path to at least believe in something bigger than themselves, and AA is spiritual, NOT RELIGIOUS!

    • @Slemington
      @Slemington 2 місяці тому

      Religion is man made rules.
      Spirituality is free from rules.
      That's why Jesus died on the cross, to free us from rules. So we can be spotless.

  • @louanncauffman6982
    @louanncauffman6982 3 місяці тому

    1:42 1:46 1:47 1:48 1:48

  • @Awarenessdaily360
    @Awarenessdaily360 7 місяців тому

    Input, throughput, output, feedback

  • @kevinheaslip9237
    @kevinheaslip9237 8 місяців тому +1

    And according to him non chrstians with addiction are doomed not so

    • @gmbconline
      @gmbconline  8 місяців тому +1

      @kevinheaslip9237
      That’s definitely not what I am saying.

    • @DianElizabethSmith
      @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому +1

      Perhaps you should listen again more carefully. He is giving good news!

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому

      Um, well, yes they are, they're going to hell unless they receive the gift of faith in Christ and repent

  • @kevinheaslip9237
    @kevinheaslip9237 8 місяців тому +2

    A parently this guy didn’t know for the first four years AA used same Bible he is teading from the book of AA wasn’t published till 1939

    • @gmbconline
      @gmbconline  8 місяців тому +5

      AA using the Bible doesn’t not make it Biblical.
      Do you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour?

    • @laraparks7018
      @laraparks7018 6 місяців тому +1

      The KJV Bible is missing many chapters 😮 I wonder why?

    • @gmbconline
      @gmbconline  6 місяців тому

      @@laraparks7018 The KJB is not missing anything.

    • @laraparks7018
      @laraparks7018 6 місяців тому +1

      @@gmbconline the Eithiopian bible is complete, not KJV

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому +2

      Actually, A.A. as such did not exist until the publication of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous. For the 4 years prior to its publication, the groups did not call themselves "Alcoholics Anonymous;" they didn't really have a name for the movement. They were still, essentially, Oxford Group gatherings, referring to themselves as the Akron group, the Cleveland group, the New York group, etc. Several names had been suggested, such as The B.W. Movement, 100 Men, The Way Out, The James Group, and so on. Yes, the Bible was often used, but it wasn't official. It was only when Bill Wilson wrote the basic text and needed a title for it that the name Alcoholics Anonymous was given to the movement, but the book caused a huge controversy and revolt among the Ohio contingent vs the NYC bunch. That's another story....

  • @travisclymer4481
    @travisclymer4481 3 місяці тому +1

    I don’t attend AA anymore, but it def does not claim to be Christian….he’s wrong there. AA works for some, others outgrow it and stay sober w/o AA. I found it full of people who mostly just don’t really click w me. It’s pretty trendy and clicky, headed by some Uber assholes. There are a few good apples in AA but not many! 👍

  • @Slemington
    @Slemington 2 місяці тому

    The main idea is:
    Ephesians 6:19:

  • @ShyShy-o6b
    @ShyShy-o6b 6 місяців тому +3

    Aa never claims to be christian

  • @donaldjoy4023
    @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому +1

    At 2:39 you say that A.A. "poses itself as a Christian organization" -- it most certainly does not! I strongly suggest you acquire basic knowledge of that you would speak on before attempting to do so. Smh I'm going to continue watching, I'm sure we agree on a lot of what you're going to say but fcol what a poor way to start off only a couple of minutes in...it's true that many people claim that A.A. has its origins in Christianity, and many claim that A.A. is essentially Christian, but A.A. itself does NOT make such claims. NOWHERE in any of A.A.'s official literature or public relations messaging does it EVER "pose itself as a Christian organization." It actually takes pains to carefully avoid doing so, as a matter of formal and deliberate policy.

  • @fredthomas2148
    @fredthomas2148 7 місяців тому +2

    He seems angry and has resentment

    • @DianElizabethSmith
      @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому +2

      He seems firm, confident and we’ll prepared with reference documentation. He loves and cares for your soul or he would not bother doing this. Do you know Jesus as your savior?

  • @LexinLA
    @LexinLA 3 місяці тому +1

    AA is not “supposedly” Christian. Iy is not an organization, it is not biblically based and does not claim to be at all. This guy is misunderstanding and/or making it what he wants. AA is not “unfruitful” either like he states. I’m only 2 minutes in and can’t listen to the rest. I can’t stand the ignorance and misunderstanding.

  • @Irvinlopez-v9s
    @Irvinlopez-v9s 3 місяці тому +1

    Interesting but he seems to come across as if he thinks he is much better.

  • @chrisbez3302
    @chrisbez3302 Місяць тому

    Many will say to me on that day.... " Lord Lord, we prophesied in your name and drove out demons" and I will say to them plainly.. away from me, you who practiced lawlessness..
    Go preach this on your own kinfolk my friend... God uses the steps... It's a tool to stop hearing them words of Jesus..
    Why don't you preach on the tears and the wheat ?
    Trust me.. there's more false converts in the church than AA my friend..
    God bless anyone who listens to this. Yes salvation is through faith in Christ.
    But I wonder how many drug addicts you've helped to get free ???? Not many I guess.
    I wonder why....

  • @ShyShy-o6b
    @ShyShy-o6b 6 місяців тому

    Semantics brother that's all it is

  • @nailboy7370
    @nailboy7370 7 місяців тому +1

    For the record this practice of "Contemplative Mysticism" is far and away one of the best practices one can employ if he is serious about establishing a connection to God. Why in the hell is he picking on AA of all things? I know that over the years the courts have used it as maybe a way to give people a chance to make some life changes before some serious legal issues beset them. I also know that hospitals and treatment centers adopted the 12 Step of AA as their treatment model. And I also know that, for a lot of people, it felt like the 12 Steps were being forced down their throats.
    But this guy...it just seems like he's looking for a drum to beat. AA is not anybody's problem really. I don't think the courts actually forced people to go but gave people options. Could somebody help me with this please? I was never in that position.

    • @DianElizabethSmith
      @DianElizabethSmith 7 місяців тому +2

      I listen to a different record. I agree with what this preacher is saying about the emptying of your mind is perfect for giving Satan a foothold. To help you out as you asked, let me explain what this preacher is speaking about. AA is a cult. It puts an enigmatic “higher power” in place (a god of your own making) instead of giving glory and honor to Jesus Christ. There is a proliferation of false prophets in these end times. We are to alert each other (fellow Christian’s) to mark and avoid them. Salvation is in none other than Jesus Christ. It matters what you believe. That’s it in a nutshell. This preacher provides good documentation to back what he says.

    • @nailboy7370
      @nailboy7370 7 місяців тому

      @@DianElizabethSmith
      This guy is a screwbrain and I wouldn't trust him as far as I can spit. He's the one who's a cult leader. I've seen enough of his posts to know 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

    • @louanncauffman6982
      @louanncauffman6982 6 місяців тому

      Been sober 40 years..Best place I have found..The book actually is written..from King James..Bible...Doesn't post itself as a Religious Organization...Sad how people like you. .Judge how God works..Jesus didn't call on great intelligent people like you..Thankyou Jesus for giving the GRACE..saving my soul....Through the 12 steps of AA...My God is Great..Thankyou LORD

    • @louanncauffman6982
      @louanncauffman6982 6 місяців тому

      Because you never think that the last time is the last time. You think there will be more. You think you have forever, but you don't.

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому

      You have to be a serious Christian or at least have a thorough understanding of serious Biblical Christian doctrine to appreciate why he's saying all this. Also, in some cases, like mine 38 years ago, people weren't given a choice--the Air Force forced me into their rehab, which involved attending A.A. meetings. I'm 29 years sober now, btw, I still attend meetings, but I'm conflicted about it because I'm a fairly serious Christian who attends a hardcore reformed/Calvinist Bible church, and A.A. doctrine is most certainly NOT compatible with the actual Christian gospel. There's enough overlap, however, that one could say A.A. is the wide gate, while Christianity is the narrow gate.

  • @DisciplesOfGod7
    @DisciplesOfGod7 5 місяців тому +2

    "Faith Alone" is false doctrine. - James 2:24

    • @gmbconline
      @gmbconline  5 місяців тому +2

      James 2:24 is speaking of justification before MEN, not God. Read the whole chapter before spouting your own work based, self-righteous, salvation.
      “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” (Romans 4:5)
      Read all of Romans 4-5

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому +2

      No it's not. All James is saying is that faith that isn't evidenced by the fruit of works as a result of that faith, is not real faith; it's dead.

    • @Slemington
      @Slemington 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes, meaning that after we are saved we will know we are saved because we have the desire from the holy Spirit within us to do God's work.
      As Jesus tells us in Scripture, we will know then by their fruits.

  • @mikespencer4922
    @mikespencer4922 6 місяців тому +1

    What an unadulterated load of horseshit. The whole connection of the so called spiritual angle came from Carl Jüng who when asked by Ebby Thatcher if he has ever seen an alcoholic of his degree recover, Jüngs reply was "Yes' 'People who have had a spiritual experience.' Something like Paul on his way to Demascus...

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому +1

      You got Ebby Thatcher switched up with Rowland Hazard.

    • @donaldjoy4023
      @donaldjoy4023 3 місяці тому +2

      What you fail to understand is that for Christians, the specific nature/kind of spiritual experience is of utmost importance. That's because not all spiritual experience is of God. One can be in thrall to demons, and Satan, and that's a spiritual experience. The less serious one is about these matters, the less do such matters matter. And there's the rub. Most people fall for anything. They might never drink again, and enjoy a reasonably peaceful life, but then they die and go to hell.

    • @Slemington
      @Slemington 2 місяці тому

      The difference?
      What's the difference?
      After the road to Damascus, Paul stopped arresting and murdering Christians, Paul sought the Truth. Paul preached about Jesus
      Paul became imprisoned for preaching about Jesus.

    • @Slemington
      @Slemington 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@donaldjoy4023AMEN amen amen
      We this in this temporary world and are never aware of eternity.

    • @BenjaminHernandez-t8s
      @BenjaminHernandez-t8s Місяць тому

      Get a life, Mr. You’re full of ego and self-centeredness. AA is a spiritual program not religious. Not everyone in AA. It’s looking for real recovery and not everyone in church is looking for God. We are all looking to be born again.(spiritual experience.) You’re not that perfect Mr. you need an Ego deflation therapy😅 with your God?????????