6 signs to know if your church is a cult

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  • @alisonerekson3292
    @alisonerekson3292 3 роки тому +38

    1:15 A) Definition of a cult
    3:11 1) Influential leader who is worshiped like a god
    7:30 2) Indoctrination and brainwashing
    11:00 3) Exploitation of church members by the leader
    14:10 4) Isolation from friends and family
    16:16 5) Awkward behavior of church members
    19:18 6) Distortion of biblical teachings

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  3 роки тому +3

      Wowzer! Thanks Alison.

    • @alisonerekson3292
      @alisonerekson3292 3 роки тому +1

      @@thecompletechristian You are very welcome! Thank you for the excellent video!

    • @pamstocker4911
      @pamstocker4911 3 роки тому +5

      Add. they have their own translation of the Bible

  • @hairandmore_
    @hairandmore_ 3 роки тому +37

    I just left a cult like church about two months ago. I was a part of this church for four years!...I actually experienced everything he talked about in this video 😩. It was very difficult to leave. I just can’t talk about all my experiences here and now. Thanks for sharing 🌸🌸

  • @nickduncan1464
    @nickduncan1464 2 роки тому +13

    As a church musician, I use to play drums for a cult. I left the cult over a year ago. Not only did the cult penalize me for leaving but they’ve been slandering my name ever since my departure. This video hits the nail right on the head. I definitely experienced the things this guy talks about.

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks bro. Please help those you can to escape as well. God bless 🙏🏽

    • @nickduncan1464
      @nickduncan1464 2 роки тому

      @@thecompletechristian I tried that but it only backfired on me. Anytime you have leaders within the cult manipulating other members and turning them against you, there’s not much you can do. Lol

    • @AntiMasonic93
      @AntiMasonic93 2 роки тому

      I hate when these church people talk about you behind your back.

  • @josephmokoena226
    @josephmokoena226 2 роки тому +6

    Isolation from family members friends is the first thing they like. Thank you for this video

  • @CHEFCHINNYSKITCHEN
    @CHEFCHINNYSKITCHEN 4 роки тому +12

    Very correct. In this case too many things are involved in today’s church and if you talk, they will insult you. Nice video

  • @tatyanaanglin4834
    @tatyanaanglin4834 3 роки тому +9

    I have left the church, I have opened up my eyes based on scriptures, I have tried to administer to my friend that is there, it didn’t turn out great, more of she’s defending the church, I pray that God opens her heart and mind to it

    • @banchrislam9412
      @banchrislam9412 3 роки тому

      It is cult. How can Jesus be a savior when you are tagged Satan for asking questions

  • @NarcSurvivorship
    @NarcSurvivorship Рік тому +1

    Very accurate, thank you sir and new subscriber here. I just left one recently and am still feeling depressed, but grateful for the courage to leave!

  • @bigjames1984
    @bigjames1984 Рік тому +2

    I just left a cult style congregation a little over a month ago. I had questions that got swept to the side. I was preaching sermons every Sunday at this church. I came to a disagreement with the articles of faith that was unbiblical. I questioned the pastor and he completely avoided my questions.
    Saying all that I’m having a very hard time trusting another man to be my pastor. This has truly devastated my trust. My faith and trust in Jesus grew stronger but my faith in man has subsided. Any help or prayers are greatly appreciated.

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  Рік тому +1

      Hello James. Hope you're well.
      Thank you for your comment. I can relate to your comment. When my wife and I left our previous cultish church, we felt like we were mourning a loss. Am not gonna lie, it was hard. We have known people from the church for a long time. They were like family and we still miss the people and the community.
      However, we had to remind ourselves that doctrine is more important in church family than sense of community. By the grace of God, we have found a gospel based church and our souls are fed every Sunday from the expository sermons.
      My advice is to forgive those who offended you. When their eyes are open they will see the light.
      Secondly, pray for them. Only the Holy Spirit can open our eyes to understand the scriptures and the will of God.
      Thirdly, look for a gospel centred church home. It doesn't matter how small or how big. The more you are fed, the more you become like Christ.
      And lastly, trust God alone. Men will fail. But God will never fail you. Be wise like a serpent but harmless as a dove. Test every spirit and every pastor. If they prove themselves, then submit to them in love and humility.
      Hope this helps. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen 🙏🏽

    • @bigjames1984
      @bigjames1984 Рік тому

      @@thecompletechristian sound advice. I appreciate your quick response. Thank you so much

    • @bigjames1984
      @bigjames1984 10 місяців тому

      @David19746 I told him I had a problem with the holiness standards. I was on my way to receiving a ministers license with this organization. I had completed all my coursework all that was left was to read the organization manual. And I got hung up on the fact that my kids couldn’t play sports, or participate in gym, or mixed swimming with the opposite sex. Also I couldn’t own a tv, like show me in the Bible where I have to do all this stuff. Granted I understand that we are called to be holy, but there is a thing called self control.

    • @bigjames1984
      @bigjames1984 10 місяців тому

      @David19746 he just told me…we’ll talk, and then the next morning he was like, ok ready to preach a fire sermon this morning? (I was preaching every Sunday for him). I guess I was selfish, I left the organization. But I couldn’t preach what I didn’t believe in. I’m a follower of Jesus, not a follower of an organization

  • @andrevm9410
    @andrevm9410 4 місяці тому

    Excellent teaching. I am at the point to leave a big church that have many cultic features. This video helps.

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  4 місяці тому +1

      Hello. I'm encouraged that you like the video. Remember your soul and peace is more than an unbiblical community/doctrines. Run and never look back unless to save others.
      God bless 🙏🏽

  • @coveredbynobantu6082
    @coveredbynobantu6082 3 роки тому +5

    Me trying to save a friend who goes to a cult like church using bible references ended pretty badly yesterday. She’s defending her church to the end.

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  3 роки тому +7

      Hey. Thanks for your comment.
      Years of indoctrination is hard to break down. Keep praying for her that the eyes of her understanding will be enlightened.

    • @linegrant4605
      @linegrant4605 3 роки тому +2

      Pray for het plus you know the Word. You can use scriptures when you pray for her. God's Word is powerful, sharper than a 2 edge sword. Piercing to the bones, marrow and soul. Discern of the heart and the intent of the thought. Demons will tremble when you use Gods Word. You have the power in your mouth, God's Word.

    • @ness9377
      @ness9377 2 роки тому

      I have a friend who is stuck in a cult and hasnt talked to her family. The church is Voice of healing church. Any advice on how I can help her?

    • @nickduncan1464
      @nickduncan1464 2 роки тому +5

      Spiritual manipulation is real. I learned that the hard way.

  • @dawudiministries7319
    @dawudiministries7319 2 роки тому +1

    I am really agree with you ..even myself ,I have tried to advice my pastor where I was but I became his enemy..so this is really a serious issue in the church of God.may God bless you as you chare with others.

  • @OjiugoAdaeze
    @OjiugoAdaeze 4 роки тому +4

    This is a strong topic , let me just relax, watch and learn

  • @learning.growing.1017
    @learning.growing.1017 2 роки тому +7

    I just wanna add that I think some of these are for obvious cults. Some cults are covert; they may hold to biblical teachings, but are rigid about them. They say "oh, by the way our amazing founder has accountibility too, in case you were wondering", but we never see his life. It's hard to explain, but things can be covert.

    • @chrislucastheprotestantview
      @chrislucastheprotestantview 2 роки тому +2

      It's like 7th day Adventist. They are pretty covert. I am a sabbath keeper, and there are few other churches in my area that keep sabbath. So I looked into them because I was like "can I join and just look past Ellen white?"
      Nope, you can be a member, but you are treated like a visitor unless you say she was a true prophet. Some will say "oh, Desmond Ford doesn't believe she was a prophet, and he is still a member." But he lost his position in the church and was treated the way nonbelievers visitors would be treated.
      And they do teach some things right most other churches don't. But that's what makes it hard for them to break away. They see crazy sunday keepers like Kenneth Copeland, they see many of the churches rolling over for the covid agenda. They teach some things in prophecy correctly.
      But even if they taught 100% perfectly, Ellen White did get prophecy wrong, she did plagiarize and say it came from God. She is a liar.
      Yet you have to say she was a prophet of God to be a member. Which is an act of blasphemy, since by prophesying falsely, she makes God into a liar.
      So even if they were 100% right in doctrine and teaching, to make you have to commit blasphemy to join would make teaching 100% right meaningless.
      But they do have some false teaching. I am just saying even if they were 100% right, that one thing is enough to where they cannot be considered a true church.

  • @fitafter30
    @fitafter30 4 роки тому +4

    This is so scary
    Thanks for the info

  • @ChiefCedricJohnson
    @ChiefCedricJohnson 3 роки тому +1

    Hebrews 4:12
    For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  • @mrsbicksfamily7925
    @mrsbicksfamily7925 4 роки тому +5

    This is actually scary to think about bro

  • @Richard.Atkinson
    @Richard.Atkinson 3 роки тому +10

    Easy answer: is it a religion? Then it’s a cult!

    • @desnock
      @desnock 3 роки тому +1

      exactly. i think the video makes salient points, but doesn't take it far enough.

  • @Uniq_Jer31vs33
    @Uniq_Jer31vs33 Рік тому +1

    Derek Prince talks about Witchcraft within the Church. Manipulation and/or Intimidation resulting in Domination (Control)

  • @lydiaram7965
    @lydiaram7965 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing...I am.prese tly in a church where I have observed at least three of the signs that you have mentioned.

  • @sladanabista2174
    @sladanabista2174 7 місяців тому

    The only thing that doesn’t tick is the sexual exploitation. But people are led to believe that only the marriages that are blessed by the leader are therefore blessed by God. There have been many couples who split up and connected with someone else to fit this criteria.

  • @Chosen_1k
    @Chosen_1k 4 місяці тому

    The church i go to now for mothers day they gave all of us a picture of the pastor and first lady and they had a love service for first lady and everyone got up saying how they praise her and how we should worship her for being a good woman of god. But i always feel the holy ghost in the church. Idk but god showed me two women there and a man in my dream they were going against me this was 2 to 3 months before i started.

  • @salescustomer-service2050
    @salescustomer-service2050 8 місяців тому

    @the complete Christian you are so right about these churches don't teach the full gospel. I just left a church like this and they constantly giving the pastor praises. Give him gifts and acknowledge him for his many years of service (that's not bibical). I called the pastor out about Christmas is pagan and no one knows Jesus's birthday.
    His reaction was he ignored my letter to him and I can tell they are talking behind my back being members stopped calling me. They all avoid any communication with me because I am not a yes sir and know the gospel. The pastor's wife told me that God wouldn't send someone else to tell the pastor what is needed to be preached or doing something wrong.
    God would speak to him. Her statement was totally unbiblical because the bible clearly states throughout all the people God used to warn a fellow follower of the Lord.
    I am so glad the Holy Spirit gave me discernment to get away from them. The elder had the nerve to send out an email to me asking for money to acknowledge the pastor's 30 years serving as pastor.
    I am going to email the elder saying that no servant is above another and he needs to read the book of Acts where Paul talks about never boasting about his serving God. That boast in the glory of his infirmities, persecutions, etc. That poor church is deceiving all the members with watered down gospel that is mainly about the pastor talking about his life experiences. Sermon only lasts an hour and half fluffed with gospel songs and coffee hour is no discussion about his sermon topics or focused on the gospel. Talks are about things of the world and most times the pastor doesn't even stay. Leaves out to catch the game or family get together.

  • @missanitambitv2604
    @missanitambitv2604 4 роки тому +3

    Ooh my God in heaven high time i leave my church bcos the is

  • @LittleScholarz
    @LittleScholarz 4 роки тому +7

    Wow being a part of a cult is a no,no, interesting info here.

  • @ashtonbutler2000
    @ashtonbutler2000 2 роки тому

    Much help. Thank you brother

  • @sandratv2677
    @sandratv2677 4 роки тому +2

    This is scaring great content thanks for sharing

  • @w.h.1208
    @w.h.1208 3 роки тому +1

    Christian Fellowship Ministries (Victory Chapel, The Door, Potter’s House) 💯

  • @jesseniabaddie7857
    @jesseniabaddie7857 4 роки тому +3

    Keep up the positive energy

  • @albertnyorkor9248
    @albertnyorkor9248 3 роки тому

    Mr W F Kumuyi Is one of them. I fear nothing. Mr kumuyi is a Magician.

  • @greatfamilytv7465
    @greatfamilytv7465 4 роки тому +2

    Nice topic keep it up bro

  • @guesswhattv6100
    @guesswhattv6100 4 роки тому +1

    Very good information in this video

  • @evagbeautyworld9986
    @evagbeautyworld9986 4 роки тому

    Yesss🔥 great massage 🙏🏻👍🏻

  • @noahdavis2249
    @noahdavis2249 Рік тому

    I am victim of a church cult now but I can’t leave I have tried I have no license or any permit I can’t leave

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  Рік тому

      Hello Noah. Hope you are well. Could you please elaborate? I don't understand what you mean by no permit to leave. God bless

    • @noahdavis2249
      @noahdavis2249 Рік тому

      @@thecompletechristian I can’t run away they always take me forcefully back to their house everytime I try to run away! I meant I have no license to drive or no permit to drive is what I’m trying to say

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  Рік тому

      Please email me at christianthecomplete@gmail.com

  • @vanessao9964
    @vanessao9964 2 роки тому

    really good video, thank you xx

  • @benjaminnetima5164
    @benjaminnetima5164 3 роки тому +1

    very nice sir

  • @sophiawisdom5579
    @sophiawisdom5579 Рік тому

    I’ve noticed of all 6 cult signs in my friends church. I spoke to him about it but got no results in return. The toxicity that’s been embedded inside his mind over time could have reached a maximum level of belief systems. Can you elaborate more on objectives supporting humanity and virtue outcomes in theory: How shall words preached be transverse to subjectively change real existence. If words are not being explained with useful moral thoughts added with the words of biblical wisdom. How can we move forward with reality of man’s existence: meaning’ worldly intelligence. Which acts on natural humanity caused by Utilitarianism mankind morality.

  • @davidspencer343
    @davidspencer343 5 місяців тому

    Sign 1: you belong to any church at all.
    Sign 2: the religion tells you that you have to believe that religion to get to heaven.

  • @l.conwaybreedlove2878
    @l.conwaybreedlove2878 2 роки тому

    God bless you Brother and thank you for the video. I found it to be edifying for the body of Christ. Nevertheless, in reference to the preacher saying Jesus went to hell--remember hades and sheol are places of the dead (temporary); not to be confused with the lake of fire or gehenna (eternal). However, I'm not sure of the preacher's complete line of thinking, but I wanted to share this with you. I trust you and your wife are able to discern the Spirit of God. I will keep you and your ministry in prayer and ask that you do the same for me.

  • @matshidisopelekekae6081
    @matshidisopelekekae6081 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the info

  • @jesseniabaddie7857
    @jesseniabaddie7857 4 роки тому +1

    Love the video

  • @honeyglowbeautybar3347
    @honeyglowbeautybar3347 2 роки тому

    Yesss so on point

  • @gladysraphael4423
    @gladysraphael4423 4 роки тому +1

    good video i love it continue like that i love it

  • @MAXEMUSCO
    @MAXEMUSCO 4 роки тому

    Stay blessed 💯🤜🏼

  • @Sotol811
    @Sotol811 2 роки тому +1

    #7:It is called the ICOC

  • @TheBakers5
    @TheBakers5 4 роки тому

    i am watching among myself i love this

  • @utntv8346
    @utntv8346 Рік тому +1

    kindly how to identify a church of God instead.

  • @tonyshumway7652
    @tonyshumway7652 3 роки тому

    Proverbs 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. Genesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Psalms 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • @isabellatestimonytv3699
    @isabellatestimonytv3699 4 роки тому

    Lovely video 💕💕💕💕💕

  • @pamstocker4911
    @pamstocker4911 3 роки тому +3

    Another sign they have their own version of the Bible

  • @trkakiuchi
    @trkakiuchi 3 роки тому

    Thank you, Daddy

  • @jahactiveofficial1048
    @jahactiveofficial1048 4 роки тому +2

    You're handsome nice content keep up the good work hun 💜💜💜

  • @stanleymutasa7801
    @stanleymutasa7801 2 роки тому

    Thank you my brother i have been spreading this message for a season now, a Church is all the members of a local assembly, The Body of Elders is the HIGHEST SPIRITUAL and MORAL AUTHORITY..The Board employs the Pastor not any other way around.
    The Board comprises of ELDERS from the community in which the church is located therefore. It is within their interest to make sure the Pastor (a servant) is kept doctrinally accurate and taken care of (welfare) That is why scripture says APPROVED, not needing to be ashamed and rightly dividing the Word

  • @sheperdmaswanhise3137
    @sheperdmaswanhise3137 3 роки тому

    God is me and noone on this planet can take that away from me . I am free and I face my lord Thyself not through allegories . Disaster after disaster ,it is lie we have to question ,

  • @joshuaalberto8386
    @joshuaalberto8386 Рік тому

    I grew up in a church like cult

  • @robertson-winningallthetim7241
    @robertson-winningallthetim7241 2 роки тому

    David e. Taylor

  • @kellzzzkellzzz9006
    @kellzzzkellzzz9006 3 роки тому

    How can I message you I need to tell you something personally

    • @thecompletechristian
      @thecompletechristian  3 роки тому

      Hello mate. Thanks for reaching out. Please email me at christianthecomplete@gmail.com and I reply as soon as possible.
      God bless 🙏

    • @commentmaster_666
      @commentmaster_666 2 роки тому

      Ha,yeah I bet you do.....

  • @nastymc9467
    @nastymc9467 3 роки тому

    Doesn't the criteria describe the whole religion?

  • @Rob-eo5ql
    @Rob-eo5ql 3 роки тому +1

    Jim Jones was an atheist & preached social justice. Just sayin....

  • @FactStorm
    @FactStorm 3 роки тому +1

    Oh, the irony of a cult member educating us on how to spot a cult..

  • @sheperdmaswanhise3137
    @sheperdmaswanhise3137 3 роки тому

    I will say 7 signs to Know false teachings ,number 7 is the teaching of jesus christ and Paul teaching and John the Baptist as he was Elijah , also is it possible that jesus expected his mercy and kingdom to establish himself and his generation Luke chapter 21 verse 31 to 33 and Matthew chapter 24 verse 34 to 35 please be aware the truth is coming out our children will question u about the origin of the bible who wrote it please as long as you have jesus in minds u lieying to ur own people putting more chains upon them have mercy if you don't understand Thyself ,u will die waiting for jesus to come back and y will never find our ur true indentity

  • @alastairhopkins245
    @alastairhopkins245 Рік тому

    The perfect church does not exist on Earth and you can't make the perfect church. If you can prove me wrong and find this church DO NOT JOIN IT!!! If youdo you will spoil it.

  • @taliyahgolden5980
    @taliyahgolden5980 2 роки тому

    yep my ex family garage church was a cult

  • @Ginamations3267
    @Ginamations3267 2 роки тому

    111 comments 222 likes 👀

  • @TheDaffygluk
    @TheDaffygluk Рік тому +1

    Get to the point

  • @suzannebunbury2961
    @suzannebunbury2961 3 роки тому

    Oh, like Trump?

  • @writeousrhema
    @writeousrhema 3 роки тому

    Drinking kerosene?

  • @simonslater9024
    @simonslater9024 3 роки тому

    hi Gwen Jones,thank you for your response and keeping it courteous. Jesus Christ God himself founded but one Church the ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH on the infallible Rock of Peter two millennia ago! Protestantism is man made not of God is 40,000 cults which are pagan!
    There’s NO salvation outside the holy Catholic Church. If you read 1Peter4:11-15,you’ll see how Catholic Christian’s,(there’s no other kind),share in the suffering’s of Christ. Jesus is still on the Cross because when the mystical body of Christ on earth the holy Catholic Church suffers Jesus suffers to. Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. There’s NO salvation outside the holy Catholic Church. God bless. Praise Jesus and Mary always!!!

    • @oldglory6922
      @oldglory6922 3 роки тому +2

      You do greatly err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

    • @Uniq_Jer31vs33
      @Uniq_Jer31vs33 Рік тому

      Why the inquisition? Why call the pagan imagery and statues? Why the Queen of Heaven? Where the proof Peter had anything to do with Constantine's church? Why was it only in the 1960s the RCC started calling themselves Christian? Why use rosary beads? Why a literal transubstantiation? Why Isis, Horeb, Set on the wafer? Why the monstrance? Why the sun and moon symbolism? Why the lack of the teaching of the true Gospel? Why the rejection of "Saved by GRACE through faith"??? Why the idols stored in the Vatican? Why weren't they destroyed? Why the purple and scarlet as mentioned in the Book of Revelation?
      Please see Berean Beacon UA-cam channel. You've been lied to. May the love of God open your eyes to the TRUTH.

    • @Uniq_Jer31vs33
      @Uniq_Jer31vs33 Рік тому

      Spoken like a true cult member - the Catholic Church will lead you to Hell.