When I was invited to come to the Church of God, I thought that it was like any Bible Study in any regular Church. Never came to my mind that in other people's point of view it is categorized as a cult. So, when I heard people saying that Church of God is a Cult because they believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong and Jerusalem Mother I get very disturb. One, because outside no one knows the truth. Outside, no one practice what the Bible says to practice. Outside, no one even read the Bible. So, they are just saying that it is a cult because it goes out of the norm.
When I heard the name Ahnsahnghong with in the first week that I was going there to study, it caught my attention, because I was in service and I never heard that name before. I ask some of the sisters, and at that time, they just told me to wait and that I needed to study first through the Bible to know who Christ Ahnsahnghong is, so that I can understand better. Now I give thanks to Christ Ahnsahnghong that I kept studying and I am very happy and thankful to God.
I always want to bring these two points out, because people are always judging without even studying.
1) Which one is the norm? and
2) What is a Cult?
Dictionary definitions of the term "cult" include so many different meanings.
Webster's New World College Dictionary defines "cult" as:
1) A system of religious worship or ritual (Here you can include Catholics, Adventist, Baptist, Lutherans, Methodist, Born Again Christians, and so on......)
2) A quasi-religious group, often living in a colony, with a charismatic leader who indoctrinates members with unorthodox or extremist views, practices or beliefs.
( When I was in Catholic Church at the age of 10-12 yrs I had many friends that were very religious, most of them when they grew up their believe became strong enough and they decided to become Nun and priests. So they went off to live in a convent to devote themself to God, others were to different seminars living in isolated towns. At that moment I admired them because of their holy devotion yet by this definition they are actually cult members. Ironic, right?)
3) Group having a sacred ideology and a set of rites centering around their sacred symbols.
(Catholics is one of the most important and sophisticated religions that have a lot of rituals and are filled with symbols, statues and images, etc. So, this must mean that 3 billions of Catholics are cult members.)
4) A group of followers, sect. (If you are believe in Jesus and follow His example, you are a Cult. If you believe in Jehovah as a Jew, and follow Jehovah's teaching, you are a Cult. If you are Republican and follow president Bush, you are a cult. If you like Michael Jackson and follow him to every concert, you are a Cult.)
So, we are part of a cult one way of the other. Now, if because in Church of God we believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong the One that is going to give us eternal life through the Passover, and we follow His teachings (Bible), then we are also a cult. But poor of those who denied that Christ Ahnsahnghong and blasphemy His Name, because Christ Ahnsahnghong is God either you want to believe it or not. Christ Ahnsahnghong has re-established the New Covenant Passover for the Forgiveness of our Sins. Believe in Christ Ahnsahnghong and you will be save.