Bro joined a cult about money & spiritual
Q: I am Christian but I am pretty sure my brother just joined a cult (that claims to be Christian).
The way they are doing things is evil and wrong. Their beliefs are twisted and not of the Bible. They call it a CLUB but they are mentoring people & teaching them some modern messed up version of the Bible that is false.
Its not a popular group. Its a small local group. I cant even find it on Google or anything. He calls it a 9-5 group. They somehow combined Christianity & modern day spirituality with an added & massive amount of greed and ignorance.
He is blocked on every social media acct and phone # etc that I have. He abused me as a child so we have gone no contact a while ago, but I still talk to his children’s mother and my mom talks to him. Like I already disowned him. I asked them to keep him away from me and out of my life, and not to talk about me to him or about me, and I don’t want to hear about him either.
He claims he is praying for us all to lose our significant others saying that we are all going to be alone...and that he lost everything and that we are next. All kinds of crazy stuff about how he is going to the top and that he cant take us with him unless we leave our husbands and all kinds of crazy stuff.
I think he is being manipulated by evil … he’s always been susceptible to this sort of thing…. 😞 he is desperate to become rich but doesnt wish to work or be responsible and he is convinced that whatever this group is going to help him with minimal effort
I'm so disgusted I cried & I am actually afraid of him. I cant have him fired because he is not technically harming anyone, but he has threatened me many times in the past and police in my area won't take it seriously.
Idk what to do anymore. Im at a loss. 😞 and I am hurting so bad! I know God is good and would never do anything to hurt my family. I have faith that God will protect us through it. I'm just in shock rn.
I need words of wisdom and prayers.
A: Place your trust in God.
Cults and new religious movements can often blend various beliefs and practices and decieve many. I cant find any info on that group, and like you said it is small (and off the radar of even ai right now). But we know enough about it right now to address its errors. As one who evangelizes it is good to know of various new cults.
Whatever he is praying over you, or wishing for you, is of Satan and his sins nature. It has no power. God is soverign and God wont allow anything uness it will serve purpose for a end result of "good", whether we are privy to it or not (see Job).
Use this time as an opportunity for God to mold and shape you, to grow you in faith and sanctification. Read Scripture daily, pray, and wear the Armor of God, grow in the Fruit of the Spirit, and learn conflict resolution, so you can manage your emotions and deal in truth. We all deal with varied spiritual battles, and we know God is with the Redeemed. Trust Him to handle your brother, and guide you at this time too.
”For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.” Ephesians 6:12-13
He seems to have hit a low point and this group showed up and promised him deceptive things he was seeking. Through Satan's temptations they offered him things he's attracted to; a get rich quick mentality, and in idolatry he embraced something like the false prosperity gospel which promised to give him what he desires and as if God is still part of it. He is searing his conscience to follow his sin appetite, and making excuses and adjustments to his beliefs to allow for it. The Masonic religion tried to intertwine with Christianity and present as a harmless club - but was of the darkness, and has been exposed as such. I doubt it is Christian based on what you said. It also sounds like it is just masqurading as such.
1 Timothy 6:10:
"For the love of money is at the root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
*And it causes griefs to those around him too. If married it could even destroy his marriage and like gamblers and alcoholics or drug users, leave him destitute.
The deeper issue here is his sin. He is trapped in his sin nature, and tbh I dont think he was ever Christian before, there are many false converts in Christianity, and others in the church only went cuz their parents took them. So not only is the root of his problem that he's still dead in sin trapped by his sin nature, but/so he is sinfully following lustful things those who are unsaved go towards; sin & self. His sin of gravitation is lust for money, power, prestige and his pride will be his downfall. He is living in sin. Sometimes God allows someone to be overtaken by their lusts only for them to get to a point & lose it all again. To bring them to humility as He kills their pride. To show these temporary earthly things are futile, and that he needs what is most essential for today; salvation in Christ. Tomorrow isn't guaranteed, neither is tonight. 160,000 people die every day. Most all thought they'd live to 100. What good is it to build up a sand castle when the wave of death will easily destroy it. Then there is nothing left. You can't take earthly treasures with you. And if you die in your sins there is only judgment and eternal punishment awaiting for the sin crimes committed against God. As all sin is against righteousness and God is the Righteous One. But for those saved, they have the righteous nature of Christ, and spiritual life, with the indwelling Holy Spirit guiding them in holy living... and are storing up eternal treasures. And will be given positions in glory that matter, related to our work/faithfulness here.
So, he needs to understand that it is better for him to invest in the eternal; build up treasures in Heaven. But firstly he needs to get saved and have Christ as Savior; the greatest treasure he could have. Eternal is way more and longer than the temporary 30 to 90 years on earth. If he builds his life or treasures on sand, it will fall and sink, rust and be worthless. But if he builds up his life and treasures around Christ and the eternal, it will last for eternity; which never ends.
On the issue of evil, as noted about sinful and the sin nature, we are all wicked, depraved, evil sinners from conception, as all but Christ have been born through the Adam's line of the human race through their father. So all sin and do what is evil. All go follow their own way.
Judges 21:25 :
"In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes."
If Jesus isn't the King on the throne of their life, then they think they are on the throne, but I reality it is Satan, for theyre trapped in the sin nature, and until the Redeemer rescues and restores them, they're lost in the darkness and hellbound by default.
So it is good you recognize the falsehoods of that group, but it is likewise important that you understand it is just another form of sin people gravitate to within the satanic system that people are lead by until they're saved. Our job as a Christian, isn't to block them from our lives but to be the light of Christ whenever we can to whoever we can, even if it is within our own family. You'll still see him on holidays and at family gatherings. We aren't to avoid, or go off and hide...but to be present and shine Christ. That is by our demeanor, behavior, words, thoughts, and looking for opportunities to patiently, lovingly, guide them into the truth... and that includes clarifying the Gospel, and encouraging them to obey it. It has the power to transform us into who God designed and wants us to be. Our value, identity and life purpose are tied to it as humans. We would be lost, wandering in darkness, futily seeking this and that (as he is doing) until then... what he needs is Jesus.
I hope these can help you with that, and as you grow in the Faith, and help others to know Jesus too. 🙏✝️✨️
God bless
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