True Cult and True Orthodoxy

True Orthodoxy

and true Cult

Reference: Bible

The Bible does not mention the word orthodoxy. The Bible does mention the word cult, but it does not give a clear definition. There are, however, standards in the Bible believers can use to discern orthodoxy from cult: the one and only true God (Jn 17:3) and false gods (Jn 8:41-44; 2 Thes 2:4); the true vine (Jn 15:1) and wild vines (Dt 32:32-33; Is 5:2); the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gn 2:9); the truth (Jn 1:14; Jn 3:21; Jn 17:17) and lies (Jn 8:44); God’s seed and the devil’s seed (Mt 13:24-25; Mt 13:36-40); the true pastor and false pastors (Jn 8; Mt 15); and heaven and hell (Rv 4; Rv 21-22; 2 Pt 2:4).

The Bible describes how people will all be taught by God (Jn 6:45) and how they will become witnesses for the Lord when the holy spirit rests on them (Acts 1:8).

The Bible, however, does not teach us that we can become pastors after learning from other people or that we can speak from the pulpit and teach others after being ordained. Paul declared, “Even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!” (Gal 1:8). Revelation states, “I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book,” (Rv 22:18-19). Against whom did God’s prophets, Jesus, and his disciples fight? By whom were they persecuted and murdered? Wasn’t it the pastors and elders of every generation who killed the workers sent by God (Mt 15; Mt 23:34-35; Mt 27; Acts 7:51-54)? Revelation 16, 17, and 18 also describe how groups of false pastors antagonize the Lord at the second coming.

Jesus told us to freely give what we have freely received (Is 55:1; Mt 10:8; Rv 21:6; Rv 22:17). Because Shincheonji is teaching and preaching the Bible free of charge, however, many pastors who charge people for Bible lessons are persecuting Shincheonji and calling us a cult. Which of these two groups is obeying the Bible and which is the true cult—the group that is freely providing teachings according to Jesus’ words in the Bible or the group that is nitpicking about the other group’s faithfulness to Jesus’ commands?

Those who are truly orthodox are the ones who receive and testify about the revealed word according to the will of the holy spirit just as Jesus, Apostle Paul, and Apostle John did. Today, only those who receive the revealed word (i.e. the revelation) from Shincheonji can know the only true God, Jesus, and the one who overcomes. They are the only ones who can attain eternal life and realize their hopes of entering the kingdom of heaven (Mt 11:27; Jn 17:3; Rv 10; Rv 21:1-3).

True Cults are those who tell lies, persecute, curse, and murder others without hesitation in accordance with the will of evil spirits. These people are those who spread the unbiblical and arbitrary teachings of men without knowing the meaning of the Bible (Jn 8:44; Gal 1:8; 2 Thes 2:9-12). The Korean Christian Press recently published the proceedings of several forums. One of these forums, in particular (the seventh), has revealed an unsettling fact concerning the origin of the Christian Council of Korea. “The Christian Council of Korea was originally initiated as an organization of conservative Christian forces in support of Mr. Kim, a Korean politician. Mr. Kim wanted to mobilize conservative forces to support a third term for the Korean president during Korea’s military dictatorship.” (Please refer to the Christian Council of Korea website.)

The forum also declares, “The CCK was established in 1989 with many Korean Presbyterian churches as its charter members. Today, it is considered to be a representative conservative Korean Christian organization.” As the forum has revealed the undeniable facts, the foundation of the CCK was originally intended to meet certain political needs. With its origin focused on the mobilization of conservative Korean Christians for political gain, they cannot claim to be orthodox. Nor can they claim to be representative of Korean Christian organizations. Furthermore, because the Korean Presbyterian Church allowed its members to praise and bow down to the Japanese emperor during the most recent Japanese occupation, how can they shamelessly continue to maintain their claims of orthodoxy? It was Calvin who first founded the Presbyterian Church. Did Calvin obey Jesus’ commands of love, forgiveness, and atonement for sin? Calvin recklessly murdered people who went against his doctrines. Some pastors who belong to the Presbyterian Church have recently driven a man to murder his ex-wife because she refused to change her denomination to Presbyterianism. The CCK is acting just as Calvin did. How can they be considered orthodox?

The chairman of Shincheonji asked recently asked 40 Bible questions to a so-called “cult expert” who belongs to the CCK. The Shincheonji chairman waited patiently, and when the answers were not forthcoming he asked ten more questions. The cult expert still has not been unable to answer those questions. If the CCK cannot explain the Bible correctly, how can they claim to be orthodox? Isn’t their claim simply a scheme to hide their true identity as heretics? These heretics pretend to speak the truth and they pretend to be orthodox. When they call other denominations cults, they do so in an effort to seize more authority to become orthodox by force.

We at Shincheonji would like to make a suggestion. Why don’t 30 representatives of each denomination come out and take a 100-question test regarding the prophecies of the New Testament? We will happily take such a test with the CCK representatives in public. To the CCK members, if you have any confidence at all, please come out and answer our questions.

Those who call Shincheonji a cult and its revealed word a heresy are themselves the true heretics. SCJ has the holy spirit and the true pastor who speaks the revealed word; Shincheonji is truly orthodox (Jn 14; Jn 16; Rv 10). Those who despise Shincheonji and call us a cult are controlled by the devil. They are following the example of those who called Jesus and his disciples heretics (Jn 8; Acts 24:5). Please take a close look at the book Revelation and Commentaries, which was recently published by Shincheonji. Who speaks the truth and who lies? Lies are the seed of the devil (Mt 13:24-28; Mt 13:37-39; Jn 8:44). Shincheonji, on the other hand, has mastered the Bible. The one who overcomes has received the blessings promised in Rv 2 and Rv 3. He, along with the promised twelve tribes—the people who belong to heaven—can both be found in Shincheonji (Rv 7; Rv 14). 

Just as God fulfilled the promise he made through Abraham in Moses’ time (Ex 12), and just as God fulfilled the Old Testament at the time of Jesus’ first coming (Jn 19:30), God is accomplishing the New Testament through Shincheonji today. Thus, Shincheonji has been testifying about the physical fulfillment of the New Testament (Rv 1:2; Rv 10; Rv 22:16). Shincheonji is accomplishing the fulfillment of the New Testament (Rv 21:6), which no one in any previous generation was able to accomplish.

No one can know God or receive salvation without the twelve tribes and the one who overcomes (Rv 7; Rv 12). Shincheonji has mastered the Bible. Shincheonji has been created according to the Bible and is living a life of faith according to the Bible. Today, people who lack the revealed word and who misunderstand the Bible are calling Shincheonji a cult. They persecute us because the spirit that controls them is not the spirit of God.

The Tabernacle Temple served as the tabernacle that prepared the way (Rv 13:6). Its leaders made a covenant with God through their blood (Rv 1:20). The Tabernacle Temple and its leaders were swallowed up by the same spiritual forces that are working through the CCK today. At that time, the chairman of SCJ, along with a few others, refused to join hands with those evil forces while they were in the tabernacle. They came out of the promised Tabernacle Temple and made a covenant with God in their blood. Shincheonji is God’s temple, God’s kingdom, and God’s people that have been re-created by blood (Rv 1:5-6; Rv 5:9-10; Rv 7:9-14; Rv 15:4-5). Today Shincheonji is testifying about the physical fulfillment of the New Testament and the revealed word. We in Shincheonji will always carry out our life of faith with justice and fairness. We will also faithfully fulfill our mission as God’s kingdom and priests.