{"id":2591,"date":"2021-09-04T09:05:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T16:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/?page_id=2591"},"modified":"2022-01-05T07:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:58:28","slug":"scripture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2591\" class=\"elementor elementor-2591\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c3f953 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c3f953\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-335e7b9\" data-id=\"335e7b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6c7f55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6c7f55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Scripture<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddd0d03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddd0d03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9f21f8\" data-id=\"d9f21f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00d5b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f00d5b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Church of Almighty God<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-154c0e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"154c0e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0the Bible contains errors &#8211; Not the whole Bible is the Word of God<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em>&#8221; is the new Bible, the words of Almighty God of the Last Days.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d320f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d320f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Only words directly spoken by Jehovah and Jesus are the Word of God.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Books written by the Apostles are not God\u2019s words; they are tainted by human experiences, opinions, and knowledge.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Bible is obsolete and outdated for the current age.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">God is greater than than Bible. He is not restricted by the Bible.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">In the Age of Kingdom, God has new words. We ought to accept the words of Almighty God, \u201c<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">People are to obey Almighty God; only Almighty God can conquer man by speaking words.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Now in the Age of Kingdom, God surpasses the Bible. God has new ministries.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0c992 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef0c992\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>CAG followers often cite verses directly from its new Holy scripture to prove itself as an authority even over the Bible. Here is a direct quote from CAG\u2019s new Holy scripture stating that the New Testament is outdated. \u201c<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em>,\u201d says, &#8220;The Old Testament documents the work of God during the Age of Law, and thus the Old Testament is a historical book, while the New Testament is the product of the work of the Age of Grace. <span style=\"color: #800000;\">When the new work began, the New Testament also became<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">out of date <\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2014 and thus, the New Testament is also a historical book<\/span>.&#8221;<a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1849_53&amp;q=When+the+new+work+began%2C+the+New+Testament+also+became+out+of+date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh,<\/em> Google e-book<\/a>, accessed August 11, 2021, 1858; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyspiritspeaks.org\/concerning-the-bible-1\/#sw=Concerning%20the%20Bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cConcerning the Bible (1)<\/a>,\u201d accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f7f345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f7f345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>CAG also rejects Apostle Peter\u2019s epistles as inspired Scriptures. &#8220;For instance, Paul wrote an epistle to the Galatian churches which contained a certain opinion, and Peter wrote another, which had another view. Which of them came from the Holy Spirit? No one can say for sure. Thus, it can only be said that they both bore a burden for the churches, yet their letters represent their stature, they represent their provision and support for the brothers and sisters, and their burden toward the churches, and <strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">they only represent human work<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u2014they were not entirely of the Holy Spirit.<\/span><\/strong> If you say that his epistles are the words of the Holy Spirit, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">then you are absurd, and you are committing blasphemy!<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[2]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1867.w.0.0.301_230&amp;q=If+you+say+that+his+epistles+are+the+words+of+the+Holy+Spirit%2C+then+you+are+absurd%2C+and+you+are+committing+blasphemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibid<\/a>, page 1870.<\/p><\/li><li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Please see CAG&#8217;s Additional Arguments and Explanations below:<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85e85f6\" data-id=\"85e85f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b118d80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b118d80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christianity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1dfbbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1dfbbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Bible is Word of God &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Word of God is infallible and inerrant, that is no errors of any kind in the original autograph<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;Revelation&#8221; is the last book of the Bible<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08963ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08963ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Bible is the Holy Spirit inspired Word of God. (2 Tim. 3:16-17)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Heaven and earth will pass away, the Word of God will not pass away. (Matt. 24:35)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #993300;\">The Bible both OT and NT repeatedly give warnings against people who add (their own ideas) to or subtract (any parts\/words) from God&#8217;s words. (Deut. 4:2, 12:32; Prov. 30:6; 1 Cor. 4:6; Rev. 22: 18-19)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Bible is inerrant Word of God in its original manuscript.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Bible canon is closed with only sixty-six books, thirty-nine OT and twenty-seven NT.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1130a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1130a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span id=\"en-ESV-5007\" class=\"text Deut-4-2\" style=\"color: #008000;\"> <sup class=\"versenum\">&#8220;<\/sup>You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> your God that I command you.&#8221; (Deut. 4:2, ESV)<\/span><\/li><li><span id=\"en-ESV-5273\" class=\"text Deut-12-32\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cEverything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.&#8221; (Deut. 12:32, ESV)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span id=\"en-ESV-17257\" class=\"text Prov-30-5\">&#8220;Every word of God proves true;<\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"> <span class=\"text Prov-30-5\">he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-17258\" class=\"text Prov-30-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">\u00a0<\/sup>Do not add to his words,<\/span><span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-30-6\">lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.&#8221; (Prov. 30: 5-6, ESV)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span id=\"en-ESV-28423\" class=\"text 1Cor-4-6\" style=\"color: #800000;\">&#8220;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, &#8230;&#8230;&#8221; (1 Cor. 4:6)<\/span><\/li><li>Most Christians today are self-identified as evangelicals. Evangelical Christianity is gospel centered which means \u201cwhatever is contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ is to be rejected as heresy.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> However, evangelical Protestants also believe that the Bible alone is the written Word of God as the only infallible standard for faith and practices in all church matters.<br \/><p class=\"PaperParagraph\">Furthermore, evangelicals embrace the orthodox teaching with respect to the Trinity and the incarnation of Jesus Christ and reject any doctrine that contradicts what the church as a whole has regarded as essential to the Christian faith. <strong>(See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/essential-and-non-essential-doctrines\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Essential Doctrines and Non-Essential Doctrines<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Rob M. Bowman, Jr<em>. Orthodoxy and Heresy \u2013 A Biblical Guide to Doctrinal Discernment<\/em> (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1993), 59-67.<\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cAll orthodox Christians have in common is one Bible, two Testaments, three confessions, four councils, and five centuries.\u201d<a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[2]<\/a> If a self-proclaimed Christian group denies one or more of the essential doctrines, especially the salvation essentials, noted above, regardless of its Christian origin such a group should be considered as a cult of Christianity.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[2]<\/a> Norman Geisler and Ron Rhodes. <em>Conviction without Compromise \u2013 Standing Strong in the Care Beliefs of the Christian Faith<\/em> (Eugene Oregon: Harvest House Publishers, 2008), 9-13.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0ee0bb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0ee0bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e2d58f\" data-id=\"1e2d58f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba015aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba015aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CAG's Additional Arguments and Explanations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0afc44 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0afc44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95b1a95\" data-id=\"95b1a95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57af158 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57af158\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><p>CAG claims that Apostles Paul and Peter\u2019s epistles are not suitable for the current age, even the God\u2019s creation and His work in Israel in the Old Testament are obsolete or outdated. &#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221; <\/em>says<em>, &#8220;a<\/em>lthough the Bible brings together some of the books of the words of life, such as the Pauline epistles and Petrine epistles, and although people can be provided for and assisted by these books, these books are still <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>out of date<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span>, they still belong to the old age, and no matter how good they are, they are only suitable for one period, and are not everlasting\u2026.. They can only provide for the believers of the Age of Grace, not for the saints of the Age of Kingdom, and no matter how good they are, they are still <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>obsolete<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/span> It is the same with Jehovah\u2019s work of creation or His work in Israel: No matter how great this work was, it would still become <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>outdated<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/span>, and the time would still come when it passed.&#8221; <a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1877.w.0.0.305_236&amp;q=No+matter+how+great+this+work+was%2C+it+would+still+become+outdated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em>, Google e-book<\/a>, 1887, accessed August 11, 2021; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyspiritspeaks.org\/concerning-the-bible-4\/#sw=Concerning%20the%20Bible%20(4)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cConcerning the Bible (4)<\/a>,\u201d accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p><\/li><li><p>The Bible is the Word of God only to the extent that the words which were actually spoken by Jesus in the NT and by Jehovah in the OT; and all other passages and books are tainted by the writers\u2019 personal experience, human knowledge, and opinions.\u00a0\u201c<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em>\u201d explains: &#8220;Not everything in the Bible is a record of the words personally spoken by God. The Bible simply documents the previous two stages of God\u2019s work, of which one part is a record of the foretelling of the prophets, and one part is the experiences and knowledge written by people used by God throughout the ages. Human experiences are tainted with human opinions and knowledge, and this is something which is unavoidable. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">In many of the books of the Bible are human notions, human biases, and humans\u2019 absurd comprehension.<\/span> <\/strong><\/span>Of course, most of the words are the result of the enlightenment and illumination of the Holy Spirit, and they are correct understandings\u2014<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">yet it still cannot be said that they are entirely accurate expressions of the truth<\/span><\/strong>.&#8221;<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1864&amp;q=yet+it+still+cannot+be+said+that+they+are+entirely+accurate+expressions+of+the+truth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh,<\/em> Google e-book<\/a>, 1873, accessed August 11, 2021; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyspiritspeaks.org\/concerning-the-bible-3\/#sw=Concerning%20the%20Bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cConcerning the Bible (3)<\/a>,\u201d accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p><\/li><li><p><em>&#8220;The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em> specifically denies Pauline epistles as the Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit: &#8220;Pauline epistles, for example, arose from the work of a man, they were all the result of the Holy Spirit\u2019s enlightenment\u2026. They were not words<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"> <strong><em>spoken by the Holy Spirit <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u2014Paul could not speak on behalf of the Holy Spirit, and neither was he a prophet\u2026 They are merely words of exhortation, comfort, and encouragement that he wrote for the churches during the course of his work\u2026 All he said that was edifying and positive to people was right, but it did not represent the utterances of the Holy Spirit, and it could not represent God. It is an egregious understanding, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a tremendous blasphemy<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>, for people to treat the records of a man\u2019s experiences and a man\u2019s epistles as the words spoken by the Holy Spirit\u00a0to the churches!&#8221;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[3]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1867.w.0.0.301_230&amp;q=a+tremendous+blasphemy%2C+for+people+to+treat+the+records+of+a+man%E2%80%99s+experiences+and+a+man%E2%80%99s+epistles+as+the+words+spoken+by+the+Holy+Spirit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibid<\/a>, page 1876.<\/p><\/li><li><p>CAG&#8217;s view on Apostle Paul and his ministries: &#8220;Problematically, there appeared one called Paul, who set himself in mortal enmity to God. Even after he was struck down and became an apostle, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Paul did not change his old nature, and he continued to walk the path of opposition to God. During the time he worked, Paul wrote many epistles; unfortunately, later generations savored his epistles as the words of God<\/span><\/strong>, and they were even included in the New Testament and <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">confused with the words spoken by God<\/span><\/strong>. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">This has been an utter disgrace since the advent of Scripture!<\/span><\/strong><\/span>&#8220;<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[4]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT2898_190&amp;q=Paul+wrote+many+epistles%3B+unfortunately%2C+later+generations+savored+his+epistles+as+the+words+of+God%2C+and+they+were+even+included+in+the+New+Testament+and+confused+with+the+words+spoken+by+God\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/em>, \u201cMan Can Only be Saved Amidst God\u2019s Management<\/a>,\u201d Google e-book, 2915, accessed August 11, 2021; pdf, 2908-2902.<\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ef0f5e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ef0f5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a88995\" data-id=\"7a88995\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-999792d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"999792d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clear Thinking Exercises<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03d359c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03d359c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5a2849\" data-id=\"d5a2849\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fabd37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fabd37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>In written words, one the one hand CAG claims that the Bible is outdated and obsolete for the current age. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>In practice, on the other hand CAG often quotes the Bible as authoritative to make its points to attract Christians.<\/strong><\/span><\/li><li>CAG has been adamant about only the direct spoken words of Jehovah and Jesus are the words of God; and words spoken by other individuals and the books written by the Apostles such as Paul and Peters are their personal opinions.<\/li><li><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">CAG often quotes 1 Peter 4:17, \u201cFor it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God\u201d as an authoritative text warning the Christian churches around the world. In fact, there is a book called \u201c<em>Judgment Begins with the House of God\u201d<\/em> specifically edited for this purpose<\/span><\/strong>.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> In an article called \u201c<em>Analyzing and Discerning the CCP Government\u2019s and the Religious World\u2019s Rumors and Lies (2)<\/em>,\u201d a CAG webpage even cites this specific verse written by the Apostle Peter as a \u201cprophecy\u201d that has been fulfilled.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a> <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Are the Epistles written by Peter the word of God? Or only this particular verse is word of God?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KlM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PP1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>Judgment Begins with the House of God<\/em><\/a>, accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyspiritspeaks.org\/gospel\/examples-of-analyzing-and-discerning-the-rumors-and-lie-2\/#sw=Judgment%20begins%20with%20the%20house%20of%20God\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, \u201cSeeing Through Satan\u2019s Schemes &#8211; Analyzing and Discerning the CCP Government\u2019s and the Religious World\u2019s Rumors and Lies (2)<\/a>,\u201d accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p><\/li><li>CAG\u2019s Holy book has a statement clearly questioning the purpose and authority of the Bible. It reads, \u201c<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">the Bible is now a great stumbling block, keeping people from accepting God\u2019s new work, and makes it hard for Him to spread it<\/span><\/strong>.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[3]<\/a> Today, there is a new English translation which has toned down the negativity from the original statement. Currently this passage says, \u201c<strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">The Bible has become a great obstacle to people\u2019s acceptance of God\u2019s new work, and a difficulty to God\u2019s <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">broadening this new work.<\/span><\/strong>\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[4]<\/a><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[3]<\/a> The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Utterances of Christ of the Last Days (Selection),<\/em> \u201cA Selection from the Four Passages of God\u2019s Word on \u201cConcerning the Bible,\u201d\u201d (downloaded pdf file on October 17, 2016), 319.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[4]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=KFM_DwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=GBS.PT1851&amp;q=the+Bible+has+become+a+great+obstacle+to+people%E2%80%99s+acceptance+of+God%E2%80%99s+new+work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Church of Almighty God, <em>The Word Appears in the Flesh,<\/em> Google e-book, 1855<\/a>, accessed August 11, 2021; \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyspiritspeaks.org\/concerning-the-bible-1\/#sw=Concerning%20the%20Bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Concerning the Bible (1)<\/a>,\u201d accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Regarding the issue of inerrancy of the Bible, the CAG says, <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u201cthe Bible is a record written by man and is not all the personal utterances of God. Consequently, it is inevitable that the Bible would be tainted by man, with man\u2019s absurd interpretations. So how can we say that it is completely accurate and inerrant?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[5]<\/a> \u00a0This is a very clear statement that the CAG denies the inerrancy of the Bible. In addition, CAG apparently has an odd view that the word of God was recorded through human by means of God&#8217;s dictation, not by inspiration through the Holy Spirit.<\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[5]<\/a> The Church of Almighty God, \u201cStriking Directly at Rumors, Rebuttal of Fallacies &#8211; Fallacy: Someone said, \u201cThe Bible was inspired by God. It is absolutely not tainted by man\u2019s will and is entirely the word of God. All the words in the Bible are multi-faceted and foreshadowing, the Bible is absolutely authoritative, there is no other book that can compare, and everyone must admit that the Bible is inerrant. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.easternlightning.org\/refuting-rumors\/the-words-in-the-bible.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anyone who says the Bible is tainted by man\u2019s will or contains errors is attacking and denying the Bible, and all such people shall be cursed<\/a>,\u201d<\/span> accessed August 11, 2021.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scripture Church of Almighty God \u00a0the Bible contains errors &#8211; Not the whole Bible is the Word of God &#8220;The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221; is the new Bible, the words of Almighty God of the Last Days. 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