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The Common Misconception of Christian Authority

03 Wednesday Mar 2021

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Authority, Building up the Body of Christ, Christianity, Deception, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, False Spirits, False Teachers, God's guidance, God's Love, God's Voice, God's Word, Obedience, Seeking the Truth, Spiritual Guidance, Submission to God, Temptation, Testimony, The Bible, the devil, The Word of God, Walking in the Spirit

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Have you ever heard about Christians having been given a special kind of authority on the grounds of calling themselves a Christian? You know this kind of supernatural ‘power’ that is to enable us to share our testimony wherever and whenever or to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  and teaching them to obey everything” (Mt 28:19-20 NIV) that Jesus has said? Others might have been taught that as soon as the devil attacks us, we should put on the whole armor of God (Eph 6:11-18) so that we can resist him. Hmm…  🙄 If you ever tried this and that and you failed, I am afraid you were not the only one. Me too!  🙂 In fact, I thank God for letting us know that simply following the written word is not necessarily walking in the Spirit of truth also.

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Misconceptions of God

03 Thursday Dec 2020

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Church, Cults, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, God's Grace, God's Love, God's Word, Holiness, Obedience, Prayer, Righteousness, Seeking God, Seeking the Truth, sin, The Bible, The Fear of God

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More than 20 years ago after having left the Christian cult we were in, I felt that God was not half as judgmental as it had been suggested there in that missionary congregation. My own experiences with God and Jesus made me think that HE was quite the opposite of what I had heard back then. It would seem to me that God’s grace revealed in Christ did not judge anyone at all. From hence, for quite some time I was convinced that God was love, and only love. However, what about all this evil in the world and what about evil people? No judgment? No condemnation? Only forgiveness for everyone without any consequences? So many questions which I, sooner or later, could not ignore any longer…

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How Can We Know The Truth?

12 Thursday Dec 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Baptism in the Holy Spirit, blogging, Building up the Body of Christ, Christ in us, Church, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, False Teachers, Following Jesus, God's guidance, My Spiritual Diary, Seeking the Truth, Spiritual Leadership, The Anointing, The Truth, Walking in the Spirit

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Recently I found a well-written article on how God leads us on the internet. A former famous pastor had published this entry some years ago. I won’t tell you his name because what he shared would not be basically wrong, however, it was not the whole truth. In fact, it is so easy to be misled by someone who has a broad scholarly biblical knowledge. Scholars might often utter a bunch of theoretical truth, yet do they know THE TRUTH? Do they know THE ONE who indwells their hearts and teaches them moment by moment on what to do and what to omit, on when to speak up and when to remain silent? It is not their fault if they do not know that they do not know the living God (yet), but if you and I seek the truth, we should not submit to their “leading”.

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Cults in Cyberspace: Just a Mouse Click Away

16 Saturday Feb 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Cults, Cyberspace, Deception, Delusion, Demons, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, False Teachers, Hypnosis, Mind Control, Online-Preachers, Preaching, Scientology

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Dear reader, I am still occupied with this issue about cultic dangers. After publishing a more encouraging blog post last week, here comes another warning about the subtlest, and maybe easiest way of how Satan could try to capture our minds. This particular topic has weighed like a burden on my heart for a few days now, but I would find no time to write it all down. Let’s start with a testimony by a woman who experienced ‘something’ on the internet which seemed to be so innocent in the beginning.

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Seventeen Point Checklist for Unknown Groups

31 Thursday Jan 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Cults, Deception, Delusion, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, False Teachers, Resisting the Devil, Seeking the Truth

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John Hurt in “Nineteen Eighty Four”, George Orwell (Michael Radford, 1984)

I decided to publish another checklist that might be helpful to find out whether you or anyone else you know has touched on any kind of group (Christian, religious, political, esoteric etc.) that eventually turns out to be dangerous for spirit, body, and soul. Michael Clark and I translated this Seventeen Point Checklist from a checklist I would find years ago on a German website. Michael recently published a great blog article in which he described his own painful experiences in cults. The picture he attached to that post was very inspiring for me, so I also chose a photo from George Orwell’s “1984”. I recall how much I hated to read this book in high school about 36 years ago, such a dark scenery! :-/ Back to the check list: If you follow the link below, you can also see the pictures (cartoons) that go along with the German text which I changed slightly due to a, which I believe, inappropriate wording in one case. I wanted to follow the Spirit’s leading here as you might have already expected when you are familiar with my writings.

http://www.ebi-sachsen.de/sekten/checkliste.html

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“What Is A Cult? Recognizing And Avoiding Unhealthy Groups” by Jayanti Tamm

26 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Cults, Deception, Delusion, Demons, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Spirits, False Teachers, Resisting the Devil, Seeking the Truth

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Today I want to offer you a short excerpt, or more specifically, a list written by Jayanti Tamm who was born into a cult from which she could escape only 25 years later. Although her former guru, Sri Chinmoy, was not a Christian cult leader, I believe the chief features of cults she would work out in this list below are generally applicable to all sorts of unhealthy and anti-Christian groups, too. 

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… but you are dead

12 Saturday Jan 2019

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian movements, Christianity, Church, Cults, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Exhortation, False Happiness, False Spirits, Following Jesus, Holy Spirit, Life and Death, Ministry, My Spiritual Diary, My Testimony, Revival, Satan, Sects, Seeking the Truth, The World

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Just lately I have been preoccupied with a specific religious orientation of Christianity. Not that I had chosen to focus once again on what I had known myself a quarter of a century ago. However, a few people I have known for years were more and more drawn into this kind of charismatic church. It is a modern branch of Christendom that more often than not appeals to younger people who do not like to sit in a pew without moving their body for a long time. If you enter such a church, you will surely meet a group of kind people who extend a warm welcome to you (the welcome team). There is also a variety of modern music presented by what is called the worship team. The bigger the church, the more qualified musicians you will find there. They and the majority of the church members who serve in any kind of ministry don’t work for money, no. Whether it is the welcome team, the kitchen team, the worship team, the child care team, whatever. All these people work for charity’s sake. But this does not apply to the pastor and the whole leadership; they usually live from what the congregation offers up. You know, from tithes and donations…

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Panic is Satanic

28 Wednesday Nov 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Deception, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, False Spirits, God's Voice, My Spiritual Diary, Seeking God, Trusting God

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The other day as I was half awake in the morning, still dwelling on some thoughts that could have turned into real worries sooner or later, I suddenly heard a voice that emphatically told me, “Panic is satanic!” Although I knew it was the Holy Spirit speaking to me, I wondered why His voice was not as still and subtle as it often is when God nudges me tenderly to open my ears toward Him. It dawned on me that God wanted to teach me something. Therefore, I would not be that surprised later that day as a black truck passed me by when I was on a prayer walk in the afternoon. On this truck you could read a big-lettered yellow label that said, “Don’t panic!” Aha!  🙂

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Who really has an impact on this world?

06 Tuesday Nov 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Death, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, False Spirits, Following Jesus, God's guidance, God's Love, Holiness, Holy Spirit, New Self, Old Self, Power of His Resurrection, Satan, Spirit vs. Flesh, Walking in the Spirit

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I think many of you might know the temptation to give in to people who do not know God, people by whom you want to be appreciated, though, even despite their sometimes profane remarks. We may not always be able to really like what they say, but we do not want to offend other people, either, or do we? Granted, there is a species of human beings who love to offend others continually; it is like a sport to them. But I do not speak of such personalities. Instead, I refer to those believers who try to live a Christian life and know about the difficulties to obey God when our old nature rather wants to cave in to ‘other spirits’, esp. when such human beings habitually impose their (strong self-) will on others. Our constant struggle to decide between flesh and spirit, as you know, was perfectly described by Paul here.

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Under A Foreign Yoke

14 Friday Sep 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, False Spirits, God's Provision, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, Obedience, Prayer, Resisting the Devil, silence, sin, Spirit vs. Flesh, Submission to God, Waiting on God

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Have you ever felt an increasing uneasiness as you pondered on the possibility to cave in to somebody’s pleading because you knew in your heart it would be the wrong thing to do? I do not know whether this is only a people pleaser problem, but I assume I am not the only one who is struggling with these thoughts and temptations.

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