Recently, a friend of mine on Facebook brought to my attention a disturbing statement made by SeekTheTruth in an article he wrote earlier this month. Members of my forum may remember that SeekTheTruth had made the comment that God could have revealed Himself to us as a four-in-one being rather than a Trinity if He chose to do so. As far as I know, he has never retracted that view even after I later asked him to clarify what he believes. Seek's article ended with the following statement:
Everything we say and do, let’s do it in such a way that shows others that the God we serve is one that we serve in both Spirit and in Truth. Let’s not forget that our cult brothers and sisters are trying their best to worship in Spirit.They are struggling, because they have abandoned the Truth.
This statement typifies the dangerous and confusing view that many ex-Message believers hold. It is the view that Message believers, while rejecting essential Christian doctrine, should be considered as brothers and sisters in Christ. Let's take a closer look at Seek's statement. He says,
Everything we say and do, let’s do it in such a way that shows others that the God we serve is one that we serve in both Spirit and in Truth.
I'm not exactly sure what that means, but let's go on.
Let’s not forget that our cult brothers and sisters are trying their best to worship in Spirit.
First of all, he's talking about unbelievers as "cult brothers and sisters." That's because Seek believes that Message believers are Christians, even though they follow a false Jesus. Unbelievers do not try their best to worship God. They try their best to run from God and worship a god who is not God. That's part of what makes them a cult. And if Seek is going to refer to them as "cult brothers and sisters," then he is uniting himself with unbelievers, becoming unequally yoked with them.
They are struggling, because they have abandoned the Truth.
Message believers are struggling to worship in Spirit because they have abandoned the Truth? That makes no sense. If one has abandoned the only Truth that can save them, then that shows they don't want to worship in Spirit, because the Spirit is the Truth:
And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because
the Spirit is the truth. (1 John 5:6b)
There is nothing in the unregenerate nature of man that wants to worship the true and living God. Jesus said we must worship the Father in Truth; Jesus said He HImself was the Truth; and 1 John says the Holy Spirit is the Truth. God is Truth. How can one who abandons Truth want to worship the Truth? It cannot be done. Yet SeekTheTruth thinks Message believers are worshipers of that which they have abandoned. He is confused in thinking that Message believers desire to worship in Spirit when they don't even believe Him.
SeekTheTruth is presenting himself as a false teacher. He is literally teaching heresy by suggesting that those who reject the Christian God are simply struggling Christians. Seek has no concept that they are really running away from God as fast as they can. Message believers are not the enemy. They are lost souls who need the Gospel. But SeekTheTruth is providing comfort to those running from God by suggesting they are saved and including them as "brothers and sisters" in Christ. He is allowing them to die in their sins by telling them that they are saved while they abandon the Truth.
SeekTheTruth teaches confusion because he himself is confused. For a teacher to teach that one can be a Christian while abandoning Truth is put his own soul in jeopardy, and unwittingly places him in the camp of the enemy. Seek may be against the errors of the Message, but he has one foot still on the side of error.