Closed-Minded And Representatives

                                                      When The Door Slams

These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who are in error. They promise freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity-for "people are slaves to whatever has mastered them."                          2 Peter 2:17-19

        The belief system of the religious group share much in common with government representatives, (sect). Frist and foremost, the belief systems of the religious group and representatives are characterized by closed-minded. They are not interested in a rational cognitive evaluation of the facts. The organizational structure interprets the facts to the cultist, generally invoking the Bible and/or its respective founder as the ultimate source of its pronouncements. 

        Such belief systems are in isolation; they never shift to logical consistency. They exist in what we might describe as separate compartments in the cultist's mind, and are almost incapable of penetration or disruption if the individual cultist is completely committed to the authority of his or her organization. 

        Secondly, closed-minded belief systems are characterized by genuine antagonism on a personal level since the cultist almost always identifies his or her dislike of the Christian message with the messenger who holds opposing beliefs.

        The identification of opposing beliefs with the individual in the framework of antagonism leads the cultist almost always to reject the individual as well as the belief, a problem closely linked with closed-minded and one that is extremely difficult to deal with in general dialogue with cultists.

        Thirdly, almost without exception, all closed-mindedness belief systems manifest a type of institutional dogmatism and a pronounced intolerance for any position but their own.  

        Think about this: Today, there are Satan worshipers in the home, school and workplace who call themselves the Church of Satan, religious group who mix Bible teaching with gnosticism and numerology, New Agers who worship many gods and goddesses, evil-minded and this is just the tip of the beginning. It's sad that people are try to bring these thing into the Church, but people straying from sound doctrine will grow worse and worse as the end of the age approaches.  

I look to You for my daily bread, to forgive me my debts as I also have forgiven my debtors, and to lead me not into temptation, but to deliver me from the evil one. For Your is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Aman (Matthew 6:11-13)  

Ask the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the LORD and thank Him for His forgiveness.              

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