{"id":13958,"date":"2023-07-17T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=13958"},"modified":"2023-07-17T17:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:49:36","slug":"jesus-is-a-cult-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/13958\/jesus-is-a-cult-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Jesus Is a Cult Leader!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Pastor John,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">I do not have anything to add to the &#8220;Jesus Is a Cult Leader!&#8221; email, but I found it interesting to look up <em>the<\/em> definition of a cult.\u00a0 I do not think I have ever done that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Summarizer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">A cult is a relatively small group led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader who excessively controls its members, requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices that are considered deviant outside the norms of society.3\u00a0Cult leaders<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>have psychosis or narcissistic personalities that drive them to preach a message and convince others to follow.0\u00a0<strong>They have a belief system that has the answers to all of life&#8217;s questions and offers a special solution to be gained only by following the leader&#8217;s rules.<\/strong>1\u00a0A cult leader and his followers are bound together by shared beliefs, practices, and rituals that are considered deviant by the mainstream belief systems of a society.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Beth D.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0013a3\"><em>I have gotten a number of suggestions for the &#8220;Jesus Is a Cult Leader!&#8221; email, and I will be sending those out later today, hopefully.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0013a3\"><em>Beth, every false religious leader tries to be what Jesus really was: the way, the truth, and the life.\u00a0 And every\u00a0<u>true<\/u>\u00a0man of God IS like him, as Paul said, &#8220;Follow me as I follow Christ.&#8221;\u00a0 And this especially has always struck me, from Paul: &#8220;The things\u00a0you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things put into practice, and the God of peace will be with\u00a0you.&#8221;\u00a0 What would those who did not believe Paul say about that?\u00a0 Probably something like, &#8220;He thinks everybody has to live the way he does!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #0013a3\"><em>jdc<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">============<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">It leaves me so thankful that Jesus let me feel him and learn about who he really is.\u00a0 When you see what a mess of confusion is out there, the truth becomes more pure and clean.\u00a0 It feels like that every time.\u00a0 The more I see how muddy the\u00a0 water they are drinking is, the sweeter and purer ours is in my heart.\u00a0 I feel so grateful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Beth<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor John, I do not have anything to add to the &#8220;Jesus Is a Cult Leader!&#8221; email, but I found it interesting to look up the definition of a cult.\u00a0 I do not think I have ever done that. 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