AW Blog & The Doldrums

Gavin said...

>>>Great news scoop from Mike over at Don't Drink the Flavor Aid. At last Ron gets some much deserved attention... Couldn't happen to a nicer chap!<<<

Is this how you plan to spend the rest of your life, which is fast approaching its end, trawling the web for bad news about other people and gloating over it? Do you not have any ORIGINAL ideas on any topic that you can post to your blog. If all the other blogs from which you plagiarized material were to go off line, would you be able to generate a NEW idea, that would be worthy of sensible people time and thought. Now, I realise that most of the people posting here are very shallow, and intellectually bankrupt. So you would have to pitch the topic at its basic level, but if it is ORIGINAL it might solicit replies from people who are capable of thinking! Just trying to lift you out of the doldrums, before the end comes!

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Gavin Advises... >>>So settle back in the armchair, crack a six pack and tuck a copy of the Philadelphia Trumpet under the cushion to establish the mood.<<<

You appear to have gone from scraping the bottom of the barrel to drinking the dregs left over from 15 years ago. Well, if it helps you to settle back, bully for you!

I hope you will be the first to publish the fatal wound that Dennis and Douglas have inflicted upon themselves. Although your wound may not appear to be as grievous, prejudice and partiality are fatal diseases, you might be amused to discover!

The wicked is snared by his own lips!

1)Douglas Becker of the Painful Truth posted derogatory comments about Gavin Rumney, host of Ambassador Watch Blog, and attributed them to me by using my name. His purpose was to get Gavin to ban me from the blog, which Gavin did without any investigation into whether the comments were made by me or not. So much for justice!

A few days latter Douglas posted the following to AW blog, "it should be a chilling indictment against those who sign their false prophecies in Jesus' Name." There is no "should" about it! Anyone using Jesus' name to promote heretical opinions will suffer the consequences!

But what about those who defame other people's names to promote lies and slander, because their abusive comments were ignored? I shudder to think of the consequences, for your own words will come back to haunt you for all eternity!

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2)On Sunday morning I visited AW blog and discovered the following additional blasphemy from Dennis Diehl, a former hireling with WCG: "Paul was also a false prophet by OT standards. One can also make the case that the "Jesus OF THE GOSPELS" and the first few verses of Revelation, was also wrong, but we can pass on that for now."

I must admit that Dennis' comments have had the same distressing impact on me as comments made by David John Hill in The Journal, two or three years ago, poking fun at Mr. Armstrong and bragging about his nepotism towards his wife. After reading Hill's comments, I was writing a letter to The Journal to express my outrage and disgust, when word reached me that Hill had suddenly died!

Later, Dennis added this foolish but bold assertion: "There is no knowing the future." Well, I won't be writing to Gavin to express my outrage and disgust, as he appears happy to accept and entertain blasphemous comments on his blog, but I expect word to reach me that Dennis has suffered the same fate as David John Hill!

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3) On Tuesday I visited AW blog, and Him who "with lies have made the heart of the righteous sad:" added this: Would this suggest that the UCG leadership actually lied and broke their promises? They may have lied, but you definitely lied and slander my name. But when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, your refuge of lies will be swept away.

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4) Monday 14th July. On my way from Mizpah to Tabor, I looked in on AW blog and discovered, as expected, that Dennis and Douglas are now terrified to attach their names to any of the inane comments they often make. Could it be they are beginning to run though no one is pursuing them? Could it be that they are beginning to be afraid at the shaking of a leaf? Could it be they are like the man who ran into a house from a bear, only to put his hand upon a serpent? Could it be they are being tormented by the fear of God's impending judgment?

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5) Tuesday 15th July. Someone calling himself Jason M commented, NO ONE IS SHAKING TOM. Well, Jason, you may speak for yourself. But if you wish, you may ask yourself, why do you keep looking behind you when there is no one following you?

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6) Wednesday 16th July. While I was in the house of mercy I viewed AW blog to see what was being reflected on, but once again, there were no reflections! The host appears to be trawling the web for any scrap of bad news about the Cogs, posting it, and then waiting for a tirade of inane comments from forum members. If that is what is called reflection, then madness should be called sanity!

However, I note that the two Ds are still terrified to attach their names to the inane and incoherent comments they make, not that they are alone in hiding in the shadows or making stupid comments. Still, one of the Ds is now calling himself Mark Lax. Wow! How original! I wonder who he thinks he is fooling?

The other D, who is often in a "black mood," have reverted to the original title of Anonymous! Wow! How riveting?

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7) Sunday July 20th. A very brave guy, calling himself Jason, who has no surname, sent me an abusive post claiming he was the person who posted the derogatory comments about Gavin to AW blog. Then he accused me of being a coward. Well, at least I am coward enough to attach my name to all of my comments, and don't impersonate other people to slander their name.

Is Jason Douglas, or is Douglas Jason!!

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8) Thursday 24th July. While at Mizpah watching for the destruction of the wicked, I looked in on AW blog and discovered that Dennis Diehl is brazenly, but foolishly, continuing his vituperation of Christ and the church he has founded.

Still, Dennis' behaviour is not surprising, though it deserves pity. For the infallible authority of the divine Scriptures described him thus: "The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."

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9) While at Mizpah waiting for news of the destruction of the wicked, I looked in on AW blog and there was this from Dennis Diehl: "The Wonderful World Tomorrow" might be hell actually if we all conformed to ONE way of thinking, everyday, all the time for eternity. Talk about stuck!" Well, I can assure Dennis that whether he likes it or not, he will be tormented the same way for all eternity. Then he will realise what it is really like to be stuck.

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10) Saturday 2nd August. While at Mizpah waiting for news of the destruction of the wicked, I looked in on AW blog and there was this from the host: "I'm a PC kind of guy, culturally sensitive to the reality of living in a multi-ethnic world where people of diverse backgrounds rub shoulders." Well, being PC correct and culturally sensitive are not the same as being objective and impartial, which are two elements of justice.

P.S. Richard, when he to whom vengeance belongs, shows himself, if word should reach you before it reaches me, I am now back at Mizpah.

An Impersonator has spoken.

"When I was a boy, I thought as a boy. When I turned to be a man I thought of my heroes. Mr. Armstrong was and is to this day a hero to me. Soon I shall leave Mizpah and take over the helm of Gods true church, the LCG from Mr. Meredith.

It has been fun here toying with you people. Gavin, remove my posts that I so bravely posted here. As for the rest of you I leave you this thought. A dog returns to it's vomit."

While I was busy taking my daughters to piano lessons, a deceiver used my name to post comments on Ambassador Watch Blog. Comments that would never enter my head.

However, I believe his purpose was to get Gavin to ban me from the forum. Well, he has succeeded! But his success will be very short lived, because his lies, deceit and incessant abuse will bring swift destruction upon him.

Q & A - The Definition of A Hireling

"Can you name even one current or former wcg minister who was not a hireling, in your opinion? "

Firstly, I don't have an opinion about who is a hireling. All I do is examined the definition and described the behaviour of a hireling as defined in the bible, and then see whose behaviour fits the definition. Now to answer your question. Regrettably, all the ministers I have known and worked with, behaviour fits the definition of a hireling. The bible describes the behaviour of a hireling thus: "But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the the sheep"(John 10:12). Now all we have to do to determine which ministers are hirelings, is to see who ran away and who didn't. All the ministers, including local elders, in the UK left the flock and ran away to join UCG, hoping that the flock would follow after them. Not one of them stood up at the lectern, and told the brethren not to drink the spiritual poison Mr. Tkach was feeding the sheep. They simply placed their financial security before the spiritual welfare of God's people, for whom Christ died.

However, knowing the terror of the Lord, I shudder to think of of the consequences of their betrayal of God's people. For I know him, who says, "Judgment is mine says the Lord, I will repay."

John's narrative continues: "The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep." In other words, the hireling is in it for the money. His love for the sheep is just a pretense!

So all the sermons these men gave about love and concern for God's people were nothing but "hogwash," to use the vulgar term. They were all hirelings, motivated by money and power.

That is not how the Apostles behaved. In the midst of savage, brutal and cruel persecutions, they didn't fail to preach the gospel of man's salvation, and lay down their lives for the people of God. And their heroic deeds, which has won them praises even amongst those who are unwilling or unable to imitate them, they attributed to the grace of God, which made them fearless in the presence of their insane and malevolent enemies.

If you know any ministers that spoke out against Tkach's heresy, because their primary concern was the spiritual welfare of God's elect, please let me have their names?

Hirelings or shepherds, which?

While I was at Mizpah preparing for Pentecost, on AW blog, I was being reviled by Dennis and Kscribe, in particular, for explaining what the bible teaches about pretended ministers, who are actually hirelings.

Well, I didn't invent the term hireling, it was Jesus. Note what he says: "But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep"(John 10:12). Where are the sheep today, if not scattered, and have become prey for discredited men who have started their own churches? And why have the sheep been scattered? The answer should be obvious to anyone who has not been struck by supernatural blindness. It is because those who were once called ministers were actually hirelings. Again, note what Jesus, not Tom Mahon, says: "the hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep"(John 10:13). By definition, the hireling works for money. So when things get difficult in one job, the hireling runs away and finds a new employer. On the other hand, the shepherd sees his calling as a vocation, and is willing to work for nothing on earth because the glory of the Lord is his reward.

Now let us contrast the behaviour of a hireling with that of a shepherd thus: "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep"(John 10:11). The hireling runs away, but the shepherd is willing to die for the sheep. That is what Jesus teaches, and I agree with him. And note what John was also inspired to write: "Hereby we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we OUGHT to lay down our lives for the brethren"(1 John 3:16). The term ought denotes the duty that love demands from those who claim to possess the nature and character of Christ, who is the good shepherd.

In addition, Paul's admonition to the ministry was this: "Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit have made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood"(Acts 20:28). But instead of WCG ministry feeding the church, they fed themselves and took a financial package from Mr. Tkach to betray the flock. How despicable can people be? But I shudder to think of the consequences of their treachery!

To be continued as I am very busy...

Psychological babble.

A former hireling by the name of Dennis Diehl, who by stealth climbed up some other way instead of coming through the door, which is Christ, was mistakenly ordained a minister in WCG. Sadly, he never understood or possessed the character of a true minister. In Paul's second Pastoral Epistle to the Corinthians, he reminded the ministry that God is the one who enables them to be ministers thus: "our sufficiency is of God; who also has made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit"(2 Cor. 3:5-6). The word "able" means that they have the knowledge and character to hold such an exalted office, and are capable of teaching the things of the spirit, as their "sufficiency is of God."

Paul then proceeded to outlined four fundamental character traits to be found in true ministers of Christ thus: "Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but (1) have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, (2) not walking in craftiness, (3) nor handling the word of God deceitfully, (4) but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God"(2 Cor. 4:1-2).

Well, did Dennis or any of the other hirelings that were "ministers" in WCG, ever "renounced the hidden things of dishonesty?" They spent a lot of time denouncing dishonesty in other people, but as for "renouncing" it in themselves, NEVER! If the widespread merchandising of the deluded people in cog-land is anything to go by, then, dishonesty is the order of the day.

What about "not walking in craftiness?" Anyone who was around the ministry in WCG or in cog-land today could write a book on the "craftiness" of most ministers, including their deceitful misrepresentation of the word of God and their lying to the brethren, either by commission or omission. Their motto was and is, "We reveal things on a need to know basis, and we decide who needs to know." What deceitfulness!

Dennis is now an expert in psychological babble. So his analysis of my exposure of Gavin's 17 pages of drivel, on what Gavin thinks is an intellectual exposition of the authorship of the Pastoral Epistles, is described as "pain body." I suppose when one falls from grace any nonsense appears attractive and alluring.

To be continued

The Pastoral Epistles?

One of the leading scoffers at AW blog has published 17 pages of incoherent nonsense, claiming it is an extract from a 3000 word essay on the Pastoral Epistles of first and second Timothy and Titus. He referenced a long list of so-called scholars, who disagree or are unsure of the date the epistles were written, the author of them or whether the prose is that of the Apostle Paul, or some other unknown author. He no doubt cites these erudite scholars because he presumes or thinks that they are qualified to comment on the veracity of the scriptures. Then again, their names may have been on a university designated reading list, where the dumb sheep are led to be sacrificed on the altar of ignorance.

Well, AW's leading scoffer will be surprised to learn that all the epistles in the NT are pastoral epistles, as they were all written and sent to ministers of the various church congregations, then extant in Greece and Asia. And that the singling out of Timothy and Titus as pastoral epistles, was done by grubby scholars, who were and are hostile to the revelation given to Paul, as it undermines their conception of Christianity as an attack on Judaism.

The internal Evidence

A careful and impartial reading of of the epistles to Timothy and Titus will show that they could not have been written by any other person but Paul. In the opening salutation to first Timothy, the writer addressed him as, "my own son in the faith." This is because Timothy was taught and ordained by Paul. And just before Paul's death, Timothy was appointed as Paul's successor(11 Tim. 4:1-3).

Paul first met Timothy at Lystra, during his second missionary journey. He choose Timothy to travel with him in preaching the gospel(Acts16:1-3).

to be continued...