Members of AA Make People Feel Condemned

"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves." (Matthew 23: 15)

Telling people to share the good news about one's recovery, if it is indeed "good news".

Here is the Gospel in its simple form:

"38Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses." (Acts 13: 38-39)

Paul preached this in Antioch in Pisidia. Notice how simple the message is -- through "this man" Jesus Christ is preached forgiveness of sins. There is no limit on the forgiveness, there is no temporal block or any sin that is too great. All our sins. and in Him we are justified, a righteousness that we could never receive in obeying the law of Moses, from which the Twelve Steps derives the notion of confession and works as a means to earn God's favor, freely given through Christ Jesus!

The whole AA set up does more harm than good, since members of the program look for prospects in sanitariums and hospitals, when sick men and women are at their most vulnerable. Members of AA then tell them about their program, outlining for them that if they follow these "twelve steps", then they will have the life that they are looking for.

I have seen this program "at work" in friends and family, and the whole "Twelve Steps" program is a bill of goods! The people who push this program need to take their inventory and put it under the blood of Jesus Christ, who takes care of sin, penalty, record, with grace that restores and renders double for all our trouble!

The AA program cannot grant us the much-needed knowledge of righteousness and justification from the our sins, all our sins. The very idea that I have to look over every day and take my inventory sent me into a tailspin every day. I was so pressed to look over my life, constantly taking my inventory. Martin Luther entered the confessional every twenty minutes. Pastor Joseph Prince of Singapore would confess his sins while talking to people or while playing soccer. The whole notion of confessing one's sins and making amends will take you to the insane asylum or around the bend, if you really believe that you must confess to be set free.

Members of AA can never feel free, since they are told that "alcohol" is a subtle foe. Imagine no rest for the rest of one's life. No wonder many people in AA end up as "white-knucklers" who never have any fun!