Jesus came that we would have life, and that more abundantly, and through His death and resurrection we are delivered from condemnation, the larger word for shame:
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus," (Romans 8:1, NIV)
There is no condemnation and that is the gift which Jesus gave to the woman caught in the act of adultery:
"10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." (John 8: 10-11)
Neither do I condemn you, Jesus says to the entire world today:
"1My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." (1 John 2:1-2)
He is paying for all the sins of the entire world right now.
While Jesus has done a perfect work and sits at the right hand of God the Father representing us as perfectly righteous, evil men like Bill Wilson and his ill religious ilk imposed an evil cult which told men that the work was not done.
Jude prophesied of these wicked people:
"3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. 4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ." (Jude 3-4)
Bill W. denied Jesus Christ with every breath he took, fashioning himself as another savior who would force men and women into a bondage of steps and works which no man can do. Either we accept that Jesus is the Savior who was and is, who did and does all that He claimed, or we don't/
Jude writes further:
"8Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities." (Jude 8)
and then
"12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever." (Jude 12-13)
While AA claims to offer salvation and assistance, the cult leads people astray, making people worse off, providing nothing for the pain and suffering, depriving them of life, distorting their path and denying them the light of the Gospel of God's grace
Jesus railed against religious frauds like Bill and all AA adherents:
"13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15Woe 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: 13-15)
AA is a shame-based cult, one which pushes aside the grace of God and induces people to think that they can try harder, yet try they must to improve themselves.
That is a burden which no one can bear, and yet the Pharisees the AA adherents, demand that other people live up to that standard.
Shame-based all the way.
In Christ, there is no more shame, there is no more sorrow or condemnation, because Jesus took care of all of it:
"Therefore this is what the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, says to the descendants of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed; no longer will their faces grow pale." (Isaiah 29: 22)
and
"Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more." (Isaiah 54: 4)
Followed by
"In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you." (Isaiah 54: 14)
and also
"Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours." (Isaiah 61: 7)
This everlasting prophecy is a reality today in Christ Jesus, and no cult, modern or otherwise, can undo what Jesus did.
Reject AA, and receive the goodness and grace of the Alpha and Omega today!
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