More Revelations About Succumbing and Not Succumbing

Yesterday, I was thinking about all the struggles that I used to deal with.

God is showing me the thought patterns and the other struggles that were going on in my mind.

I had a bad host of bad believing, simple as that. It really is true, and it really is that simple.

I was not believing the Gospel in its fullest. It takes time to get there, for all of us are transformed from glory to glory as we behold HIM! (2 Corinthians 3:16-18)

The fact is that none of us will ever understand the Gospel to the fullest because there is so much to understand:

"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (Ephesians 3:19)

So, another revelation came to me yesterday:

Why did I struggle with temptations, nasty thoughts, bad feelings?

I would fall into this pit of asking myself some really unpleasant questions:

How did I get out of this bad set of emotions last time?

What do I do if I have those bad memories next time?

What will I do tomorrow if I have those illicit desires again?

Those questions are all predicated on this lie: "I have to do something. I have to maintain something" in order to be OK with Daddy God.

That is all wrong. Jesus has completed the work (John 19:30)! There is nothing more that I have to add. If I have a thought, a memory, a painful reflection from the past, it does not matter.

I don't have to do anything about it, because Jesus has already done everything that needs to be done about it! YES! AMEN!

I do not worry about tomorrow or the next day or the next day. He has all those days taken care of. Tomorrow is already cared for because He has promised to be a God to me, based on the New Covenant:

"10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

 11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Hebrews 8:10-12)

We can rest assured that He is Our God because "I will be merciful (lit. propitious) to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."

That is good for good! That is ever in our favor forever! There is nothing more that needs to be added to that. All the questions that used to assault my mind "What are you going to do tomorrow, the next day?" are all answered: "He remembers my sins NO MORE!"

I does not matter if I sin tomorrow, the next day, if I fail tomorrow, the next day.

He is My God, and He is on my side forever ... BECAUSE OF HIS SON JESUS!

BOOM!

All of these verses I have heard and reheard, rehearsed many times over.  Now it is made more manifest. It takes time, but He indeed has come through for me. JESUS!

AA is a Selfish Program, and That's Its Problems

Alcoholics Anonymous tells its members that selfishness is their biggest problem, that self centeredness is their biggest problem. However, the whole program starts with them worshipping a God of their own understanding. They are very simply worshipping themselves!

Ultimately, if we trust in some god based on our limited understanding, we are pretty much believing in ourselves. What kind of madness is that?

And yes, indeed, many people who frequent the rewms of Alcoholics Anonymous are selfish. They have been taught to see themselves as victims, as though they have no control over this so-called disease of "alcoholism," They are terrible Pharisees in their own right, and they go out of their way to make themselves feel good, to take care of themselves.

There is something called a "newcomer frenzy" which breaks out in the AA rewms. When a new person shows up, all the self-serving old-timers rush at the person, wanting to go out of their way to help this person. It's all about making themselves feel good, nothing else. They will push other people away and harm others, just so that they can feel good to rush and be that first person to "help" this newcomer.

It's really disgusting. The most helpful thing, the most unselfish thing that anyone can do in AA is to turn people away from that awful cult, and get real help from the Gospel!

AA is a selfish program, one which basically teaches people to worship themselves.

No, I Don't Want to Believe in a God of My Understanding

Today, I am going to be sharing a number of rapid, wonderful revelations which I have received over the last week.

It was really true, that I was in bondage so deeply to this false, law-centered, anti-Christ cult called "Alcoholics Anonymous."

The wrong thinking, the wrong believing was so strong, so imposed, so overwhelming. By the grace of God, I am so grateful that I am set free.

Here's the first of a number of posts which I will be sharing today.

No, I Don't Want to Believe in A God of My Understanding

I don't ever want to believe in a God of my understanding. My understanding is too limited, and cannot take in how good God is. His ways are not my ways, and the grace of God is not something that we understand. If we could understand God, then He could not really be God. The beauty, wonder, and rich complexity of the universe is too much for us to understand, to comprehend, to take it.

You have to receive the truth of how good God is based on the testimony of His Word. We have to know that there is no way but the grace of God. There is no way to overcome based on our own efforts.

I have been reasoning from my experience to God. That is wrong. We must reason from God's word to our experience, not from our experience to God' Word. For too long, I have viewed God based on what other people have told me, or what I experienced, or based on how I decided to read God's Word for myself.

No! We start with the truth of God's grace, and then we gain understanding from there. YES!

God is Good, and thank God the Father that He gave His Son Jesus Christ for us! He is worthy of praise because he is good. We don't praise him so that he'll be good!

Alcoholics Anonymous is a devious cult which gives people the pretense of freedom, because they get to believe in a god of their own understanding. That is so sick! That is so ridiculous. There is no freedom if you are in bondage to a lie, if you believe in something or someone that is simply not able to help you.

I still remember sitting in some of those terrible Al-Anon meetings, with the bitter women (and some men) who were content to blame everyone else for their problems and never take any responsibility for their own. Some of the people at these meetings were so disrespectful, too, so filled with anger and self-righteousness. I am so glad that I walked away from those terrible meetings--but it's pretty astonishing how much of a chokehold that awful cult had on my life.

Thank you, Jesus, for setting me free. AMEN!

More Revelations About Resentment: It Is Finished!

 I went to the hospital yesterday to pick up some paperwork.

As I was driving home, I was thinking some unhappy thought about some people that I do not like.

Then I started gaining a greater revelation about the past struggles which I had endured when I was younger. I used to get really angry or upset about the things that people may have said to me or had not said to me.

Then I would get angry a second time around because I needed to "do something" about those feelings because someone had "made me mad."

That was all wrong believing, and that wrong believing was due to that evil cult called "Alcoholics Anonymous."

"We have to be free of anger!" the AA cult warns people. "We must not allow resentment to get stuck in our minds!"

Oh No! We must make sure that we do not have any negative thoughts or feelings! EEK!

Give me a break.

The work is DONE in Christ Jesus! We do not have a "daily reprieve," but rather an eternal release from all our sins and all our shame.

When I received this simple revelation, I started to feel light-headed. I mean, my body really started to relax! I finally understood why I had been so emotionally uptight for so long.

It also helped to explain why I was having blood pressure issues for so long, just as my parents had had blood pressure isues, too!

The work is done! Jesus paid the price.

Shame on AA. God damn that evil cult! Thank God for COVID-19, I guess, in that people are no longer going to "the rewms" to be brainwashed with these harmful lies, such as "You were born an alcoholic" and "It works if you work it."

Give me a break!

But this revelation is massive. All this time, I was constantly trying to steel myself and my mind so that I would never get "offended." The reason that offenses rage in people is that they do not believe that all their sins are forgiven, and whenever anyone challenges them with emotional slights or insults, they feel compelled to fight back and correct the record.

When you know that you have been forgiven, when you know that you have been fully justified from all things, it does not matter what people say about you. You really don't care, because the Final Word has been declared about your status: "It is Finished!"

You Have Not Lost Your Legs, and He Can Give You New Ones

"We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones."

That's what AA claims. And like many of its claims, it is a lie.

In fact, it is a lie from the pit of hell.

No, people are not "born alcoholics," no more than are people born gay, or born in the wrong body.

This is the fundamental fraud of this whole cult of fraud.

What does the Bible say about healing, health, and even our legs and the ability to run?

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

You can't run if you don't have legs! Yes, those who wait (literally, hope) in the Lord shall have their strength renewed, and they will run! Not only will they run, in fact, but they won't get tired, and they won't collapse from fatigue, either!

But wait! What if your legs don't work, or you cannot run?

Jesus can heal you!

"5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath." (John 5:5-9)

It's OK to Get Angry, and God Doesn't Get Angry with You if You Get Angry

 Another great post from Laura Tompkins' blog:

The entire idea that your perfectly normal feeling of anger is somehow a poison you are choosing to drink just by allowing the feeling… is a 12 step cult platitude designed to stop you from living in your immense power.  Reject the very idea that “anger is a luxury you alcoholic/addict cannot afford.”  Or the ever-popular “resentment is death.”  Anyone who attempts this platitude is trying to shut you up. Anyone who insists your feelings are not facts is abusing you.  Anyone who spews such nonsense is gaslighting you. The meme above sums is up perfectly.

What are some other abusive platitudes of the 12 step cult religion?  There are hundreds from which to choose.

I hope you are having a lovely weekend with people deserving of your company.

Now, here's my commentary.

The AA cult is well-known for this terrible platitude: "We must be free from anger," and "Anger is the dubious luxury of normal men."

There are two lies in that second trite phrase "Anger is the dubious luxury ..." First, it is not dubious, in that anger is needed for us to decide to make changes in the face of unjust outcomes, choices, and outcomes. Jesus never ever said "Don't be angry." Second, it's normal to get angry, and people who struggle with alcohol addiction are not a different species of a subclass of mankind. That false identity needs to be rejected at all costs.

Today, I just want to focus on the truth that "It's OK to Get Angry."

He did say in the Sermon on the Mount:

"But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." (Matthew 5:22)

It's all about being angry "without a cause," or "heedlessly" in the original Greek.

There are times that we should be angry. And there are bad memories that are ... bad memories. We do not need to fight or force our way away from them. There is nothing that we have to really do about them in many cases.

However, if we impose on people a law "Thou shalt not be angry," we are bringing people into bondage, and we are giving power to their flesh. Have you ever noticed how the more that you try not to be angry, the angrier you become?

Also, again, it is essential to get angry sometimes. When a child is being abused, when an innocent person is being bullied, when people in power do wrong things and do not respect their role or their oath of office, you and I should get angry. That outrage invites us to do something constructive and effective to stand up to that evil.

Consider what Paul writes to the Ephesians:

"Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:" (Ephesians 4:26)

It's so important for people to realize also that God will never got angry with you ever again after you beleive and receive His Son:

"For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee." (Isaiah 54:9)

Did you see that? He will never get angry with you again! And I challenge you, in the accounts in the Old Testament featuring Abraha, amd Jacob, that for all their failures, not once did God ever get angry with them. There is no record of rebuke or God being wroth with them, either. God corrects us with dealings, and He guides us with His grace, but He never gets angry with us ever again. AMEN!

For me specifically, this "Don't Get Angry" aspect of the AA cult is particularly damaging. We get angry, we have upset thoughts from time to time, or we remember unpleasant events from the past. Does that mean that we have done something wrong? Does that really mean that we have to make adjustments to our time and and place, or do something right away or else?

There is untold, unprecedented harm in telling people that they should never get angry. When they are victims of wrongdoing, or when they suffer hurt which requires redress. they end up doubling down into a maelstrom of self-loathing and shame. No one should ever fall into such a mess. We should be free!

'Not at all. We have been made the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21). There is no reason for any of us to feel shame, to second guess our anger when someone says something offense or out of place, and we feel the need to correct the record, to confront that false statement.

It's OK to get angry. What you do with that anger is what determines whether you have sinned or not. This is such a great relief to revisit, and I pray that whoever chances on this blog post will rest in the promises of God's Word. It is essential for me to make this plain and clear, too: being angry, and even if you sin in your anger, does not cause God to go away from you. He does not leave you or forsake you, and your standing of righteousness before Daddy God in Christ Jesus does not change either!

Faith is not about feelings, and being faithful is not about not being angry. We don't have to wonder if God will come or go if we get upset. That bondage was so awful for me. I felt that I had to stop bad thoughts and bad feelings from pouring into my head in order for God to work through me and bless me.

Wow! How wrong I was. It's OK to be get angry, and God does not turn His back on us or go away from us if we are unjustifiably angry about something, about anything. No matter how unjustifiable our anger may be, we are justified in Christ! (Acts 13:38-39)

The Twelve Steps, Properly Revised, by Laura Tompkins

This is the accurate Twelve Steps that everyone needs to know once they escape from "The Rewms."

Special thanks to Laura Tompkins for this hilarious and oh, so accurate post.

Click on the original link here.

1. We decided We were “Not Powerless” over alcohol – that Our lives had become dominated by AA.

2. Came to understand that We were never as morally reprehensible as some AA members had led Us to believe.

3. Made a decision to turn and walk away from Alcoholics Anonymous forever.

4. Made a scorching and fearless indictment against AA as an organization.

5. Admitted to Ourselves and another Human Being that We had been ambushed into joining a religious cult.

6. Were entirely ready to relieve Ourselves of the self-defeating bullshit We were taught at AA.

7. Familiarized Ourselves with cult indoctrination tactics in order that We may never fall into a similar trap again.

8. Made a list of all AA-members who had harmed Us, and became willing to confront them all.

9. Called such people on their bullshit whenever possible, except when to do so would significantly injure them or others.

10. Continued to indict Alcoholics anonymous and when We were wronged promptly expressed our disapproval of it.

11. Sought scientific empirical evidence that could help Us to defeat addiction; focusing on Ourselves as the Power to carry that out.

12. Having been awakened from the AA nightmare as a result of these steps, We tried to carry this message to other victims of AA, so that everyone might know the truth about the Alcoholics Anonymous cult.

You are not alone.

Many of Us have been misled by the religion that claims not to be a religion. Some of Us suffered for years oblivious to the fact that AA offers no reliable or even sincere method to help alcohol troubled people to recover from addiction. When We felt hopeless. They used it against Us.

They told us We were powerless.
They did it to break Us down.
They did it to make Us unsure of Ourselves.
They did it to recruit new members for their religious cult.
We’re here to expose AA for what it really is. If You’ve tried AA over and over again, and You’re not getting the results you were promised, maybe it’s time You tried something else.
Think about it.

— Gunthar

Like I said — Brilliance.

However, many members (and ex-members), have an understandably difficult time deprogramming from all the scare tactics forced down their throats in AA.

Why?

You see, Bill Wilson was the kind of person who had to lie about who he was because he hated himself for very specific reasons, that we will never know — very specific reasons that he avoided facing his entire life. He avoided delving into his self-hate by becoming a guru, all the while acting as if he did not want to be a guru. He is the most brilliant guru of all time.

And since he hates himself so, rather than figure out why, he had to develop a program that would make its members hate themselves just as much, or hopefully more … to justify his hate-filled heart and to develop a posse of fawning disciples. Oh, and to 13th step (sexually harass) all the women.

Wilson had chronic depression and killed himself slowly with nicotine and then begged for whiskey on his death-bed — now that’s some SERIOUS SELF HATE.  Having compassion for him is fine as long as you refrain from following his path or from defending his cult religion.

Stay the fuck away from AA.

— Laura Tompkins

It Seemed as if Nothing Was Happening, But He Was Working

            

This video really spoke to me today.

For a few days, a few months, and even into the last year, I have noticed that I have slowed down considerably. I am not doing as much as I used to do when I was an activist all over the place.

I used to visit a number of city council meetings every day. I liked getting involved in public action and activism.

With COVID-19 and the slowdown which occured all over the world, including in government business, I was not as active as before. I found myself reading less, writing less, walking less. I slowed down considerably in late 2019, when I caught a terrible cold. I presume that I was afflicted with the Wuhan flu myself, honestly.

I also started to slow down somewhat when I was going to be held in contempt of court for a crime that I did not commit, when I had been the victim in the case that was being adjudicated. That did depress me a great deal. It was really difficult for me to understand all that was going on around me at that time. I found myself tired a great deal. I did not have the same kind of energy that I had had in the past, with all the activism, the writing, and the organizing that I had been doing.

This slowdown in all of my activities worried me somewhat. I was so used to doing, doing, doing. And now I found that I was not really interested in doing all that much at all, even for my job with MassResistance.

For about a year, I have continued to grow in grace, listening to more and more of God's Word, being transformed from glory to glory as I behold Jesus Christ in the Word. My thoughts have become calmer, and I am no longer afflicted with guilt, fear, shame etc. when I have bad thoughts, feelings, memories. I realize now that even with my growing understanding of the grace of God, I was still adding onto the Finished Work of Jesus Christ. For too long a time, I was still convinced that I had to feel a certain way, think a certain way, not have certain thoughts running through my mind, etc.

All of those lies are getting swept away. It's getting easier to recognize the wrong believing that has been all too pervasive in my life.

But still, there has been this concern: "I am not doing as much as I used to. I am not inclined to do as much as I used to do. What is going on?"

And then I found this video. Indeed, it may seem that in our times and trials, in which we seem to get so little done, in fact Christ Jesus is getting a great deal done behind the scenes! I can attest to this revelation in my life in so many ways, and there are numerous examples of this, including and especially the account of Joseph and his trials. First, he received the two dreams, then he was betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, falsely accused, imprisoned for three years, neglected by the butler whom he had helped -- but then at the right place at the right time God restored him and promoted him to a place of prominence and pre-eminence to fulfill His perfect will. AMEN!

Now more than ever, I recognize that these quiet times that I am going through are enabling Daddy God to shape me and mold me, to allow His life to flow through me more than ever, to allow Him to open the eyes of my heart, and to allow Christ to abide, to make Himself at home in my heart by faith!

YES! I am not worried about missing out, I am not worried about ending up in the wrong place or not doing enough. Most importantly, though, I know that I am stepping into a lifetime of blessings and opportunities provided for me by Daddy God, on account of the price that Christ Jesus His Son paid for me to receive.