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Apostolic Church (Wales), Elim & AOG along with "Alpha Course" Churches all have come under the wing of this new "Emerging Church"! We provide the evidence and the statement that the Sons of God & The Pentecostal Holiness Church Continuing Networks have been called of God to stand on the Ancient Landmark

Proverbs 22: 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Rev. David P. Griffiths exposes U.K. ministries that have come under this devilish plot ..

Once great U.K. Pentecostal Movements

Now Gnostic Cults!

Amazing as this may seem - we have the evidence - we have the testimony - indeed the concrete truth to show that these once great movements have joined the new One World "Church" - the counterfeit "Church" of the end-time Antichrist! They stand alongside the many "Alpha Course Churches" sinking in the mire of unbelief and unrepented of sin! We provide the evidence of this later in the revealing edition of "Network News". Beware, beware - the deception has been subtle with Satan manifesting as an "angel of Light" performing signs that seem to be of God - but clearly are not!

In U.K. most have been taken in but God has ordained there to be a remnant standing on the ancient truth. Part of this remnant is in the Pentecostal Holiness Church Continuing with its Sons of God Network flying the flag for true Pentecostal Holiness all over the World!

A Turning Away from the One True Word of God!

FIRST: THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH (Wales) TENETS - Do they match up to the "Bibles" advertised on websites of this now apostate movement? Clearly they do not & in addition to this - the now newly formed "Contemporary Apostolics" seemingly have turned away from a landmark prophecy that gave clear instruction never to leave their Convention base of Pen - y Groes ..

Combine all this & the evidences of many of their websites - we find that this once great movement - pioneer of sound Pentecostal doctrine has been drawn down very low into the clutches of "Contemporary Church" & all its worldly ways! This is the end time "Church of the Antichrist" with its evidential counterfeit signs bringing no revival to Britain.

This cannot be backed up by the widely used "new translations" so embraced by Apostolic Church websites viewed:

"Bibles" quoted on Apostolic Church websites agree with New World Translation on "lesser than Jehovah God" point making the new "Contemporary Apostolics" believing in a created Jesus - rather than one of the same substance as the Father - as in the original tenets.

because you believe in the Spirit what the "Bible" you use says - because that's your sword! The New "Contemporary Apostolics" use the same scriptural codices as the Jehovah's Witnesses & Roman Catholics and so knowingly or unknowingly believe the same!!!!!!

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

PROOF

NWT Jehovah's Witness: Phil.2: 6 who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.

NIV Phil. 2:6 Who, being in very nature^[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

NASB Phil. 2:6 who, although He ^(A)existed in the ^(B)form of God, ^(C)did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped

AMPLIFIED Phil. 2:6 Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [^[a]possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not ^[b]think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped ^[c]or retained,

NLT Phil. 2:6 Though he was God,^[a] he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.

ESV Phil 2: 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

The Authorized Version of the Apostolic Church founders was their sword - today another "Jesus" has appeared in their contemporary world!

CORRECT A.V. of the founders supports the tenet: Phil. 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

I John 5: 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

How can you have a tenet which declares the unity of the Godhead and a "Bible" that declares that Jesus could not grasp equality with God!!!!!!! Signs confirm the Word and strange activities confirm the false Word!!!!!

The heretical "Bibles" of the new "Contemporary Apostolics" do not show the Father, the Word and Holy Ghost as "0ne" but do show them in "agreement"! I can be in agreement with Rev. Tony Kelly but it does not make us one and so the "Contemporary Apostolics" now proclaim a very different Godhead through their "Bibles" than the Godhead of Tenet 1!

NIV I John 5: 7 For there are three that testify: 8the^[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

NASB I John 5: 7For there are ^(N)three that testify: 8^[b]the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.

NLT I John 7 So we have these three witnesses^[c]-8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood-and all three agree.

ESV I John 5: 7 For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

As we have discovered also, "new translations" do not declare that it was "God manifest in the flesh"!

"New translations" agree with New World Translation on "God did not manifest in the flesh" point! "He" or "Christ" is not admitting God manifest in the flesh!

NWT: I Tim. 3:16 Indeed, the sacred secret of this godly devotion is admittedly great: 'He was made manifest in flesh, was declared righteous in spirit, appeared to angels, was preached about among nations, was believed upon in [the] world, was received up in glory.'

NIV: 1 Tim. 3:16 Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He^[a] appeared in a body,^[b] was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

NASB: 1 Tim. 3:16 By common confession, great is ^(A)the mystery of godliness:He who was ^(B)revealed in the flesh, Was ^(C)vindicated in the Spirit,^(D)Seen by angels. ^(E)Proclaimed among the nations,^(F)Believed on in the world,^(G)Taken up in glory.

AMPLIFIED: 1 Timothy 3:16 And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [^[a]God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory. Footnotes: a) 1 Timothy 3:16 Some manuscripts read "God."

(Note; where Amplified says "some manuscripts - it is insultingly downgrading Textus Receptus - the PURE WORD OF GOD!)

NLT I Tim. 3:16 Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith^[a]: Christ^[b] was revealed in a human body and vindicated by the Spirit.^[c]He was seen by angels and announced to the nations. He was believed in throughout the world and taken to heaven in glory.

ESV I Tim. 3:16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:He^[a] was manifested in the flesh,vindicated^[b] by the Spirit,^[c] seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

AUTHORIZED VERSION says clearly
"GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH"

2. The utter depravity of human nature, the necessity for repentance and regeneration, and the eternal doom of the finally impenitent.

CORRECT A.V. Mark 16: 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned

NKJV Mark16: 15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

NIV Mark 16:15He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

WEBSTERS DICTIONARY on "DAMNED" - People who are condemned to eternal punishment; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned".

On "CONDEMNED" - Pronounced or proved guilty; "the condemned man faced the firing squad with dignity"; "a convicted criminal".

"Damned" is much more serious as this relates to eternal punishment according to Webster's Dictionary, whereas "condemned" means to be made dead in the context of immediate death - not the context of Mark 16. NKJV, NIV therefore, gives credence to the annihilationist theory rather than the Biblical perspective of damnation which is what Jesus saved the "born again" believer from.

3. The Virgin Birth, sinless life, triumphant Resurrection, Ascension, and abiding Intercession of our Lord Jesus Christ; His Second Coming and Millennial Reign upon earth.

Joseph = Jesus father in "new translations" so where does that leave the virgin birth?

"New translations" agree with New World Translation on "Joseph was Jesus father" point!

NWT Jehovah's Witness Luke 2:33 And its father and mother continued wondering at the things being spoken about it.

NIV Luke 2: 33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

NASB Luke 2:33 And His father and ^(A)mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him.

AMPLIFIED Luke 2:33 And His [legal] father and [His] mother were marveling at what was said about Him.

NLT Luke 2:33 Jesus' parents were amazed at what was being said about him.

ESV Luke 2:33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.

The Authorised Version does not!

Luke 2: 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

IF TENETS 1 to 3 cannot be supported by the "Bibles" of the "Contemporary Apostolics", whose "Bibles" tell of a counterfeit Godhead - then how can the rest of the tenets be associated today to the Godhead of the anointed founders?

4. Justification and Sanctification of the Believer through the finished work of Christ.

6. The Gifts of the Holy Ghost for the comfort, edification and building up of the Church, which is the Body of Christ.

This was a reference to the Authorised Version, sadly missing from most Apostolic Church websites.

9. Church Government by Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, Elders and Deacons.

The most serious breach is the undermining of Jesus deity in the "new translations" seemingly embraced by most Apostolic Churches. It is the heart of God that the tenets so prayerfully brought together be backed by the one true Bible. It is time to return to the book so loved by the Pentecostal Pioneers.

Inverness Christian Fellowship
(Apostolic founded by Sam McGibbon):
Current Pastor Ian Ross

Use of NASV on website, Unusual Activities: Disco Dancing, Hip-Hop, Slow Dance, Cheerleading, Rock'n'Roll and Streetdance to contemporary Christian music likely to be copyrighted and likely to embrace devilish drum beats! ( http://www.icfchurch.co.uk/index.php?jmenu=18&insert )

Not like dancing and hip-hop? Well perhaps catching up on Coronation Street at The Apostolic Waterfront Church in Swansea may suit your taste better!

Daniel Powell Williams - one of the founding fathers of the Apostolic Church - Did he really envisage a movement proclaiming "Bibles" of a "Jesus" not equal with the father & Apostolic websites proclaiming the virtues of Dancercise Aerobics?????

SECOND: THE ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE

In relating Elim's modern day statement of faith to the heart of the Pioneers we use the contents of six messages given by Principal George Jeffreys over IRBA Radio.
Albert Edsor: 'Set Your House In Order' p.164-176

THE BIBLE: We believe the Bible, as originally given, to be without error, the fully inspired and infallible Word of God and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

In four years at what was Elim's Bible College I cannot recall one single reference to the Bible as used by the College's founder George Jeffreys. Indeed, the Bible mainly used in Elim's College was the Alexandrian counterfeit - the NIV!

Proverbs 22: 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

.. He was a man of one Book - The Authorised Version of the Bible, which he loved and treasured and from which he derived great spiritual strength.

THE TRINITY: We believe that the Godhead exists co-equally and co-eternally in three persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit and that these three are one God, sovereign in creation, providence and redemption.

I found no foundation given Biblically for this in Elim's Bible College, a Bible College with no Bible, only a Gnostic interpretation brought together by spiritualists called the NIV. This heretical document declares Jesus not to be co-equal - along with all the other heretical "Bibles" the so called Pentecostal world is being bound by.

THE SAVIOUR: We believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His real and complete humanity, in His sinless life, in His authoritative teaching, in His substitutionary and atoning sacrifice through His blood shed, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, in His heavenly intercession and His second advent to receive His Church.

Edsor records Jeffreys belief in the deity of Jesus Christ, and the judgment seat will be of Christ.

How can Elim believe in the true and proper deity of our Lord Jesus Christ when their "Bible" says he is not equal to the Father? In addition their "Bible" does not show God having been manifest in the flesh!

"New translations" agree with New World Translation on "God did not manifest in the flesh" point! "He" or "Christ" is not admitting God manifest in the flesh!

NIV: 1 Tim. 3:16 Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He^[a] appeared in a body,^[b] was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.

NASB: 1 Tim. 3:16 By common confession, great is ^(A)the mystery of godliness:He who was ^(B)revealed in the flesh,
Was ^(C)vindicated in the Spirit,^(D)Seen by angels. ^(E)Proclaimed among the nations,^(F)Believed on in the world,^(G)Taken up in glory.

(Note; where Amplified says "some manuscripts - it is insultingly downgrading Textus Receptus - the PURE WORD OF GOD!)

AUTHORIZED VERSION says clearly "GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH"

How can Elim believe in the virgin birth when their "Bible" gives Jesus an earthly father?

THE HOLY SPIRIT: We believe in the deity of the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son and the necessity of His work in conviction of sin, repentance, regeneration and sanctification, and that the believer is also promised an enduement of power as the gift of Christ through the baptism in the Holy Spirit with signs following. Through this enduement the believer is empowered for fuller participation in the ministry of the Church, its worship, evangelism and service.

The Holy Spirit's deity is dependent on the Son's deity which has been brought into question by use of false translations in Elim.

MANKIND: We believe in the universal sinfulness of all men since the Fall, rendering man subject to God's wrath and condemnation.

SALVATION: We believe in the necessity for salvation of repentance towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ by which the sinner is pardoned and accepted as righteous in God's sight. This justification is imputed by the grace of God because of the atoning work of Christ, is received by faith alone and is evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit and a holy life.

THE CHURCH: We believe in the spiritual unity and the priesthood of all believers in Christ and that these comprise the universal Church, the Body of Christ.

This is an excellent statement but how much is it realised in Elim that the Body of Christ is one spirit with the Lord, members of his body, flesh and bones, partakers of his divine nature?

I Cor.6:17; Eph.5:30; Jer. 3:14 Joined unto the Lord - members of his body, flesh and bones!?

I Cor.6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

Eph.5 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Jer. 3:14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

Rom. 12:1 What do we present holy?

Rom. 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

I John 4:17 As He is - So Are we ?

I John 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

II Peter 1:4; Col. 1:12; Rom. 8:30; Heb. 3:14 Partakers of the divine nature and glorified?

II Peter 1: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Col. 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:

Rom. 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Heb. 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

My experience of the "Contemporary Pentecostals" is that their "Pastors" do not want their people to know these scriptures on account that if they do - they will lose control over what they perceive as "their flock"!

THE MINISTRY: We believe in the ministries that Christ has set in His Church, namely, apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers and in the present operation of the manifold Gifts of the Holy Spirit according to the New Testament.

During my time at Elim Bible College I saw little evidence of this, my experience being of seeing the Pastor-People syndrome strongly in action.

THE ORDINANCES: We believe in the baptism of believers in water in obedience to the command of Christ and the commemoration of Christ's death by the observance of the Lord's Supper until His return.

THE COMMISSION: We believe that the Gospel embraces the needs of the whole man and that the Church is therefore commissioned to preach the gospel to the world and to fulfil a ministry of healing and deliverance to the spiritual and physical needs of mankind.

It is pleasing to witness "the Gospel" in the statement of faith which is contrary to the "new translations" used in Elim, which declare "an Gospel" or "our common faith" which means there is more than one!

Why can't Elim use the Bible instead of Gnostic Counterfeits which undermine excellent points given in Elim's Statement of Faith?

CORRECT A.V. Rev. 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

NASB - Rev. 14:6 And I saw another angel flying in ^(A)midheaven, having ^(B)an eternal gospel to preach to ^(C)those who live on the earth, and to ^(D)every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

MESSAGE - Rev 14:6 I saw another Angel soaring in Middle-Heaven. He had an Eternal Message to preach to all who were still on earth,

AMPLIFIED = Rev 14:6 Then I saw another angel flying in midair, with an eternal Gospel (good news) to tell to the inhabitants of the earth, to every race and tribe and language and people.

A.V. Titus 1:4 To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

NIV Titus 1:4 To Titus, my true son in our common faith:
Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. (Use of "our" denies exclusivity and omitting "the" questions deity of the Lord Jesus Christ)

NASB Titus 1:4 4To ^(A)Titus, ^(B)my true child in a ^(C)common faith: ^(D)Grace and peace from God the Father and ^(E)Christ Jesus our Savior. (a common faith means there is more than one with the verse giving question to Christ Jesus deity)

NKJV Titus 1:4 4 To Titus, a true son in our common faith:

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ^[a] our Savior.

THE COMING KING: We believe in the personal, physical and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to reign in power and glory.

Consistent with the Foursquare Gospel, but likely to have been shortened from the original.

THE FUTURE STATE: We believe in the resurrection of the dead and in the final judgement of the world, the eternal conscious bliss of the righteous and the eternal conscious punishment of the wicked.

MAJOR PROBLEM - "Damnation" is different to the condemnation of the new translations, a condemned man having a once for all punishment, a damned man having eternal punishment. Elim's "eternal conscious punishment" is not supported in the "Bibles" used in Elim. (http://www.elim.org.uk/elim_members/articles.asp?categorycode=ART00988&ID=ART00988)

HEALING MISSING FROM CURRENT STATEMENT OF FAITH: Considering healing was very much part of Elim's original calling it is extremely strange not to find healing in the existing statement of faith.

This statement of Jeffreys is a million miles away from my experiences at what was Elim Bible College, where I believe the god operating was one of mysticism and learning - the Egyptian god Thoth.

This Egyptian god (note Jesus is a god in "new translations) is the god of wisdom and learning who invented writing and was the official scribe of the afterworld. In this belief he wrote The Book of the Dead and travelled around with Ma'at his goddess consort.

Personal Comment: I was led to expose this god in a Holy Ghost led study and my wife Lindsay during our Church meeting (13 05 07) at Chester recalled seeing a picture of Thoth and the Book of the Dead at Elim Bible College (now known as Regents Theological College, Nantwich) Library during our time there in the early 90's.

It is said that Thoth invented the magical arts including the Tarot deck so commonly used today in this new "multi-faith" Britain with its combination of witchcraft and Christianity. http://www.egyptianmyths.net/thoth.htm

Originally Thoth was a god of creation, and the god of learning. Jesus in "new translations" is presented as being a god as well. In this mythology Thoth was the creator God in Upper Egypt where in Ibis form he laid the world egg! With Clement (Alexandrian theologian from where Elim now gets its theology) looking to combine ideologies into Christian thinking there is evidence to show that there is a build up of theology going on at Alexandria alien to the belief structures the Early Church had given their lives for. Intellectuals were undermining Early Church belief with their Masoretic Text and Textus Receptus, in the same way intellectuals in Elim as I indeed witnessed at their College undermine the passions of the Pentecostal pioneers. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/thoth.htm

What has made Elim an Egyptian cult in my view is their adherence primarily to the Alexandrian NIV in their College but not only that - their intense striving to combine mysticism and philosophy together with a "Jesus" described in their NIV as "Capstone" shows to me that this movement has been seriously infiltrated by powers leading them into being a prime mover of the New World Order "Church".

A.V. I Peter 2:6,7

6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

The Cornerstone now, however, has become "the capstone"(pictured) - the top stone of a pyramid, a symbol of Lucifer - thus making Jesus and Lucifer one of the same in the NIV, one of the translations embraced by the new breed of "Pentecostal" churches.

NIV: 6 For in Scripture it says:
"See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame."^[a] 7Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
"The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone,

THIRD: Assemblies of God U.K. & Ireland - not International (a separate organization)

The first noticeable difference in Assemblies of God's presentation of its Statement of Faith from the original featured in Redemption Tidings of 1924 to its present day website presentation at http://aog.org.uk/church_interest.asp is that the introduction seems to have been removed. In 1924 this was:

I Cor. 1: 10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

The scripture referred to in this introduction, however, cannot be achieved if "Bibles" are used today out of line with the original Statement of Faith.

The current and 1924 statements are shown here with comments in blue. Scripture references are A.V. for 1924 and NIV for modern which is a widely used "modern translation" in A.O.G.

1924: The Bible is the inspired Word of God.

A.V. II Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

I Peter 2:2 2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

There is a major difference in emphasis here, the Pioneers having no doubt in declaring that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. This has been changed to "we believe", a possible influence of Political Correctness! One scripture has changed too. Saying "we believe" acknowledges "other beliefs" which may be correct. The 1924 declaration is a statement of fact - not belief!

MODERN: We believe that the Bible (i.e. the Old and New Testaments excluding the Apocrypha), is the inspired Word of God, the infallible, all sufficient rule for faith and practice (2 Tim. 3:15-16; 2 Peter 1:21).

NIV II Tim 3:15and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

1924: The unity of The One True and Living God Who is the Eternally self existent "I AM," Who has also revealed himself as One Being in three persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Deut. 6:4; Mark 12:29; Matthew 28:19

A.V. Deut 6: 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

Matthew 28: 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

MODERN: We believe in the unity of the One True and Living God who is the Eternal, Self-Existent "I AM", Who has also revealed Himself as One being co-existing in three Persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Deut. 6:4; Mark 12:29; Matt 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14).

NIV: Deut 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. ^[a]

Mark 12:29"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.^[a]

Matthew 28: 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

II Cor. 13: 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

SERIOUS SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH USE OF "MODERN TRANSLATIONS". This part of the Statement of Faith can be supported by the A.V. which was used in 1924 but not by "modern translations" which depict Jesus as being subordinate to the Father rather than one being.

PROOF ("Modern translations" in agreement with Jehovah's Witness belief - the 1924 Pioneers of the A.V. were not) :

NWT Jehovah's Witness: Phil. 2: 6 who, although he was existing in God's form, gave no consideration to a seizure, namely, that he should be equal to God.

NIV Phil. 2:6 Who, being in very nature^[a] God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

NASB Phil. 2:6 who, although He ^(A)existed in the ^(B)form of God, ^(C)did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped

NLT Phil. 2:6 Though he was God,^[a] he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.

ESV Phil 2: 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

The Authorized Version has Jesus of the same substance of the Father - "begotten" not made!

SERIOUS SERIOUS PROBLEM with "we believe in the Virgin Birth" for in "new translations" used by AOG Jesus had an earthly father as believed by Jehovah's Witnesses too!!! PROOF:

NWT Jehovah's Witness Luke 2:33 And its father and mother continued wondering at the things being spoken about it.

NIV Luke 2: 33 The child's father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

NASB Luke 2:33 And His father and ^(A)mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him.

AMPLIFIED Luke 2:33 And His [legal] father and [His] mother were marveling at what was said about Him.

NLT Luke 2:33 Jesus' parents were amazed at what was being said about him.

ESV Luke 2:33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.

Luke 2: 33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.

MODERN: We believe in the Virgin Birth, Sinless Life, Miraculous Ministry, Substitutionary Atoning Death, Bodily Resurrection, Triumphant Ascension and Abiding Intercession of the Lord Jesus Christ and in His personal, visible, bodily return in power and glory as the blessed hope of all believers (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Heb. 7:26; 1 Pet. 2:22; Acts 2:22, 10:38; 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 9:12; Luke 24:39; 1 Cor. 15:4; Acts 1:9; Eph. 4:8-10; Rom. 8:34; Heb. 7:25; 1 Cor. 15:22-24, 51-57; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:1-6).

1924: The fall of man, who was created pure and upright, but fell by voluntary transgression. Gen. 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Rom. 5:12-21

MODERN: We believe in the fall of man, who was created pure and upright, but fell by voluntary transgression (Gen. 1:26-31, 3:1-7; Rom. 5:12-21).

1924 Salvation through faith in Christ. Who died for our sins according to Scriptures, was buried, but was raised from among the dead according to the Scriptures, and through His blood we have Redemption. Titus 2:11; Romans 10:8-15; Titus 3:5-7; I Cor. 15:3-4

MODERN: We believe in salvation through faith in Christ, who, according to the Scriptures, died for our sins, was buried and was raised from the dead on the third day, and that through His Blood we have Redemption (Titus 2:11, 3:5-7; Rom. 10:8-15; 1 Cor. 15:3-4). This experience is also known as the new birth, and is an instantaneous and complete operation of the Holy Spirit upon initial faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. (John 3:5-6; James 1:18; 1 Pet. 1:23; 1 John 5:1).

1924: The baptism by immersion in water is enjoined upon all who have really repented and have truly believed with all their hearts in Christ as Saviour Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:47-48; Acts 2:38-39

MODERN: We believe that all who have truly repented and believed in Christ as Lord and Saviour are commanded to be baptised by immersion in water (Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:47-48; Acts 2:38-39).

1924: The baptism in the Holy Spirit, the initial evidence of which is the speaking with other tongues. Acts 2:4; Acts 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 19:6.

MODERN: We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit as an enduement of the believer with power for service, the essential, biblical evidence of which is the speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance (Acts 1:4-5, 8, 2:4, 10:44-46, 11:14-16, 19:6).

MODERN: We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of Christ in the Church today (1 Cor. 12:4-11, 28; Eph. 4:7-16).

1924: Holiness of life and conduct in obedience to the command of God "Be ye holy for I am holy" 1 Pet. 1:14-16; Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 1 John 2: also I Cor. 13

MODERN: We believe in holiness of life and conduct in obedience to the command of God (1 Pet. 1:14-16; Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 1 John 2:6).

1924: Divine Healing - Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the Atonement. Isa. 53:4-5, Matt. 8:16-17, James 5:13-16

MAJOR MAJOR PROBLEM - the Work of Dr. Petts, former Principal and trainer of AOG ministers:

Petts direct quote from his paper for EPTA 1993 Healing and the Atonement: ... I reject the view that Matthew 8:17 teaches that healing is in the atonement. There are no direct references to the Servant passages in Matthew's passion narrative and his quotes from those passages are used in a non-redemptive setting. The quote from Isaiah 53:4 is set in the context of the healing of physical sickness, and Matthew avoids, both by his divergence from the LXX and in his choice of verbs any suggestion that Jesus vicariously took sickness upon himself. Indeed for Matthew, Isaiah 53:4 was fulfilled not in Jesus' passion, but in his healing ministry in Galilee.

MODERN: We believe that deliverance from sickness, by Divine Healing is provided for in the Atonement (Isa. 53:4-5, Matt. 8:16-17, James 5:13-16).

1924: The Breaking of Bread - This is enjoined upon all believers until the Lord comes. Luke 22:14-20; 1 Cor. 11:20-34

MODERN: We believe that all who have truly repented and believe in Christ as Lord and Saviour should regularly participate in Breaking of Bread (Luke 22:14-20; 1 Cor. 11:20-34).

1924: The premillenial second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is the blessed hope set before all believers. I Cor. 15:22-24; I Thess. 4: 13-18; I Cor. 15: 51-57.

The everlasting punishment of all who are not written in the Book of Life. Rev. 20: 10-15

MAJOR PROBLEM - Hades is not the same place as hell, new translations preferring the softer option, and damnation is different to the condemnation of the new translations, a condemned man having a once for all punishment, a damned man having eternal punishment.

A.V. Mark 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

MODERN: We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the everlasting conscious bliss of all who truly believe in our Lord Jesus Christ and the everlasting conscious punishment of all whose names are not written in the Book of Life (Dan. 12:2-3; John 5:28-29, 1 Cor. 15:22-24; Matt. 25:46; 2 Thess. 1:9; Rev. 20:10-15).

1924 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the offices as recorded in the New Testament. Eph. 4:7-16; I Cor. 11.

Ephesians 4: 7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

IMPORTANT NOTE: It is very significant that the Five Fold Ministry is removed from the current STATEMENT OF FAITH; the 1924 Pioneers being led to include it!!!!!! This is a very different AOG to the one founded in 1924.

We ask you all: which Cross are you preaching: The Old Rugged Cross or the new one of "The Emerging Church" that denies our Lord's glorious deity replacing him with the one "like the most high!"

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I'll share.

ALL UNANNOUNCED AND MOSTLY UNDETECTED there has come in modern times a new cross into popular evangelical circles. It is like the old cross, but different: the likenesses are superficial; the differences, fundamental.

From this new cross has sprung a new philosophy of the Christian life, and from that new philosophy has come a new evangelical technique-a new type of meeting and a new kind of preaching. This new evangelism employs the same language as the old, but its content is not the same and its emphasis not as before.

The old cross would have no truck with the world. For Adam's proud flesh it meant the end of the journey. It carried into effect the sentence imposed by the law of Sinai. The new cross is not opposed to the human race; rather, it is a friendly pal and, if understood aright, it is the source of oceans of good clean fun and innocent enjoyment. It lets Adam live without interference. His life motivation is unchanged; he still lives for his own pleasure, only now he takes delight in singing choruses and watching religious movies instead of singing bawdy songs and drinking hard liquor. The accent is still on enjoyment, though the fun is now on a higher plane morally if not intellectually.

The new cross encourages a new and entirely different evangelistic approach. The evangelist does not demand abnegation of the old life before a new life can be received. He preaches not contrasts but similarities. He seeks to key into public interest by showing that Christianity makes no unpleasant demands; rather, it offers the same thing the world does, only on a higher level. Whatever the sin-mad world happens to be clamoring after at the moment is cleverly shown to be the very thing the gospel offers, only the religious product is better.

The new cross does not slay the sinner, it redirects him. It gears him into a cleaner and jollier way of living and saves his self-respect. To the self-assertive it says, "Come and assert yourself for Christ." To the egotist it says, "Come and do your boasting in the Lord." To the thrill seeker it says, "Come and enjoy the thrill of Christian fellowship." The Christian message is slanted in the direction of the current vogue in order to make it acceptable to the public.

The philosophy back of this kind of thing may be sincere but its sincerity does not save it from being false. It is false because it is blind. It misses completely the whole meaning of the cross.

The old cross is a symbol of death. It stands for the abrupt, violent end of a human being. The man in Roman times who took up his cross and started down the road had already said good-by to his friends. He was not coming back. He was going out to have it ended. The cross made no compromise, modified nothing, spared nothing; it slew all of the man, completely and for good. It did not try to keep on good terms with its victim. It struck cruel and hard, and when it had finished its work, the man was no more.

The race of Adam is under death sentence. There is no commutation and no escape. God cannot approve any of the fruits of sin, however innocent they may appear or beautiful to the eyes of men. God salvages the individual by liquidating him and then raising him again to newness of life.

That evangelism which draws friendly parallels between the ways of God and the ways of men is false to the Bible and cruel to the souls of its hearers. The faith of Christ does not parallel the world, it intersects it. In coming to Christ we do not bring our old life up onto a higher plane; we leave it at the cross. The corn of wheat must fall into the ground and die.

We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.

God offers life, but not an improved old life. The life He offers is life out of death. It stands always on the far side of the cross. Whoever would possess it must pass under the rod. He must repudiate himself and concur in God's just sentence against him.

What does this mean to the individual, the condemned man who would find life in Christ Jesus? How can this theology be translated into life? Simply, he must repent and believe. He must forsake his sins and then go on to forsake himself. Let him cover nothing, defend nothing, excuse nothing. Let him not seek to make terms with God, but let him bow his head before the stroke of God's stern displeasure and acknowledge himself worthy to die.

Having done this let him gaze with simple trust upon the risen Saviour, and from Him will come life and rebirth and cleansing and power. The cross that ended the earthly life of Jesus now puts an end to the sinner; and the power that raised Christ from the dead now raises him to a new life along with Christ.

To any who may object to this or count it merely a narrow and private view of truth, let me say God has set His hallmark of approval upon this message from Paul's day to the present. Whether stated in these exact words or not, this has been the content of all preaching that has brought life and power to the world through the centuries. The mystics, the reformers, the revivalists have put their emphasis here, and signs and wonders and mighty operations of the Holy Ghost gave witness to God's approval.

Dare we, the heirs of such a legacy of power, tamper with the truth? Dare we with our stubby pencils erase the lines of the blueprint or alter the pattern shown us in the Mount? May God forbid. Let us preach the old cross and we will know the old power. (A. W. Tozer, Man, the Dwelling Place of God, 1966)

Bishop Lance asks the question - the old cross or the new - an example of the new is the Gnostic Alpha Course examined here ..

Nicky Gumbel, Alpha's organizer with his connections to Swiss Banks & The Toronto Blessing has brought this course into the hands of Roman Catholic "Churches" and Protestant "Churches" who have sold out to this new ecumenical wave of the devil that emphasizes a unity between Churches rather than the pre-eminent unity of the Body Christ with Christ Jesus - the Head himself!

Even though I am a Minister of Wesleyan doctrine I greatly respect the ministry of Dr. Ian Paisley (a likely five point Calvinist) in U.K. for his determination to uphold the U.K. Protestant Constitutional Acts of the Nation and also in his portrayal of the total depravity of man before re-birth, a point in which we can be fully agreed - but also this is the key point on which we are clearly disagreed with the whole presentation of Alpha that lends itself to bringing conversions to Gnosticism rather than to the risen Lord Jesus.

In Colin Mercer's excellent booklet The Alpha Course Examined (Mourne Missionary Trust, Northern Ireland) Dr. Paisley after giving some excellent introductory comments develops these into three points we believe God is calling us to develop so as to prove beyond all doubt that this Course with seemingly good intentions is a counterfeit.

Dr. Paisley's Introductory Comments

The Alpha Course is a course sponsored by Rome and the ecumenical Protestant churches, purporting to present the true gospel of Christ in a simple way to enquirers .

The Alpha Course is an attempt to make the strait way wide and the narrow way broad. It moves the great markers which God has set as the decisive marks of demarcation between the revealed truth of God and the reprobate lie of the Devil ....

Making "the strait way wide and the narrow way broad" is an accurate observation and in line with Bishop Lance Keeling's comments on there now being a new cross:

A Development of Dr. Paisley's Three Point Critique of Alpha.

1) The Alpha Course points the way of salvation as forgiveness of sin without repentance for sin.

As we have discovered with the "Contemporary Apostolics", "Elims" and "AOG"'s there has been a turning from preaching about the fires of hell to a new user friendly Gospel that sees the very word "hell" as a four letter word never to be uttered. Indeed the Gnostic "Bibles" so commonly in use have removed the very hint of this fiery place reserved for the wicked.

A.V. Psalm 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

These user friendly Gnostic "Bibles" have another place reserved for the Wicked, the NIV advocated by Alpha being well in line with Jehovah's Witness belief, a phenomena now shared with the new doctrinal beliefs of the U.K. Pentecostal denominations.

NWT Jehovah's Witness Psalm 9:17 Wicked people will turn back to She´ol, Even all the nations forgetting God.

NIV Psalm 9: 17 The wicked return to the grave, ^[a] all the nations that forget God.

NASB Psalm 9: 17 The wicked will ^(A)return to Sheol, Even all the nations who ^(B)forget God.

AMP Psalm 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God.

NLT 17 The wicked will go down to the grave.^[a] This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.

ESV 17The wicked shall^(A) return to Sheol, all the nations that^(B) forget God.

Dr. Paisley: Preachers and priests who do not believe in hell as taught in the holy Scriptures push the Alpha Course. Some of these preachers have tried to put out the fires of hell. Some deny hell altogether. Forgiveness without repentance is the Devil's lie to deceive and damn the souls of men. When the Alpha Course directs the sinner away from true repentance for sin, then it sets not the course of real salvation but rather counterfeit salvation. It leaves already deceived souls further deceived into believing that they are saved when in fact they are lost. For example according to "Alpha News" a convert states, "I still needed some physical evidence of the existence of God. Part of the course was the Holy Spirit Weekend at a camp, which I wasn't looking forward to. I went and maintained a stonewall approach until the second day . suddenly a feeling of joy came over me, and I began to laugh uncontrollably. At that point I knew that I had become a Christian." That is not Biblical salvation, that is deception.

Hebrews 11: 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Colin Mercer develops the point:

Colin makes an observation in his analysis that there is in Alpha a God who does not have in his character a perspective of "sin hating", only love. This "love" allows for doing just about anything for the chastisement of God seems to be missing from this God's character!

In Alpha, God is merely presented as a God of Love. Thoughts of God concentrate on his compassion and his loving nature, but almost entirely dismiss His holiness, justice, truth, power and his sovereign dealing with men in salvation. It is very interesting to note that there are few, if any, references in Alpha to God being a God of wrath. That aspect of his character is neglected.

Whilst having no objection to the doctrine of the "God of love" this attribute of God becomes imbalanced when his other attributes are ignored.

Psalm 7: 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

The atonement is central and the cross is indispensable to the gospel. Without the cross work of Christ there is no gospel and therefore no salvation. It is true that Alpha mentions both the cross and redemption, but it is only in the context of God's love. This is in common with much of modern evangelism...

I have no query with the biblical doctrine of the love of God. Calvary does demonstrate that love. But Calvary does more than that. It reveals God's inflexible justice .. God cannot simply overlook sin. The penalty must fall. The price must be paid. On the cross Christ paid that price .. In Alpha the gospel is the gospel of love, not the gospel of a sin hating God. This is a major defect.

The plight of man in Alpha is not as serious as in the Bible. ... Alpha does not use strong terms and leaves us rather unclear about where we stand. As one follows its argument, sin is more to be seen in the way we have 'messed up our lives.'... For all the gravity of sin, Alpha never allows us to feel too bad about ourselves. It never permits us to see ourselves in God's sight. That is a big omission.

2) The Alpha Course points the way of salvation away from Christ to a false spirit.

Dr. Paisley: The Bible warns us about another spirit which is not the Holy Spirit of God at all.

II Cor. 11: 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.

Any spirit which does contrary to what the Bible teaches the Holy Spirit does, is not the Spirit of God at all, but the spirit of the Devil.

Attestation of seemingly spiritual power is no proof that the spirit is the Holy Spirit. The test is the attitude of the Spirit to our Lord Jesus. That is the Scripture test. The people in Job's day called the fire from the Devil which burned up Job's sheep and shepherds "the fire of God", but it was not.

Job 1: 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

So in the great judgment day, Christ warned us of those who will make similar claims.

Matthew 7: 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Alpha's 'Spirit' appears to work in ways that lie outside the confines of Scripture. Whoever it is that people are 'introduced' to at the Alpha Weekend, it is not the Holy Spirit. But whoever this mysterious guest is, he is equally at home with the ecstatic gatherings of New Age enthusiasts and non-Christian religions alike.

This is indeed true as Alpha is all part of this new wave move that has turned people away from the anointed pages of the Authorized Bible to pagan inspired utterances of codices with their origins in bondage torn Egypt.

Nicky Gumbel himself in Alpha Questions of Life p.24 admits an affinity with spiritualist F.J.A. Hort whom with Westcott helped produce a text falsely described as "original" that has infiltrated right into the heart of British Church life today and is now through Wycliffe and the United Bible Societies manoeuvring into developing countries to turn them away from the true texts of Antioch to the false codices of Egypt thus introducing these nations to a counterfeit "Holy Spirit"! Gumbel declares Hort to be one of the greatest textual critics! Let's find out about Hort's life & look at what he had to say along with his accomplice Westcott.

1) Huge in Psychical Circles: Hort along with his partner Westcott as well as producing a new "Original Greek" were founders of the Cambridge Ghost Society in 1851 according to Alan Gauld in The Founders of Psychical Research.

"In 1851 was founded at Cambridge a Society to 'conduct a serious and earnest inquiry into the nature of the phenomena vaguely called supernatural,' and a number of distinguished persons became members." [Alan Gauld, The Founders of Psychical Research, NY: Schocken Books, 1968, p. 66]

In the Life of Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, by his son, A. C. Benson, will be found, under the year 1851-2, the following paragraph:

'Among my father's diversions at Cambridge was the foundation of a 'Ghost Society,' the forerunner of the Psychical Society [meaning the S.P.R.] for the investigation of the supernatural. Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort were among the members. He was then, as always, more interested in psychical phenomena than he cared to admit.'

In 1853 Westcott and Hort, now Anglican Bishops and active spiritualists began their work to produce a corrupted Greek "original text from evil manuscripts like Vaticanus and Sinaiticus to be taken up later by Dr. Eberhand Nestle who followed on from the efforts of Westcott and Hort in 1898. In 1950 Kurt Aland assumed ownership of this "original Greek" and it is this follow on from Westcott and Hort that is now seen as the base document of all new translations, it having derived through the Alexandrian methods of Clement. It is these manuscripts that Alpha bases it corrupted course on, corrupted because its "Biblical" base is experiential first, and Gnostic "original Greek" second. Is it any co-incidence that Gumbel is an Anglican Clergyman just as Hort was? It seems that the corruption goes on and on! ( http://www.seekgod.ca/ghostsociety.htm )

2) The Psychic Hort recognized acceptance problems of the new "original Greek"! It would seem that the acceptance of Alpha and textual criticism has seemed to be a way to overcome this problem.

1861 Apr. 12th - Hort to Westcott: "Also - but this may be cowardice - I have a sort of craving that our text should be cast upon the world before we deal with matters likely to brand us with suspicion. I mean, a text, issued by men already known for what will undoubtedly be treated as dangerous heresy, will have great difficulties in finding its way to regions which it might otherwise hope to reach, and whence it would not be easily banished by subsequent alarms." (Life, Vol.I, p.445).