CHURCH CONTROL – – – STEP ONE

Tell the people what to believe—

Then tell the people what they believe—

So they remember your words more than God’s Word—

So they memorize your words more than God’s Word.

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“Oh, no! We never said that.”

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But that is exactly what happened.

And that is how church leaders have controlled most of the people in their churches for millennia.

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+’Sacred’ Doctrines

+’Sacred’ Creeds

+”We Believe, Teach, and Confess . . .”

+”We Reject . . .”

+’Infallible’ leaders add to the Bible, and add, and add . . .”

+Our church has The Truth, which means our church has better truth than all the other churches. That may be partly true in some cases, but it is also the true secret to control.

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Repeating the opening statement here—it fits.

Tell the people what to believe—

Then tell the people what they believe—

So they remember your words more than God’s Word—

So they memorize your words more than God’s Word.

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“Did God really say?”

“What God really said was this . . .

Let us tell you what He really meant.

We understand what God says better than you.”

B I N G O !

Word for word from satan’s playbook—Genesis 3.

Works for him—six thousand years, and counting.