I am being truthful with this, I was "invited" to a bible study to understand scripture, they called in the introductory center course. I was very excited to learn and study the bible to not realize at first how off things were, what they were spiritually teaching was so strong and made sense with how I saw scripture on my own, then out of no where after learning and joining there "Book of life". They started showing odd rules that made no sense with how they taught everything was spiritual and not physical.
The rules are
- Drinking is forbidden
- Tattoos are forbidden
- Dyed colorful hair is forbidden
- Long nails are forbidden
- Piercings are forbidden
I was told of these rules until after I "passed over" to the church, they waited until then to start showing these rules.
They also claimed that God's seed never changes, however 3 of these rules were made around covid time around 2020-2021. These ones are the no drinking, no dyed hair and the nails.
Those specific rules were added 4-5 years ago, so it is very confusing how they are trying to force there followers to follow these rules.
The Church is called Shincheonji Church of Jesus Christ.
I felt lied to and tricked, I generally thought they were the truth until these rules came out of no where. Also they claimed not to add or take away form the book of prophecy adding these rules goes against what they taught with scripture and the scriptures themselves.
How does one leave when they do not like conflict?
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I think it depends on your age as well as your own strength in your relationship with God. No where in the scripture (Holy Bible) does God say piercings, or dyed hair are forbidden or bad. He states in Leviticus 19:28 that we should not cut ourselves or tattoo ourselves on ourselves. Ephesians 5:18 tells us that to not get drunk on wine (alcohol) because it leads to debauchery. Other verses on this include Proverbs 23:29-32, Proverbs 20:1, and Galatians 19:21. These are just a few that tell us the dangers of drinking, and how it affects our lives as followers of Christ.
Im not super knowledgeable on what that tattoo part means, since it's my personal conviction to not have any, but these instructions are to prevent us from worshipping ourselves/harming ourselves, and are very clear. I agree that this "church" sounds VERY cultish, and I encourage you to read more of the scripture on your own to find the truth of God's word. The character you display is the most important thing, id say, in being a Christian. If you follow the teachings of Christ and behave and hold yourself to the standard of Jesus, it really doesnt matter if you have dyed hair, piercings, or long nails. Most importantly, listen to the conviction given by God, and do not simply take someones word for it. Like I said, please look up and study the Bible on your own as well without the influence of this church, because a personally relationship with Jesus is what will bring you closer to him.
They do not like it when we get our church research outside of the church, calming it demonic.
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