Any inspiring testimonies from born - again Christians who came out of a cult...?

Question

MariaIsabel -
Sorry to hear that. Please don't rule out God & Christ because of your terrible experience. Would you care to share which cult ? You can e - mail me privately, if you prefer (or not at all).
May God bless you and guide you into His truth.

Thanks phoebhart -
Hope that you are in fellowship with loving, balanced, Bible - believing Christians now. Zeal without knowledge can be a dangerous thing !

godofmars -
I'll be praying for you...

Are you in a cult ?
A.A.Hoekema's book, "TheFour Major Cults" lists these characteristics to help you ID if you might be in one -

An extra - scriptural source of authority.
(e.g. the Book of Mormon, Watchtower literature, catechisms, etc.)

The denial of justification by grace alone.

The devaluation of Christ (His person & His work).

The group as the exclusive community of the saved (i.e. "We're the only true church, all others are false")

The group's central role in eschatology (i.e. God has raised them up to complete His purposes at the end times).

Re - the point of an extra - scriptural source of authority. This can also manifest in the form of over - emphasis on the teaching of a particular leader (or group of leaders), usually quite authoritarian - "Dont question". I know of one particular Christian group known as "the Local Church" or "the Lord's Recovery" who, while being apparently doctrinally sound in their statement of faith & speaking much truth, tend to place far too much emphasis on the teaching of one man, Witness Lee. There is also an over - emphasis on the use of typology in interpreting the Bible. This is dangerous, as by over - spiritualizing Bible texts the scripture can be made to say pretty much anything. The Watchtower (J.W's) is especially guilty of this. There is room for the use of typology in Bible interpretation - but with much caution. We should always consider context, history, language & what the rest of the Bible says when seeking to discover the meaning of a particular passage or verse.
Blessings.

Answer 1

Back in 1990, I ran accross some very intense "Disciples of Christ" (followers really of Kip McKean). I was a Christian already then but backsliding. I thought at first that they were uncommonly zealous and admired them a bit. Once they knew me, they did not let me out of their sight. Came to me every day... dragging me to Bible studies, seminars, concerts, fellowships, on and on and on... even made me fast. But there was something deep within me that held off... Although I was never a truly good specimen as a Christian, I did read (and still do) my Bible voraciously - even commentaries (Biblical Studies and Theology is a passion with me). So I had many many quetions that nagged at me... One day, I questioned my "Discipler" about where God's grace fitted in their works oriented religion. She got very upset and her parting words to me were: "You are going to hell!" After that, I wanted no more of them even though the discipler's words gave me several nightmares. I prayed and prayed and eventually, God saw me through.

I'd like to see some testimonies here too.

Answer 2

I have had some very bad experiences with cults. Especially when I tried to point out their error. Apparently I must be the devil incarnate because I have been the subject of a witch hunt (But i'm a guy- surely it should have been a warlock hunt). I have been condemned to hell. I have been called evil and dangerous. I am usually considered the rebel. And the truths that God has revealed to me are aparently lies from hell. All this from cults and religions.

Happily as Paul once said 'none of these things move me'. The more I am accused the louder I speak for God and stand for him.
And the more I heal and deliver in Christ's name.

I may have quit lots of cults but I have never quit on God.

God bless. And I am sorry to read some of the stories on here. It is a real tragedy that so many others have been hurt. I wish you all well and that God can help you all to his power and the knowledge of his truth.

Answer 3

I'm not a born-again Christian, but I was in a cult for a while. I left after I was raped by the male leader.

Answer 4

i left the great christian cult when i worked out what a pile of nonsense it was. I found the one true god and became a pastafarian. See the website below if you don't know about it:
http://www.venganza.org/

Answer 5

are you asking only for people who have testimonies "of" leaving cults?
NOPE. i dont have one.
When i was not religious I had a spirit being raise my spirit up and i met him face to face and eye to eye.
When i became a born again believer, I beheld an angelic being and had several prayers answered miraculously.
When i became a mormon I had GREATER testimonies of jesus Like having 3 visions of his glory and being raised up into heaven and having the Holy Ghost appear unto me while i slept in my car.
but i stopped going to this church because of ONE evil that was done to me that OTHERS have been doing to me all my life.

The cult infiltrates ALL sectors of christianity, and i am helplessly stalked and hunted like prey in NO matter what church i go to

Answer 6

First, explain how "born-again" Christianity is NOT a cult!

Answer 7

I consider this my born again experience.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 8

i used to be a Christian but now i'm an atheist, it's great because i don't have to lie to myself anymore.

Answer 9

If you are a christian or not , your present life is the interesting testimony.

Answer 10

to the mormon above :
http://www.contenderministries.org/mormonism.php