The True Jesus Church based out of China claims over a million members in over 40 countries. Supposedly it began around 1917 but I have seen no proof of this. I ran into this group in the Philippines. Most Jesus Name and Pentecostal Apostolic groups there have nothing to do with them. They are considered a cult by many. I am not sure I would go that far, but I will say they are not a true Apostolic group.
They do believe in baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38), but it is not clear what their actual baptismal formula is when spoken. They do make a link to Matthew 28:19 (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) and tie this to the use of Lord Jesus Christ. Since there is a lack of explaining this FS&HG and LJC, it remains to be seen if LJC represents the trinity of FS&HG. If it does then this group is not Oneness in its baptismal formula or its theology.
This group claims it was born out of the "Latter Rain" movement. This of itself is noteworthy because main-stream Oneness Pentecostals have never accepted many of the practices of the Latter Rain movement. The reason is simple: the Latter Rain movement was almost strictly trinitarian. It was born out of trinitarian run-amuck men and women. A check of present day Latter Rain churches and groups will reveal a wide-range of false doctrines and practices.
This group is proud that it is a Sabbath Day keeping sect. They believe all other Jesus Name groups are in great sin and evil for holding church on Sundays. This law-keeping sets them apart from all other Oneness groups except the law-keeping ones. What they teach about observing the Sabbath is all false.
They perform baptisms face down, frontwards. This is another strange difference that sets them apart.
They accept the tetragrammaton and the monk guess names of Jehovah and Yahweh.
They are hallelujah people.
They are amillennial. They do not believe in a future 1,000 year millennial reign of Jesus upon the earth. According to their literature, the end of the world is the next major event on the prophetic charts. At this point it is not clear what their doctrine is on the antichrist, the tribulation, and the mark of the beast. I have attempted to discover if they believe in a pre-end of the world rapture, like the pre-trib secret snatch before the tribulation.
I recommend to the entire Body of Christ that they avoid this group. Just because they believe in Acts 2:38 and Oneness does not sanctify them from all their other false doctrines and teachings. We all know that the Judaizers who tried to take the early Church back under the law were defeated in Acts 15. The Judaizers who refused to be corrected by the Apostles split off and began to deceive many of the early Christians. They are the enemies of Paul and they created all kinds of division in the Galatian Churches. Paul wrote important doctrine concerning these kinds of people who go back under the law for salvation, justification, and sanctification. Until the True Jesus Church repents and comes out of its false doctrines, we should all reject it.
This group also uses grape juice for the Lord's Supper. It does not observe the Passover of Jesus on the Jewish Passover. I have not seen any literature giving a date or dates on when they observe it. They do believe in footwashing. But what good is this, if the first part of the observance is false?
Bishop Reckart
Made by God, for God
They do believe in baptism in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38), but it is not clear what their actual baptismal formula is when spoken. They do make a link to Matthew 28:19 (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) and tie this to the use of Lord Jesus Christ. Since there is a lack of explaining this FS&HG and LJC, it remains to be seen if LJC represents the trinity of FS&HG. If it does then this group is not Oneness in its baptismal formula or its theology.
This group claims it was born out of the "Latter Rain" movement. This of itself is noteworthy because main-stream Oneness Pentecostals have never accepted many of the practices of the Latter Rain movement. The reason is simple: the Latter Rain movement was almost strictly trinitarian. It was born out of trinitarian run-amuck men and women. A check of present day Latter Rain churches and groups will reveal a wide-range of false doctrines and practices.
This group is proud that it is a Sabbath Day keeping sect. They believe all other Jesus Name groups are in great sin and evil for holding church on Sundays. This law-keeping sets them apart from all other Oneness groups except the law-keeping ones. What they teach about observing the Sabbath is all false.
They perform baptisms face down, frontwards. This is another strange difference that sets them apart.
They accept the tetragrammaton and the monk guess names of Jehovah and Yahweh.
They are hallelujah people.
They are amillennial. They do not believe in a future 1,000 year millennial reign of Jesus upon the earth. According to their literature, the end of the world is the next major event on the prophetic charts. At this point it is not clear what their doctrine is on the antichrist, the tribulation, and the mark of the beast. I have attempted to discover if they believe in a pre-end of the world rapture, like the pre-trib secret snatch before the tribulation.
I recommend to the entire Body of Christ that they avoid this group. Just because they believe in Acts 2:38 and Oneness does not sanctify them from all their other false doctrines and teachings. We all know that the Judaizers who tried to take the early Church back under the law were defeated in Acts 15. The Judaizers who refused to be corrected by the Apostles split off and began to deceive many of the early Christians. They are the enemies of Paul and they created all kinds of division in the Galatian Churches. Paul wrote important doctrine concerning these kinds of people who go back under the law for salvation, justification, and sanctification. Until the True Jesus Church repents and comes out of its false doctrines, we should all reject it.
This group also uses grape juice for the Lord's Supper. It does not observe the Passover of Jesus on the Jewish Passover. I have not seen any literature giving a date or dates on when they observe it. They do believe in footwashing. But what good is this, if the first part of the observance is false?
Bishop Reckart
Made by God, for God
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! Bro.Sparks
ReplyDeleteThey claim Footwashing is required for salvation. Also that speaking in tongues is a sign of having received the holy spirit and hence necessary for salvation
ReplyDelete