Since I first began teaching the concepts in this book, I have had many inquiries from folk who, after reading my notes or listening to the message, have contacted me with requests for further help. There is nothing wrong with that, but, it soon became evident that the major difficulty they were all experiencing came about when they tried to respond during a discussion with a member of a cult, particularly one that claimed to be ‘christian’. They had found that there seemed to be an inadequacy on their own part, during the conversation, to respond to the peculiar teachings and practices of the cultist, even after reading this work.

What most desired was further information and extra materials to assist them to respond to and refute such things as:

celebrating Christmas/Easter/birthdays/national holidays
blood transfusions, or an infusion of blood product
military service, active and passive
the Holy Spirit - a ‘force’ or a personality?
speaking in ‘tongues’
the authenticity of the Bible - folklore or corrupt translation?
Sabbath observance - Saturday or Sunday?
End Times - the ‘Mark of the Beast’; ‘666'

One could go on and on listing the many and varied requests that they made. However, in almost every instance, after I had asked the inquirer as to how much time they had devoted, during their conversation with the cultist, just asking the simple question "Who do you say Jesus Christ really is?"; I was shocked to hear, in almost every instance, no time at all! What these well-meaning people had done was to allow themselves to be drawn away into discussing things that have nothing to do with true Salvation.

Friends, just this one question is really the crux of the whole matter of finding the real Lord Jesus Christ! To answer this simple question wrongly and whatever else you may say is simply just waffle! We should never make the mistake of playing into the hands of the cults by discussing their unique and strange side-issues, the like of those listed above. Never, and again I repeat, never try to beat, refute or wrangle on peripheral issues! In most cases these were the very issues that originally lead the person standing before you into his deception in the first place!

It has always been our experience to find that, after the establishing the Deity of Christ (that the Lord Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh - see Colossians 1:19 & 2:9), there is then very little trouble with controversial ‘side- issues’. We have been able to rejoice at the very easy task of flowing in the will and ministry of the Holy Spirit (which is to convict a person of his sinful state and to then lead him into all truth) in a simple ‘mopping up’ operation with those who accept the true Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Remember always that it is the ministry of the Holy Spirit to "...teach you ALL things..."; (John 14:26).

So be mindful of His role when speaking to these people and in your seeking to bring them into and understanding of truth. The Lord Jesus said, "Unless you believe that I AM ... you will die in your sins." (John 8:24 RSV). Yes, the Lord Jesus Christ is none-other than the Great I AM - the same I AM that Moses talked with in the "burning bush" Establish this fact in the mind of your hearer, and then watch the salvation of the Lord! May God richly bless you as you minister THE TRUTH THAT LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE!

~Copyright Mandate Ministries 1997~