False Teachers and False Prophets, counterfeit signs and wonders

CoffeeClaw_1986 said:

About a week ago, I was sent a message by someone whom we shared a mutual acquaintance inviting me to participate in what I believed was an online fellowship/Bible study. I was added to a group chat/call in messenger and encouraged to join in one of their daily call sessions that they had. At first, it seemed okay, but within a day, it started coming off as kind of sus. I started doing some deep diving on the information they were sharing , verses they used, which led me to different conversations on Reddit and other platforms warning about this group, which I learned was known as The Church of Almighty God. They preach false doctrine. They believe Jesus is already here in the flesh as a Chinese woman. They are very discreet and secretive, so beware if you're approached by anyone affiliated with this group. They don't believe Jesus Christ is the son of God and they don't believe in the Holy trinity. They believe in a false trinity. Not only are their teachings unbiblical but they say that the Bible is outdated and God speaking in their book "The Word Appears in the Flesh", which they quote extensively during every video call session.

The group leader, “R”, was insistent on calling after the daily sessions (8 altogether), and would send links to videos along with questions about the material studied. Sometimes he would send links to videos for the missed sessions/ I asked “R” his thoughts on the message shared in the group about the secret return of Jesus in the flesh, Matthew 24:23-27, Acts 1:11, the lightning analogy, and adding to or going beyond what is revealed in the Bible. “R” briefly addressed my concerns during a one-on-one messenger call last night, with some follow up on my above listed concerns the previous night, but he circled back to the secret incarnation of God, countering my point in a message about Christ’s visible, public return (he also did the same thing in a DM he sent the next morning). He also briefly told me about their higher level group studies people would be in after finishing the 8th session (which was today). He followed up with questions of general locations of participants, asking them to provide their phone numbers and following up with a few of them via calls at the end of today’s session earlier this evening.

After the session was over, “R” sent me a couple of links to videos for the parts I had missed along with follow-up questions related to the videos (I didn’t do them). I did some thinking for a while after that and felt kind of sick about the whole thing, leading me to subsequently blocking “R” and leaving and deleting all associated chats. I feel better after having done that, but find it crazy that this group exists to deceive believers and the tactics they use to accomplish this, and that people, such as in the group I was in blindly follow without question. I feel strong in my faith as a Christian, having been a believer all my life.

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