NTCC IS A CULT Just Based On What They Are Saying ...

On a previous thread an ntcc apologist / loyalist left the following anonymous comment:

"Romans 1:29–32! try that cult saying!"--Anonymous.

This comment furnishes a new topic on cult sayings and doings:

We will begin with just one verse and take each word and provide a brief definition followed by an example of a prominent ntcc 'leader' conducting himself or herself in a way which contradicts Christ:

Rom 1:29  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

unrighteousness:  a deed violating law and justice:  Lying to foreign governments by saying ntcc missionaries are only tourists when instead they plan on residing in that country indefinitely  and by saying that ntcc will financially support their missionaries but instead the missionaries receive no financial support from the org.  The liar violating foreign government's VISA laws:  J. R. Ashmore, the NTCC Board Member (Secretary) who signed the untruthful "Letter Of Support" required for VISA application.  Joseph H. Olson,  then time NTCC Chief Executive Officer, and Rodger Wilson Davis, then time President of the NTCC, also took part in this deception  as described in this related post originally published by Deb and Greg, and copied by permission:  NTCC Lies and Broken Promises: Read More>>  [It details NTCC's lies and broken promises to NTCC missionaries.]

fornication:  illicit sexual intercourse, adultery:  r w davis guilty of adultery, dragged into a church at gunpoint by a man who tells r w davis "YOU BETTER PRAY!";  also allegations of r w davis molesting a young married woman whose husband worked for ntc

wickedness:  among other things malice--extreme hatred:  foaming at the mouth 'preachers' who say outlandishly hateful things like m c kekel's infamous description of  "filthy evil children as they throw hissy fits in the grocery store cookie aisle" m c kekel

covetousness:  greedy desire to have more:  more Cadillacs, more mansions, more recreational vehicles, more musical instruments for a collection, more houses, more land, more guns for the collection, more fashion designer clothes, more motorcycles, more trips to Europe to buy more fine crystal, more expensive furniture...  Need we say more? 

maliciousness:  ill-will, desire to injure:  r w davis calling up missionaries Matt and Debbie Reed at 3 A.M. just to wake them up as 'payback' for them accidentally waking  up r w davis from a random nap when they called their 'pastor', davis, seeking comfort because their beloved spiritual son was killed in Iraq.  Malice like davis leaving the Hampton family homeless as 'payback' for Rich Hampton not selling his home and land to the ntcc; because ntcc offered less than market value for the property.

full of envy:  persons whose minds are filled with thoughts and emotions of envy:  Envy involves wanting what someone else has because the envious person feels inferior.  For example davis, a financially poor man from a cotton mill town, wants a Cadillac and fur coat for his wife; because he saw a preacher driving a Cadillac and wrapping a fur coat around his wife.  Or verna davis wanting another newer, bigger, more expensive recreational vehicle so she can think she is "really something" when she parades past others with smaller RVs.  

murder:  

Matt 5:21  Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

Matt 5:22  (partial)  But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:

This covers statements like that made by m c kekel:  "I consider them my enemies!"  which kekel said because those people left ntcc.  That is actually beyond being "angry with his brother without a cause".  It actually is being filled with hatred = murder:

1 John 4:20  If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

So kekel's own actions prove he is a liar who does not love God.

And God's definition of hatred = murder proves kekel is a murderer with no eternal life abiding in him; for it is written:

1 John 3:15  Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him

Little ones, let us not hate our brothers without cause and make ourselves murderers!  Just because someone no longer attends the ntcc that does not mean they have left God.

debate:  contention, strife, wrangling:  One only needs to watch davis or kekel 'preach' to see this in action. Or one can read some of the virulent posts kekel wrote on FactNet when he was hiding behind his proud name "The Whirlwind", equating himself with God by opening his comment with this scripture:

Job 38:2  Who [is] this that darkeneth cousnel by words without knowledge?

which comes right after this scripture:

Job 38:1  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Then kekel proceeded to falsely accuse a certain minister's daughter of having illicit sex, falsely accusing the young woman of having a child out of wedlock:  debate, contention, strife, wrangling, lying, hatred, etc.

deceit:  crafty, guile:  see previous examples of olson and kekel lying.  Look at how davis set up his whole organization as an independent preacher who says you should not be independent.  Look at how davis teaches you to "just bring them out to church" so he can work in the cult doctrines of davis one slow step at a time.

malignity:  speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner [from Dictionary.com]:  This goes on in almost every ntcc service run by davis and kekel as they turn the pulpit into a vehicle from which they launch character assassination grenades.

whisperers:  gossips:  board members and board members wives.  verna davis rolling her eyes and mocking a certain sister's family whispering, "I can't believe they brought him here."  said in reference to the sister's severely disabled brother being brought to the Graham chapel during the sister's wedding ceremony.

These are just a few examples of ntcc's 'top leaders' leading the way in bad behavior.  Each offence on an individual occurrence  could be forgivable.  But the sum total effect is a persistent pattern of abuse that radiates from the head of the organization.  

As described in Isaiah 1 "the whole head is sick" and the rest of that chapter applies to ntcc too.  Read it for yourself; and see how well it fits, just as the scriptures in Romans 1:29-32 describe the ntcc cult sayings (and doings).

All scripture word definitions taken from The Blue Letter Bible unless otherwise noted.