I HAVE BEEN TOLD GOD COMMANDS CHRISTIANS TODAY TO OBSERVE THE JEWISH PASSOVER. IS THAT TRUE?

A short blog with a short answer....No Christians Do Not. 

New Covenant Christians have the sacrifice and shed blood of Jesus Christ as their passover. It was done once for all by the Son of God on the cross. All you need to do is accept Him as your savior, be baptized in the name of the Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit, and you will receive  the Holy Spirit.  Salvation is through Grace and Faith in Christ, not through laws.

Christ fulfilled and ended the requirements of the Old Covenant completely  (Colossians 2:14, Ephesians 2:15).  Jesus explained what He did in Luke 24:44 to His disciples after His crucifixion and resurrection from the dead. In this He explains what he told them earlier in Matthew 5:17-18, that He came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets, but to Fulfill them, which He did. In Matthew 11:13 Christ also explained that the Law and the Prophets were only prophecy until John the Baptist, until, not afterward.

There is no requirement to keep the Old Testament Festivals or any of the other commandments contained in statutes and ordinances  including the upcoming Passover and Days  of Unleavened Bread.

Today the fulfillment of the Commandments of our Lord is the Christian requirement. He commanded us to, "Love one another as I have Loved You." John 15:10 " If you keep My commandments you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love."

His Father's commandments that he kept  and the ones that He commanded us to keep are not entirely the same. They are different as He says.  In verse 12 Christ gives us His commandments, "that you love one another as I have loved you." Christ repeats the same commandment in verse 17. 

Christ gave the commandment to us in John 13:43, 14:15,21. "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me." said Jesus. 

What about a communion service with the symbols of the new covenant recorded in Luke 22, Matthew 26 and Mark 14 with the bread and wine? Once a year or several times, as long as bread and wine are taken in a reverent manner as a memorial of Christs sacrifice. Only in I Corinthians 11:26 is any frequency attached to this ritual of remembrance, and Paul simply states, "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes. And the occasion is not the Lords Supper being recorded in this passage, only a potluck type meal in this church that experienced a degree of disharmony.

With the Passover being fulfilled on the 15th of Nissan with Christ's death on the cross there is no longer a  reason to observe this event in an old covenant fashion while under the new covenant. Christ was the end of the Law of Moses, the end of the old covenant (Romans 10:4). The date and ritual became obsolete. Heb 8:13, "He has made the first obsolete.

In the New Covenant we fulfill the Whole Law by Loving your neighbor as your self.

However, If you think that is easy, think again. Christ's command not only included treating others as you want to be treated, but goes far beyond that....Christ died for you and for me.

Many in The UCG Ministry Flee- But None Pursue! "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28:1

Dear Fellow Believers,

Many of you are confused and upset as to WHY there is another fracture in the Church, Now in the United Church of God...I am not. And it is NOT Satan's Doing as many think!

That is what I have personally prayed and argued with God and Christ about for nearly nine months now. I have been away from church, not on vacation, but asking Fervently that Christ would deal with the FALSE MINISTRY that teach you false doctrines and that places a Yoke on YOUR NECKS that none can bear (Acts 15;10, read whole chapter). The Apostle Peter said it is "Testing God" to do so. The very reason the UCGIA spends millions of your illegally collected tithes and sees... NO GROWTH! Christ has no part in it's efforts! Just like Flurry, Meredith, Pack, and the other Armstrongite churches.....DEAD! Maybe you are seeking the same answers as me.

Here is the Litmus test...You Shall Know them by their fruits!

ASK THIS Question, "Are the FRUITS, The SIGNS that are promised to follow The Church of God evident in the UCG?"

Christ tells you what signs you must see if it His church....do you? Here they are:

Read Mark 16:15,

15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Do you see these signs in any Armstrongite organization? Absolutely NOT. That should tell you all you need to know. 
Please...WAKE UP AND HAVE THE VEIL TAKEN AWAY NOW WHILE IT IS STILL TODAY!

Proverbs 28:1,   ¹The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Now God is sending a Angel to pursue many UCG Ministers, they are fleeing while looking over their shoulders to see “No ONE PURSUING THEM!” Thank GOD, maybe He has finally had enough!The rest are next!        THE LIES MUST END HERE AND NOW!
Become acquainted with the definition of the word Blasphemy, because that describes what Armstrong's flawed theology caused US ALL to do. Look up the word for yourself, memorize it! Then rid it from your souls!

I hope the results of my intense eight month day and night study of the new covenant that I have undertaken will help you, who I love, to realize that Armstrong was flat out WRONG in his core doctrine. His teachings actually cut you off from Christ AND Salvation. They blaspheme the very teachings of Christ and the Apostles. This is found in those scriptures the Ambassador Trained Ministry AVOID TEACHING YOU!

Questions they don't want turned in for Bible Study! Many of the Pastors already believe what I write but won't preach the truth because they would get fired and loose their pay checks. I know this FIRST-HAND FROM the lips of some current and former pastors! Not hear-say!
Please read the letter I wrote to all of you titled: "Why is there Turmoil in the Church? Again!
Find it here: http://thetruedoctrineofchrist.blogspot.com/p/letter-to disciples.html
My book covering this in great detail will be out in a few more months to PROVE what I am claiming, (NOT TO BE SOLD.)I have NO AGENDA, NO FOLLOWING, NOT PROMOTING ANY CHURCH, NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING FROM ANYONE. This is purely a labor of LOVE promoting ONLY The True Doctrine of Christ exactly as the New Testament instructs and the True Church of God obeyed. History records it.

Let God lift the VEIL from your eyes as he did me, after I accepted Salvation exactly as God has offered it to us, Through Grace, by Faith in Christ ONLY. NO WORKS OF THE LAW ARE ALLOWED! Gal 3-5. Read every word for your self! Then you must allow Christ to cleanse your soul of the intensly SELF-RIGHTEOUS ATTITUDE THAT PERMEATES THE ENTIRETY OF ARMSTRONGISM.

That is the First step I took by admitting.."I WAS WRONG!" That was the most painful time in My entire life, Then everything became crystal clear! Like a new dawn.

The spiritual blindness of Armstrong's theology resulted because we had NOT accepted the True Doctrine of Christ. Armstrong never presented it to his followers, he did not understand. Here is what the Apostle Paul teaches that removes the veil of blindness:

2 Corinthians 3: ( Whole Chapter)

1Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

2Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:

3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

4And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:

5Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

6Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

7But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

8How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

9For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

12Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

13And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

14But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

15But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

17Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

If I told you about the Astounding miracle that God performed right in front of My eyes when I asked him to verify that I was on the right track most of you could not accept it. Most of you have had your FAITH  DESTROYED by Armstrongism!  You think God no longer performs miracles in this age...WRONG! The rest would probably say it was from Satan.
Maybe one day when all is better and faith is restored to YOU, I will tell that story. Just know that the POWER AND STRENGTH AND CONVICTION in my WRITINGS COME FROM THE FACT THAT -
                              I NOW KNOW EXACTLY WHAT..

The True Doctrine of Christ IS, And what it IS NOT!

                IT IS TIME TO GET TO WORK!
In Christ's Love, Your servant,
Michael D. Maynard

The True Doctrine of Christ Foundation:
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What Does "Beware of Wolves Mean" in the Bible?

Yesterday I was looking at the label on one of my suit slacks that needed laundering and it read, “WORSTED WOOL, DRY CLEAN ONLY,” Lately I have been looking for ways to cut expenses with the slow economy so I thought I would try washing them in my washing machine  with mild detergent on the gentle Cycle. I read somewhere this would do no harm and I could save a few bucks. Of course, unless I ruined them in the process. 

Then I started to meditate. While the washer was filling with water getting ready for the brief wash-rinse- spin cycle, a thought occurred to me, more of a question. Why had I always looked for Wool Suits, especially Worsted Wool when I shopped for a suit?

As a business person I wear suits frequently for meetings. The ones I own are all wool, most are Worsted wool because it is known for it’s smoothness and durability. Wool suits cost more to buy than suits made from synthetic fabrics, but why had I purchased the more expensive Wool Suits?

The reason. Herbert W. Armstrong said I should, so I did. I grew up in the World Wide Church of God and Herbert frequently lectured the membership on personal finances. He taught,  “We should buy the best that we could afford.” The additional cost is worth it, he reasoned,  because in the long run you get more for your money. This is true in many cases, I would agree with him, in the case of wool suits, they do last longer. He wore fine wool suits, then so would I.

With the wash cycle under way, related Bible verses started percolating in my head...one in particular in Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. That wasn’t quite what I was searching for , maybe it was a  Proverb that I remembered, something Solomon had to say about it...THEN IT HIT ME!

I HAD TO CHUCKLE AT THE IRONY, HOW HAD I MISSED IT UNTIL NOW?

FALSE PROPHET, and Pastor (Shepherd) General of the WCG, Herbert Armstrong, had dominated my family life, religious life, personal life for 45 years drawing me into believing a blasphemous FALSE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST. Ironically, there he was again, in my mind, at the podium, preaching at me. But now portrayed as a RAVENING WOLF, Dressed LITERALLY in SHEEP’S CLOTHING,  A CUSTOM  TAILORED WOOL SUIT! He was the Matt. 7:15 “RAVENING WOLF” devouring me figuratively and literally. Stealing money and hours of my life that God had blessed me with, and doing it while preaching attired in dark blue, pin striped, SHEEP’S CLOTHING. Herbert often boasted that  his suits were custom made by his own tailor. SO THE FLEECE HE WORE WAS NO ORDINARY FLEECE, THE  FLEECE THAT HE WORE WAS SPECIAL FLEECE, IT WAS SPECIAL ALRIGHT. IT WAS MINE!

With a soft chiming I was pulled back from my meditation to the reality of the moment, The spin cycle had ended, my slacks came out fine, so I saved a few dollars and learned a valuable lesson from my past that I could share.


Thank God some of us got away from Armstrongism  with just a close shave, others did not, many still have not.   I reach out to  those sheep still being fleeced. Stay Alert, hear, and know the voice of the true Shepherd, Jesus Christ.

Knowing The True Doctrine of Christ is the ONLY way to know whether you are following the true Shepherd, Jesus Christ, or just another Ravenous Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,
                                                                     The Pin Striped Kind.