TO: Cory Sellers <coryS@cccinc-7candlesticks.org>
RE: Attn:.........CORY..SELLERS............- Ass't Sec.
FROM: Richard Thompson <RThom@olivet.edu>
DATE: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 08:55:37 -0600

Cory,
 
Greetings!
It has been brought to my attention that your web materials have included something about me. What you have stated there is simply not true, not correct, and libelous. Maintaining that you have offered a quotation from me that I NEVER said and then accusing me of lying are, at very least, inappropriate for someone who professes to be proclaiming the gospel and, at very worst, a criminal offence. Thus, I ask you to do the Christian thing and remove my name and any contents that you have falsely associated with me. The Christian gospel demands no less, regardless of your disapproval of me.
Grace and peace,
Richard Thompson


TO: Dr. Richard Thompson
RE: GOD's Holy Truth
FROM: Cory Sellers
DATE: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:38:37 -0600
 
Dear Dr. Thompson,
 
GOD's holy truth is not subject to interpretations of man, since it was prophesied by HOLY men of GOD 2Pet1:20,21 not mere Christ-confessors as yourself and the rest of the ONU Theol dept., spewing lies as truth daily.
 
GOD does not teach His truth according to man's ways, nor does He teach it according to man's approval. Your doctorate degree, bestowed by men, is of no value in His eyes Luk16:15.
 
GOD desires that you, and all ONU faculty and staff, should come to repentance from teaching lies as truth, leading thousands to eternal damnation, since all the while you are yet to learn and teach even the basics of His holy gospel: that obedience is the only way to arrive at a Spirit-taught understanding of truth Prov9:10-18.
 
GOD's witness of truth is backed up by His power and authority, as the kingdom of GOD is not about words, as you teach, but about power 1Cor4:20. You continue in powerlessness and sin, teaching others to do the same, yet evidence no anointed Spirit witness, the proof of obedience to GOD Acts5:32.
 
GOD will prove to Olivet in His perfect timing that His truth will not be held hostage by a few who love the praises of men more than the afflictions of Christ. Your open rejection of His gospel of love is not a small thing, and flies in the face of His "New Thing" work from Nov 17, 2002.

 
Please consider:
-the words of Paul to Timothy in 2Tim3:1-9,12,13
-the qualifications of Paul as a minister of the gospel in 2Cor11:23-28...
and recognize that the current church is FULL of hirelings (Jer23), but is sorely lacking in true LEADERS 2Cor4:11-7:1.   [See Leaders]
 
In love,
 
Cory Sellers
 
PS -- You should be very careful about what you say in a classroom setting, given your position before GOD as a professor of His truth, Ps131:1 Prov10:19 Jam3:1, unable to even recall many things you have said. So-called "libel" should be the least of your concerns, before GOD.
 
PPS -- The URL in question which you mentioned in your e-mail is
https://www.cccinc-7candlesticks.org/CCCIncCorpCon2_ONU.html.
 
C.

 
TO: Cory Sellers <coryS@cccinc-7candlesticks.org>
RE: GOD's Holy Truth
FROM: Richard Thompson <RThom@olivet.edu>
DATE: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 12:44:45 -0600
 
Dear Cory,
I will be praying for GOD's grace for you. It saddens me to hear you talking with such arrogance and hatred. But ascribing a quotation to me that I did not state is still a lie, Cory. Are you now stating that GOD is the source of falsehood? Of course you would not. But your materials suggest a different answer. So all I am asking is that you remove false materials, which would demonstrate an attitude befitting the Christian gospel. Just for the record, the apostle Paul wrote about his powerlessness, through which GOD's power could be seen (see 1-2 Corinthians). So I appreciate the complement of describing me like Paul, who imitates Christ. I would not have been so bold as to make such a comparison.
Grace and peace,
Richard Thompson
 
______________________________________________________________
 
Richard P. Thompson
Associate Professor of New Testament
Coordinator, M.A. Program in Religion
Olivet Nazarene University, Division of Religion and Philosophy
One University Avenue, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914
Office telephone: (815)939-5270
Website: https://religion.olivet.edu/rthom
 
 

TO: Dr. Richard Thompson
RE: GOD's Power and Truth Through Obedience
FROM: Cory Sellers
DATE: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:26:15 -0600
 
Dear Dr. Thompson,
 
GOD had me read and prayerfully review your response to His message re: "GOD's holy truth", then showed that your flippant response betrays your status as a false minister of His gospel.
 
GOD has exposed you as a false leader by your own words, in that you readily admit you are not like Paul (contra 1Cor11:1) nor like Christ (contra 1Jn2:6), though you continue to exalt yourself as a leader of His church in false humility instead of repenting from your lies and obeying.
 
GOD's apostle, whom we know as Paul, was not "powerless" or "weak", as is your dead witness: Rather, he was mighty in spirit Rom15:1,19 1Cor9:22 2Cor4:7; 13:3,4, Eph3:19b 4:13d, Col1:29 etc. though powerless in his flesh Rom7:14-8:4 2Cor12:10, a basic distinction you fail to witness.
 
--------------------
GOD is presently dismantling satan's power structure in the Judas church, preparing to bring a massive revival by purging ALL false/evil leaders from His church, to fulfill Jer23 1Cor15:25.
 
GOD is patient, slow to wrath, abundant in mercies and lovingkindness, but in these last days is enacting Jer23:19 Rev11:5 upon those who disobey Him and reject His full-love gospel: You are presently testing Him with your blasphemous words against His truth, so take heed lest you continue in hardness of heart into eternal damnation 1Cor10:9,12,20-22; 11:27-32 2Cor13:5.
 
In love,
 
Cory
 
PS -- GOD pointed out that your fear of libel shows great concern for the reputation of YOUR name, but your powerless witness and false teachings disparage HIS name, for which reason He is having us put these communications on His web-site as a supp. to the ONU file.
 
C.

 
 

TO: Cory Sellers <coryS@cccinc-7candlesticks.org>
RE: Dear Cory,
FROM: Richard Thompson <RThom@olivet.edu>
DATE: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:51:25 -0600
 
Dear Cory,
 
I am genuinely sorry that you have chosen to act in such fashion. In meeting with you years ago and even in my messages, I have always sought to respond to you with GOD's grace. I wish that you would have seen and understood that. Unfortunately, you have shown nothing but contempt and disgrace, which are attitudes and actions that are antithetical to the Christian gospel. And this saddens me.
 
Your acts of deceit and your twisting of words do not belong in the church and do not come from GOD, regardless of what you say to the contrary. What truly grieves me is that you have put yourself in place of GOD, something against which the apostle Paul himself writes (see 1 Corinthians). Sadly, your arrogant posturing does not allow for genuine dialogue, does not reflect the love in which you claim to write, and appears only to destroy the Christian community. Whoever you are who authors what you have, this is not the Cory Sellers that I came to know back in the mid to late 1990s, one who was sensitive to GOD's leading and one who truly responded in caring and loving ways to others. Nonetheless, I am praying that GOD's grace will work in transforming ways in your heart and life.
 
Grace and peace,
 
Richard Thompson

 

 

TO: Dr. Richard Thompson
RE: GOD's Holy Truth
FROM: Cory Sellers
DATE: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:11:31 -0600
 
Dear Dr. Thompson,
 
GOD NEVER "dialogues" with willful sinners, but rather exhorts them, rebukes them, fights against them, even slays them with His holy word Joshua 2Tim3:16 Rev19, etc.
 
GOD "dialogues" with His chosen few, the father-level apostles, IN Christ 1Jn2:14a; 3:6 not with blind and deaf confessors and the rebellious ungodly-anointed, who remain bound in satan's lies, outside of Christ.
 
GOD will help you see, IF you humbly seek Him, how your need for "dialogue" is fundamentally errant, pointing directly to your love for man's vain wisdom, and the reason why you have yet to be able to see that these messages are not written in "hatred and arrogance", but in love for GOD and His Truth alone. Because you blaspheme His truth, He therefore allows me no sympathy, which appears to you as a lack of love Titus1:15,16.
 
GOD's grace alone can keep me from satan's snares of false love and fleshly emotions of men, and He alone can sustain me by His grace to call your lies what they are without feeling pity that you see only the messenger but not His message.
 
Please take the time to review our previous correspondences with a seeking heart, as they have originated from GOD and not me. There is no time to waste with silly "dialogue", but only time to be redeemed in diligent, seeking obedience and sold-out, selfless love for Christ and His truth. Would that GOD would make Himself known to us in His power and love; not in vain facts and philosophies of men 1Tim1:4-7, which lead only to delusion, deception, and death 2Tim2:23-26 2Pet3:16b. I'm sorry you have been unable to hear His loving exhortations in these communications.
 
In love,
 
Cory Sellers
 
Note: Ps115:1-8 Is44:19,20; 45:15-17 Mk4:12 Phil3:18,19
 
Note: Dr. Thompson's craving for dialogue is proof he does believe that "truth is found...where denominational doctrines overlap" (see Jer23:30).

 

 
GOD's True Teachers
 

Jer23..1 "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" says the LORD.
2 Therefore thus says the LORD GOD of Israel against the shepherds who feed My people: "You have scattered My flock, driven them away, and not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your doings," says the LORD.
3 "But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4 "I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking," says the LORD.
5 "Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
6 In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell safely; Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
 

Mat24..6 "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
8 "All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.
10 "And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
11 "Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
12 "And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
13 "But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

2Tim1:7 For GOD has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

1Jn4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

 
GOD's true teachers share His full, holy truth, as Christ Jesus,
but false teachers blaspheme the Holy Spirit and His word.
 

Mat12:31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

12:32 "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

 
hence
 

Jer23:39 'Therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you and forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and will cast you out of My presence.

23:40 'And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.' "

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