Yes, I saw the ENTIRE 2.5 hours of Nate Marino's testimony of all of the (supposedly) false accusations about him. He made a strong case, HOWEVER - there were some pretty big DISCREPENCIES!
1) Nate said he provided Cooley with a lot of info on his CS Lewis expose sermons. However, Cooley's CS Lewis expose sermons were dated 11/2/14 and 11/9/14. Nate said he didn't move into that church from New Hampshire until 11/20/14. Obviously he contradicted himself!
2) He said that his wife's devils were casted out of her, and she still WASN'T saved even after that. Really? 2nd Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:1-10 and Titus 3:1-7 (among others) say that our trespasses and sins are WASHED AWAY (devils or no) at the MOMENT of repentance/faith! (and then he threw in a story over how Cooley tried to manipulate his wife into thinking she wanted her unborn dead, whatever). Nate is pushing the RCC DOCTRINE OF EXORCISM HERE!
3) He accused one of the OPBC's members of being a freemason (more or less) toward the end of this video, just b/c this man happened to post a Rudyard Kipling poem on his facebook page, and Kipling happened to be a freemason. SERIOUSLY? Just b/c someone likes a secular poem by a freemason, that somehow makes him a devil worshipper?? BTW - I checked out this guy's FB page eventually, and NO mention of that Kipling poem, much less Kipling himself! This is SLANDER!
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 4) He ranted how Cooley had his (false) conversion at 4 years old, but somehow despite this he ended up making his way to being an ordained pastor. Uhhhmmm...Cooley's born-again testimony was in 2002 (when he realized he was a false convert as well). He not only gave his testimony one time (which I saw), but MANY times he talked about it! Nate NOT ONCE mentioned this! IOW, Nate LIED (again)!
5) Nate just slandered Cooley's wife, son, and his mother (or grandmother, can't remember which). He said Cooley's (unsaved) mother (or grandmother, forgot which) deceived his young son into turning against Christ. And Nate also said that after he found out his own wife was a false convert, he subsequently QUESTIONED Cooley's wife's salvation (and supposedly Cooley exploded).
SERIOUSLY?? Scripture CLEARLY says the wife is SUBJECT to her OWN HUSBAND(Ephesians 5:22-33)! Nate was WAY OUT of his jurisdiction over what he did! And then talking about his mother and young son like THIS? (and then claiming credit how God revealed it to him!
)
BTW - how would you feel, Mark, if I went directly to your wife to question her salvation? And how would you feel if I publicly accused your mother of turning your son against Jesus Christ?
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 6) He said he paid for one of the church member's $6000 credit card debt (despite him being a wicked man). Sorry, I don't buy it - if I understood Nate correctly, he said he also had to make some financial sacrifices to move from New Hampshire to Minnesota over 2 years ago. But somehow he had the resources to pay for someone's high credit card debt?
7) He slandered Jerald Finney (one of the elders there, who also happens to be an attorney specializing in exposing 501c3) - he said Finney pushed Kingdom Exclusion (the false doctrine that says born-again believers will spend the 1000 years in hell, instead of in the Mill reign, if they have no rewards at the judgment seat). Having listened to Finney's sermons exposing Dominionism theology last year, NOT TRUE!
8 ) He gave a lot of the dark, nitty-gritty, dirty details about some of the church members there. If they want to expose the wolves, fine - but giving all of the dark and dirty details about some of the members, not all of whom harmed him directly? That is SICK! It was as if I was watching the Jerry Springer show all over again!
I can go on and on with some of the subtil things he craftily threw in. I checked out the OPBC facebook page, no mention of them slandering Nate (other then posting last week how Nate was no longer with the church, and they took down all of the videos with him in it, and nothing more).
Personally, I want to hear ALL sides of the story to this (especially pastor Cooley's and OPBC) before I make a judgment on this.
Bottom line - we are to ALWAYS try the spirits. Not to be hyper-critical, but at the same time we need to take heed with every word people say.
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
2Jn 1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
2Jn 1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2Jn 1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
2Jn 1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Proverbs 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
It just saddens me when I see people jump to quick conclusions after ONLY hearing one side of the story.
