Sunday, September 27, 2015

Oh my, Biblical expectations reserved for false teachers.533-2 - 1 - 6

False teachers you say? There is Oprah, the diva of the new age, prosperity tele-evangelists such as Joel Osteen, promoters of the New Apostolic Reformation, the group “Christ at the Checkpoint,” and many more.

As an aside and from an older post, a quote from The Matt Walsh Blog “In more primitive times they burned heretics at the stake. Now we greet the blasphemers with applause and multi-million dollar book deals. I’m not sure if the latter response is any more enlightened than the former, but both are wrong.”

http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/09/04/joel-osteen-wife-heretics-thats-america-loves/

 Today many people want their ears tickled by tele-evangelists rather than following the clear command of Jesus; Luke 9:23, "And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." Jesus warned us again and again about false teachers including Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

So what of these ravening wolves? The majority of the verses in the Bible dealing with false teachers warn against them, however, there are some real gems. lI Peter 2:1, “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.” 


Rather than acknowledging the finished work of Jesus, a work doctrine is often added to grace. Revelation 22:18 warns that "If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book." And the very frightening Revelation 22:19, "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

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