The Prophet continues to speak, to lead astray. While I believe we are in the closing stages of time on earth, I also know that “.. concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only” Matthew 24:36, In his first letter to the Thessalonians, Paul writes concerning the day of the Lord and encourages the believers to : “be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. Romans 16:17. The Prophet claims to be gifted by God to speak fresh revelation outside of Scripture—new, authoritative words of prediction, teaching, rebuke, or encouragement. In the nineteenth century, Joseph Smith claimed to receive The Book of Mormon from the angel Moroni. • by a spirit – prophetic word or revelation, Jonathan Cahn, and the fear-mongering by Jim Bakker in an effort to sell his s. buckets, have caused many to be shaken in their minds. We continue with the latest of a series of posts from our good friends and fellow polemicists over at ‘Famine In The Land’ blog. “This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. Scripture is downplayed and new revelations, interpretations and experiences are elevated.
But another, more nefarious kind of false teacher is the one … Sexual abuse, affairs, abuse of power and the lust for money in the visible church have made it difficult for unbelievers to make a distinction between the immorality of the world and what takes place in the church. For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Thessalonians 5:8-9. False teachers are everywhere — they’re a dime a dozen.
Please note that while I have followed the biblical texts in describing them in masculine terms, each of these false teachers can as easily be female. Welcome to the online home of Tim Challies, blogger, author, and book reviewer. He gleefully divides brother from brother and sister from sister. He unapologetically uses and abuses others to feed his lusts. “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction” (2 Peter 2:1). The Speculator tosses aside the bulk of the Bible’s content and the weight of the Bible’s emphasis in order to obsess about matters that are trivial or novel.
When Pope Leo X famously commissioned Tetzel to sell indulgences, the profits not only funded the reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica, but also his luxurious lifestyle.
• spoken word – teaching John offered an urgent warning about him.
The gospel becomes a means to gain, instead of a cross that slays self. holding faith and a good conscience. When he is not pursuing illicit sexual pleasure, he may be domineering people to gain power, abusing them on his path to prominence. In the 1990s, televangelist Robert Tilton brought in tens of millions of dollars each year by exploiting the vulnerable and gullible. Meanwhile, we hear sad tales of survivors who have been abused and cast aside by a leader craving power. Colossians 2:18 – 19. Robert Morris is the founding senior pastor of Gateway Church, a multicampus church in the Dallas-Fort Worth Texas area with over 36,000 active members. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law.
As early as the second century, Montanus and his disciples claimed to speak on behalf of the Holy Spirit. Sarah Young, author of the top Christian bestseller of the decade, boldly claims that her book contains the very words of Jesus. Many of the well known pastors, “apostles” and “prophets” that people flock after today are ignorant and unstable.
The hope remains that discipline and God’s chastisement will restore those who are true believers.
He may slyly introduce unbiblical doctrines, or he may undermine the ordained leadership. Whether they had misconstrued Paul’s teachings on the subject or been purposely misled by others, they had fallen for a false teaching and Paul’s warning to them is clear – “Let no one deceive you in any way.”. Unfortunately legalism did not end with the early church. My daily, curated collection of Kindle deals for Christians. In reality, though, he is commissioned and empowered by Satan for the purpose of misleading and disrupting Christ’s church. Robert Morris and Gateway Church: Could 95% of the Church Be in Bondage to Demons? For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
These false teachers were persuasive, but their teachings were based on the law instead of grace. “I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book” (Revelation 22:18-19). Not all of them are blatant motivational speakers and easy to discern as being a fraud.
), Email all comments and questions to c3churchwatch@hotmail.com. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
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