Episodes
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Dealing With Deception. Matthew 7:15-20
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Monday Oct 08, 2018
Dealing with Deception
Matthew 7:15-20
October 07, 2018
The greatest danger lies in the fact that there are going to be agents of the devil in the CHURCH!
"And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.” 2 Cor. 11:14 & 15
What is a prophet???
*today the word usually means one who is able to tell what is coming in the future.
*In Biblical times it has a much broader meaning. A prophet was one who s________ for another, and particularly, one who spoke for G______.
How can we recognize false teachers, false prophets???? how can we detect just “who” is a “wolf” in sheep’s clothing?????
First of all there is no “s__________ g______” in the teaching of a false prophet... no “narrow way”!
when you hear preaching or teaching or read books or magazines, ask yourself, does this system of thought have the Lord Jesus as its c_________???
The second test... is this: False prophets do not have disturbing doctrines in their messages, even though the true state of man d_____________ it.
True teaching involves the realities of men’s depravity and sin.....God’s wrath and coming judgment, the need for repentance, and the answer to mans sin in Christ’s atonement.
The third test is the test of g______ w________.....
Jesus shows that men are like fruit trees, good ones only produce good fruit.... bad ones only produce bad fruit.
that means two things:
First of all it means that there must be fruit if the Christian life is g_______________....
- there must be good works, and the evidence, or absence of them can be a good test of false doctrine.
Second, the fruit must be s___________ fruit, and not just good works of which the world is capable.
- To put it practically ask, “does the teaching really strengthen and encourage the h_________?? Is it matched by blessing and true Christian character in the life of the teacher???
If we put these three things together ....
- whether or not there is a s___________ gate in the message,
- whether there is the unpleasant theme of s___ and j___________ dealt with, along with the wonderful message of God’s love and Grace,
- and is there real and satisfying f_______ in the teaching....
Then, and only then, we can know if it is from the Lord!
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