Tag: false teaching
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Spiritual Rain and its Effects
Hebrews 6:7-8 “For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.” It is a perilous thing…
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What’s the Context?
Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.” Have you ever been taken out of context regarding something you’ve said? Have you ever had a snippet of what you’ve actually said used in a negative way…
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A True Jesus or a False
Revelation 22:13 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” I listened to a testimony today of a man and his wife who had come out of a false teaching ministry. It was a very popular ministry in the Word of Faith movement. There are many such preachers…
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Teaching that is “Sound”
Titus 2:1 “But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.” In the verse above, the apostle and great teacher Paul is teaching his protégé Titus how to teach. Paul instructs Titus that his teaching should be in contrast with that of those he has just warned him about at the end of chapter 1, i.e.,…
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True or False?
Titus 1:10 “For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers. . .” One of the warnings that Paul gave Titus in his guidance in the appointment of elders (i.e., pastors) in Crete was that these leaders had to have discernment regarding false teachers. He warned Titus that there were many such people who…
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The Gullible
2 Corinthians 11:4 “For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.” Are you gullible? Surely, no one wants to think that…
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The Devil’s Ways
2 Corinthians 11:3 “But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” The devil has been at work to deceive the human race ever since the time of Eve. Interestingly, his methods haven’t changed much in all that time. From Genesis…
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Unrequited Love
1 Corinthians 6:11-13 “We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart is wide open. You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted in your own affections. In return (I speak as to children) widen your hearts also.” Are you familiar with the term “unrequited love”? It means love that is not returned…
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Motivations for Ministry
1 Thessalonians 2:1-3 “For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. . . For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive” Motivation for ministry: it’s such a critical thing. As Paul recounts the underlying characteristics of his fruitful ministry among the Thessalonians, he describes both what it was, and…
To Encourage You 