FALSE DOCTRINE
Garden City church of Christ, Garden
City, Michigan
False doctrine is very
dangerous. It is designed by Satan to
cause people to be lost. During His
personal ministry Jesus warned of false doctrine a number of times. In Matthew
False doctrine is deceiving. We are warned in Ephesians 5:6, “Let no man
deceive you with vain words...” But
how does false doctrine deceive? Romans
As long as the world lasts there
will always be false doctrine taught. II
Peter 2:1-2 says, “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. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.” Notice that false doctrine is brought in secretly in a way that people are not aware of it. As this destructive doctrine is taught, the truth of God’s word is evil spoken of and belittled.
But how do we recognize false
doctrine so we can protect ourselves against it? I John
4:1 says “Beloved, believe not every
spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world.” we are told to test them just as the
Bereans did in Acts