robert derrick
Well-Known Member
"A false teacher could teach right alongside a real teacher and there is no way to tell the difference.
Hard for me to believe the Lord would set it up in such a way."
That is a false statement and dangerous, especially if you try to teach it. One very simple and easy way to know for a fact who is teaching true doctrine of Christ and who is not. The Scriptures. Either what is taught is written or it is not. That is why the Bereans were more noble, because they searched the Scriptures for themselves to see if what Paul preached was so or not.
Likewise we must be able to know the difference, because John admonishes us to not receive them that bring not the doctrine of Christ. And so, we ought be able to know.
The most subtle false teachers, like the devil, are those who intermix their own ideas with Scripture, or give a sense of Scripture that is not clearly seen and readily known.
The reason believers are deceived by such things, is because they dont take enough time to know what is written vs. what is not. That was the error of Eve, when the serpent asked her : "Yea, hath God said..." or rather, 'Didn't God say...' A legitimate question with an evil intent.
And of course we know that the Lord has not set up anything in a way that is confusing or doubtful, because He is not the author of confusion. (I Cor 14:33)
Hard for me to believe the Lord would set it up in such a way."
That is a false statement and dangerous, especially if you try to teach it. One very simple and easy way to know for a fact who is teaching true doctrine of Christ and who is not. The Scriptures. Either what is taught is written or it is not. That is why the Bereans were more noble, because they searched the Scriptures for themselves to see if what Paul preached was so or not.
Likewise we must be able to know the difference, because John admonishes us to not receive them that bring not the doctrine of Christ. And so, we ought be able to know.
The most subtle false teachers, like the devil, are those who intermix their own ideas with Scripture, or give a sense of Scripture that is not clearly seen and readily known.
The reason believers are deceived by such things, is because they dont take enough time to know what is written vs. what is not. That was the error of Eve, when the serpent asked her : "Yea, hath God said..." or rather, 'Didn't God say...' A legitimate question with an evil intent.
And of course we know that the Lord has not set up anything in a way that is confusing or doubtful, because He is not the author of confusion. (I Cor 14:33)