From my X / Twitter “For you” feed today -
“This is how false teachers operate.
1. Claim God told you something.
This puts the speaker in a perceived place of authority over Scripture. It leaves everyone in a state of utter helplessness to what they say. The (often) unspoken inference is: would you dare speak against God?
2. Take a Scriptural truth and add an ‘insightful’ new ‘revelation.’
This provokes the undiscerning heart to think, ‘Oh, that’s interesting. I need to hear more from this person; he / she knows things that will give me insights I’ve been missing in my life.’ This stirs hope, not in God but in the messenger to supply what you can find without them.
Don’t listen to teachers who lead you away from Scripture’s sufficiency. God is not a hidden deity who needs mystics to unveil Him to you. As my buddy Brian Davis rightly said, ‘If it’s new, it ain’t true.’
Everything you need to know about Him is plain and clear in His word. The best teachers point out what God has said so you walk away thinking, ‘I see the Scripture more clearly now.’”
This is how false teachers operate. 1. Claim God told you something. This puts the speaker in a perceived place of authority over Scripture. It leaves everyone in a state of utter helplessness to what they say. The (often) unspoken inference is: would you dare speak against
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