False teaching

Our enemy seeks to steal, kill, and destroy. The enemy has a clear goal and the tactics he employs are many but sometimes we are our own worst enemy. There are false teachers who deceive God’s people into believing a perverted version of the truth (which is a lie).  Many are led astray because of this so remain alert and guard your doctrine.  The best lie is one that has truth in it.  The ability to discern truth happens by understanding God’s word, it’s applicability to our lives, and through constant prayer.  Otherwise the lies sound like truth and we find ourselves falling away from the very God we seek to serve.  One of the great lies that ensnares many is the idea that God is tolerant and perhaps even accepting toward sin.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  As Driscoll states in A Call to Resurgence:

 

“The Bible recognizes those who only and always preach peace, tolerance, love, and acceptance toward sin as false prophets and prophets for hire. The Old Testament and Revelation are littered with references to whoredom, describing false prophets who prostitute their message for profits.

 

False prophets love to tell us that God is only and forever tolerant. But the Bible teaches that God is not tolerant of sin but rather patient with sinners.  Second Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.”

 

A just God demands justice. We are fortunate that God’s grace extends to us and through Jesus we have an opportunity to enter into relationship with him.  Many things and many people will attempt to pressure you into compromising God’s standard for our lives.  If you’re not careful you won’t even know you’re making a compromise.  Be on the lookout for false teaching, even from people you trust.  Otherwise you could find yourself led astray.