Faithful gospel preachers teach “sound doctrine.” But what does Paul mean by “sound”? Is it possible that many people claiming to be “sound” are nothing of the kind?
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
False Prophets and Teachers
False Christian teachers encourage sexual relationships condemned by God. They promise freedom, but what do they deliver?
False teachers try to put one hand over our eyes and the other hand in our pocket. But we don’t have to be taken in.
Legalists in Galatia were teaching the church that salvation depended on observance of the Law of Moses. It was a message different from what Paul had preached there. But it wasn’t really a “gospel” at all. It wasn’t good news.
God became flesh and lived among the men and women of first century Israel. But liars in the church denied Christ’s humanity. Why would they do that?
Jeremiah denounced the men of his day who gave the rebellious people of Judah false hope. What do these false prophets have in common with the false teachers of our own time?
The Bible says a lot about false teaching. But sometimes we confuse our own opinions about this issue for what the scriptures explicitly say.