JUDGE NOT: Did You Know....The Bible gives very specific instruction about our behaviour towards heretics and teachers of false doctrine.
HERESY Compromising the doctrines that are essential to faith can confuse the gospel sufficiently to make it powerless and is a serious assault upon the character of God, of Christ and salvation itself. So how did these doctrines creep into the church?
CAN YOU BE DECEIVED? The words deceit, deceitful, deceitfully, deceitfulness, deceive, and deceivability are used again and again in the Bible. It is one of the major themes. The underlying Greek words for deceit cover everything from self-deceit to the practice of deceit by unprincipled religious teachers and con artists. So we are warned repeatedly and must be ready
HOW TO DISCERN, JUDGE AND TEST RIGHTLY: What methods are being used for "discernment" today that don't have biblical support .. how does the Bible does tell us to test teaching, prophecy and actions.
HOW TO KEEP FROM GETTING SPIRITUALLY WEIRD You've got to know doctrine. Sorry, there's no other way. That's the only way to be protected. And remember what I said yesterday if you want to build your faith? Build your knowledge, because knowledge under girds faith. This is the kind of thing I'm talking about. You can't know what's theologically weird and avoid it unless you know what's theologically normal.
Also See Section The Christian And Knowledge
UNBIBLICAL CHURCH PROGRAMS: It seems like every time one turns around there is a ‘new’ program or course being pushed by the church... From The Purpose Driven Church, the Alpha Course, Cleansing Stream, and A Course In Miracles to Contemplative or Centering Prayer and Walking The Labryinth.. (What happened to simply reading Scripture and Bible study?) Many of these courses use Christian terminology but are they Scripturally sound? This section deals with these courses and others.
HOW TO CHRISTIANITY: The authority of Scriptures in the life of the believer cannot be superseded by anything else. Not by words of prophecy, not by signs and wonders, not by experience, and certainly not by pragmatic Christian "How To" manuals.
TBN: Under the guise of Christianity, TBN is probably the largest promoter of heresy today.
LIFESTYLES OF THE TELE-EVANGELISTS: Capitalizing on Christianity has proved to be far more lucrative than starting a new religion.
THE ANOINTING It would be difficult to find a charismatic/evangelical service/program/tract/book that is not liberally sprinkled with the word 'Anointed, which has become arguably the most overused, overworked, misunderstood, misinterpreted term in the Pentecostal and Charismatic arenas. There is a international anthem among an elite class of Charismatic celebrities today. It’s a stern warning repeatedly directed at their critics with a residual effect upon their devotees. It’s the frequent and methodical strategy that they recite against anyone who opposes their unscriptural doctrine and practice. It’s a charge of “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” and “touch not the Lord’s anointed.” What does the Bible mean when it says not to touch God’s anointed? [Section]
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COUNTERFEIT REVIVALS Is it a move of God or a demonic deception? Examining the origins, progress and underlying erroneous doctrines of the phenomenon. From Toronto and Brownsville to Lakeland this deception makes black appear white, obscures reality, enshrines absurdities and causes people to look for God in all the wrong places. What too many people do not seem to realize is that uncontrollable laughter and animal noises may be new to the church world, but the occult has known such phenomena for a long time. Moreover it is extremely disturbing to make a comparison between the experiences of Toronto / Brownsville and Kundalini (energy), an occult practice. [Section]
SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT: Holy Canon is void of any accounts, testimonies, experiences or doctrines like ‘Slain In The Spirit’
SLAIN IN THE SPIRIT II: It is interesting to note that in the Biblical accounts when people have fallen, it is the sinners who fall backwards.
FALSE PROPHETS The Bible tells us that if a prophet presumes to speak a word in God’s name, which God has not commanded him to speak, that prophet shall die... That false prophets are ferocious wolves in sheep’s clothing. (Matthew 7:15) Yet false prophets abound and thrive in the Christian world.
WORD OF FAITH: If the New Age movement is the greatest threat to evangelical Christianity from without, the word-faith/positive confession movement is its greatest threat from within. This is not entirely true. The Word of Faith movement IS the New Age movement... with a few Christian terms and concepts sprinkled in for to keep it believable. Nor is the extent of the controversy an honest doctrinal difference among orthodox believers, but a confrontation between the gospel preached by the Lord Jesus Christ and another gospel, rendered all the more alarming when one consider the common origins of Christian Science, New Thought, Unity School of Christianity and the Word-Faith movement. [Section]
THE PROSPERITY DOCTRINE: Prosperity teachers equate wealth with godliness and faith. The Bible says otherwise. John the Baptist was called the “Greatest of Men” by Jesus, yet Jesus asked the multitudes concerning him: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? ... A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts." Sadly many faithful followers give their hard earned money to these spoiled brats in hopes of pleasing God and doing their part in the ‘ministry’. In any case why do these "ministers" have to ask for money at all? Could not they apply their own principles and reap the money themselves? [Section]
HEALING: Section Includes Is Physical Healing Included In The Atonement, Does God Still Heal? Does God Always Heal?, Inner Healing...the work of the Holy Spirit or unbiblical, devilish and dangerous and Healer? Heal Thyself! [Section]
HEAVEN CAN’T WAIT Visionaries throughout the centuries have claimed to have been caught up to the other side, however visions of heaven throughout the centuries have been significantly conditioned by whichever view of the afterlife prevailed at the time. Besides which contradictory versions about trips to heaven shoot wide of Scripture in significant areas.
ETERNAL SECURITY (Once Saved - Always Saved) The truth or otherwise of the doctrine of eternal security has real consequences in the way we preach the gospel, the way we instruct new converts, and our attitude towards temptation and compromise in our own lives. [Section]
INCLUSIVISM: Is the belief in the all-inclusive final triumph of God where the majority of mankind, regardless of religious belief, who lead moral lives but have no knowledge of the saving grace of Christ are saved and find a place in paradise.
UNIVERSALISM: Declares that all men are now saved, though all do not realize it. Therefore the job of the preacher and the missionary is to tell people they are already saved.
MAN AS GOD How New Age Teaching have crept into the church. Is the belief that men were created to be "gods", either in this life or in some future exaltation, a Christian teaching? Is it in any sense Christian to speak of the "deification" of man -- to say that God created or redeemed man in order to become deity? What do various religious groups who use such language today mean? Are they all saying the same thing? Are all who use such terminology heretics? If not, how do we tell the difference? All of these questions will be addressed in this article.
SELF ESTEEM The apostle Paul warned us that one of the characteristics of the last days would be that "men shall be lovers of their own selves" (2 Tim. 3:2).
LATTER RAIN REVIVAL/THE RESTORATION MOVEMENT/KINGDOM NOW/DOMINION THEOLOGY Are all related doctrines teaching that the rapture, tribulation, end time apostasy and a literal Antichrist are deceptions. Instead Joel's army will purge the earth (the cleansing) of all wickedness and rebellion and even judge the denominational Church. They, as the true Church will inherit the earth, and rule the nations... all before Christ comes back. When he (Jesus) does come we are to hand the kingdom over to him and he will say ‘job well done, enter into the kingdom’.
A ONE WORLD RELIGION Major steps have already been taken to establish a unified world religion.
JESUS DESCENDED INTO HELL According to this doctrine Jesus was ushered into hell where He was tortured for three days and nights by Satan and his demons, then was reborn or “born again” in hell...
