Some seem to think that if a Biblical interpretation sounds good, seems pious, and "fills a need" it must be correct. That is not the case. Right doctrine is essential for a church that lives under the New Covenant. Those we allow to lead must be grounded in right doctrine or they are false teachers. The Bible has a great deal to say about false teachers. Here are many of them.
Matthew 7:15-20 - Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's
clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their
fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every
healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy
tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree
that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ...
Mark 7:9-13 - And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the
commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honor
your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must
surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever
you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— then you no
longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, thus making void the
word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things
you do.”
John 8:44 - You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do
your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to
do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks
out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 14:6 - But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that
I have said to you.
Luke 11:42 - “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every
herb, and neglect justice and the love of God.
Acts 15:1-2 - But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers,
“Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul
and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the
apostles and the elders about this question.
Acts 15:4-4 - When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and
the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said,
“It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the Law of
Moses.”
Acts 17:11 - Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they
received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if
these things were so.
Acts 20:29 - I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among
you, not sparing the flock;
Romans 16:17 - I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause
divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been
taught; avoid them.
Colossians 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty
deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the
world, and not according to Christ.
Galatians 1:8 - But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you
a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 3:1 - Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the
field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God
actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
Galatians 3:10 - For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for
it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in
the Book of the Law, and do them.”
1 Timothy 3:6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may
become conceited and fall under the same judgement.
1 Timothy 3:9 …keep hold of the deep truths of the faith…
1 Timothy 1:4 – Nor
to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote
speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.
1 Timothy 4:1-5 - Now
the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith
by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through
the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and
require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving
by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good,
and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is
made holy by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:7 -
Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives tales, rather, train
yourself to be godly.
1 Timothy 6:3 - If
anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of
our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands
nothing He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words
that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant
friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth…
1 Timothy 6:20-21 –
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless
chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge.
2 Timothy 4:1-5 - I
charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the
living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be
ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete
patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound
teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers
to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and
wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do
the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. ...
Titus 3:9 - But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions,
and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
Hebrews 10:11 - And every priest stands daily at his service, offering
repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
James 3:1-8 - Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for
you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all
stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a
perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths
of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at
the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they
are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So
also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a
forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...
2 Peter 2:1-10 - But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there
will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive
heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves
swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them
the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you
with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their
destruction is not asleep. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned,
but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be
kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved
Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood
upon the world of the ungodly; ...
1 John 4:1-3 – Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits
to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into
the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that
Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not
confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you
heard was coming and now” is in the world already.
2 John 1:7-11 - For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who
do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the
deceiver and the antichrist. Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we
have worked for, but may win a full reward. Everyone who goes on ahead and does
not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the
teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not
bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any
greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works.
Jude 1:3-4 - Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our
common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for
the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have
crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly
people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only
Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Revelation 13:1 - And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with
ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names
on its heads.
Revelation 22:17 - I warn everyone who hears the words of the
prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues
described in this book…
So, do YOU think false teachers should be tolerated in our churches?
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