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Discover how to identify, confront, and protect against false teachers through biblical guidance. Learn the destructive nature of false teachings, how to discern deception, and ways to defend the faith effectively.
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Effects of False Teachers 1 Timothy 6:3-5
Responses to False Teachers • Do not put up with, 2 Cor. 11:4 • Mark and turn away from, Rom. 16:17 • Contend earnestly for the faith, Jude 3 • Do not tolerate false teachers while rebuking those who teach the truth, 2 Cor. 12:11 (Gal. 4:16)
False Teachers DECEIVE2 Cor. 11:13-15 • Do not be caught off guard • Deceptive use of the word, 2 Cor. 4:1-2 • Pillage and plunder souls,Matt. 7:15 • Can escape notice,Jude 4 • Exploit you,2 Peter 2:3 • Test teachers,1 Jno. 4:1, 6; Rev. 2:2 (Eph. 5:6-7)
False Teachers DESTROY2 Peter 2:1-2 • Destroy themselves,2 Pet. 3:16 • Destroy those who accept their error,2:1-2; 2 Tim. 2:16-18 (Acts 20:29-30) • Destroy the influence of truth,2 Pet. 2:2 • Beware and grow in knowledge of truth,2 Pet. 3:17-18
False Teachers DEVOUR2 Peter 2:3 • Covet you for themselves, not for the truth’s sake,Gal. 6:12-13; 2 Cor. 12:14-15 (Rom. 16:18) • Feigned words (“formed”) • Flattering words,1 Ths. 2:5; Acts 20:20; Jer. 14:13-15
False Teachers DEVOUR2 Peter 2:3 • Mouths must be stopped, Titus 1:10-11 • Withstand with truth, 2 Cor. 11:4 • Contend for the faith, Jude 3 • Clearly see battle, 2 Cor. 10:3-5 • Identify false teacher, 2 Tim. 2:16-18 • Deliver them to Satan, 1 Tim. 1:18-20 • Turn away from them, 1 Tim. 6:3, 5
False Teachers DIVIDERomans 16:17-18 • Cause division where unity should exist, 1 Cor. 1:10; 1 Jno. 2:19; Acts 20:30 • Must mark false teachers, Rom. 16:17 • Limit their sphere of influence and protect innocent souls • Refuse the factious, Titus 3:10-11
Applications2 Timothy 3:16-17 • As numerous as the teachings of the Bible! • If unwilling to see the effects of false teachers and withstand them, we will be their victims and join them in eternal destruction! 2 Ths. 2:9-12; 2 Pet. 3:17