False Prophets

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves" (Matthew 7:15).

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father, which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21).

"And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them" (Matthew 13:14,15).

To all who read this: it is time to call into question the teachings of every preacher or teacher, in every denomination, whether he teaches publicly or privately. It is true that there are some who listen to a preacher, or to preachers, accepting what is taught as truth, even when a comparison with God’s Word proves the teaching is false. A man who stands before others, declaring he is proclaiming God’s message, can be one of the "ravening wolves" about which Jesus warned us. All hearers must study their New Testament to know what Jesus, His apostles, and the inspired writers of the New Testament taught, for only those words will guide us to salvation. "The words I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63b). Jesus went on to say in John 6:64a, "There are some of you who believe not". How about each of us? Will we accept only the truth of God’s Word, rejecting the false teaching of those who teach a different doctrine? See Galatians 1:6-9.

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