Warning: False Teaching Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Matthew 7:15-20
Pastor Dan Erickson
February 4, 2024

The Minister of Defense: Reggie White and the “Hebrew Roots” movement

Jesus’ warning against false teachers


THERE REALLY ARE FALSE TEACHERS OUT THERE

Biblical warnings (Acts 20:29-30)

There is such a thing as “truth”

FALSE TEACHERS DENY, DISTORT, OR ADD TO THE TRUTH

The Bible is the source of truth (Jeremiah 23:16-17)


False teachers tell people it is “okay to sin” (2 Timothy 4:3)


“Who speaks for God?”

FALSE TEACHERS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR FRUIT (Acts 17:11)

FALSE TEACHING CAN BE VERY DESTRUCTIVE

PRACTICAL LESSONS:

Be critical listeners and readers

Distinguish between essential and non-essential doctrines

What do you do when you recognize someone is a false teacher?


Be discerning when listening to teachers