The Deceived & The Heretics

Part I – The Deceived

Many people have awakened from I call the “Heresy Matrix” because many of us were plugged into the teachings of many false teachers back in the day such as Copeland, Hagin, Hinn, Meyer, Cahn, and so many others of the liars spewing their heresies on the false christian TV stations. However, many of these same people have totally forgotten that they too were once deceived by the teachings of these wolves and that they didn’t listen to anyone who came against their favorite teachers either. This being said, we must all learn a new way to approach those who are still sitting under the teachings of these false teachers. Many people who were born again may have been whisked right into churches that are teaching these lies and because they were babes they did not realize that what they were learning were nothing more than verses ripped out of context and in some cases complete lies. Knowing this then we need to realize that blasting people with everything we have will not give us the results we want which is these people will become free from their chains of false doctrine. So how should we approach them? Simply, with love… Galatians 6:1 tells us “Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted” and while many think that this verse only has to do with people caught in sin it actually means “sin or a lapse or deviation from the truth” which is what false doctrines are so our job is to present the truth of the Word and then let the Holy Spirit do the rest. Getting into endless debates is fruitless and many people watching these wars are not saved so what message are we sending them? I hope this helps us all because there are a lot of people in the “Heresy Matrix” that need to be set free and God will send them our way so we must be ready to “lead” them to the truth and not “bash” the truth into them…

Part II – Heretics

Today while having a discussion with someone I thought was a man of the Word I suddenly was floored by something he said. He referenced the letters of Paul the Apostle and said that they “were never intended for us but were simply letters to the Churches of his day, but we can learn SOME things from them”. If that is true then in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 where “Paul” wrote that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” needs to be ripped out of our Bibles and thrown away. As Saints and messengers of Jesus we must always be diligent in what and WHO we allow into our lives and in the case of Facebook what we allow to be posted on our pages.  2 John 1:9-10 tells us “Whosoever transgresses and abides not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son” so anyone who is teaching heresy is clearly NOT of God and I do NOT care if that person has been your Pastor for 40 years because if they are not teaching the Word of God then it is TIME TO GO and to go NOW! It doesn’t matter how many “scriptural things they say correct” because one heretical statement ends their entire message. This does not mean that just because someone is teaching let’s say “once saved always saved” that they are a heretic because it could be that this is how they were taught. However, once you share with them what the Word says about OSAS then they have to adjust their teaching or they will have to answer for teaching it incorrectly. Real heretics of (T)he (B)east (N)etwork type always hide their heresies by preaching parts of sermons that are scripturally accurate. For instance, one of these “female” pastors on TV says that if you want to “go higher in the things of God then you have to let things go” which fits with Paul’s teaching of laying aside the sin and weights that so easily beset us. However, this same “pastor” turns around and preaches that “Jesus was in hell for three days and that demons jumped all up on him, and that we are little gods” which is TOTAL HERESY so should this woman be followed? Did she also not read where Bishops (leaders of the church - pastors) are supposed to be the “husbands” of one wife? If that is true (and God’s Word is truth) then the only way she could fulfill this verse would be that she would have to be the “male” head of a “lesbian” relationship. Since homosexuality is outlawed in the Word then there is NO WAY she can scripturally be a pastor PERIOD! So why does a little heresy matter? In Galatians 5:9 Paul writes “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump”, and if you read the previous verses Paul was talking about standing in the liberty of Christ, not being entangled again in the yoke of bondage, circumcision, and the law. He then says in verses 7-8 “Ye did run well so who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? Know that this persuasion cometh not of him that called you”. So anyone who does not preach the whole truth is actually just leading their congregations back into bondage because their teaching is clearly not from Christ because it contains false teaching.

Finally, we are warned in 2 John 1:9-10 that “If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed for he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds”. This means that anyone who receives a false teacher (or anyone else who brings another Gospel) into their house whether in person, on the internet, or on their TV set becomes a partaker in that persons SIN and this includes allowing them to post their false teachings on your social media pages. This does not mean that we do not try and show them the truth, but what it does mean that if they continue in their false teachings that we are to no longer allow them access to our lives.

I know this is a hard teaching, but are we going to be doers of the Word or hearers only thus deceiving ourselves?