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  • Organizations that Do Not believe in
    or profess the Word of God
    False Teachers

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    Window To Christian Ministries
    Copyright 2001
    By Cathy Orrick Luders
    Cedar Rapids, Iowa
    All Rights Reserved


    NLT: Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW LIVING TRANSLATION Copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, IL 60188

    • False Teachers
    False Prophets
    False Witness
    Is it consistent with what the Bible says? Is Jesus exalted and is His kingdom strengthened? Is the intended result God-honoring?

  • "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because 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 of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world." (1 John 4:1-3)

  • "Beware of false prophets; who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.'' (Matthew 7:15-16)

  • "How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed them
    to the full, then they committed adultery..." (Jeremiah 5:7)

  • "And it will be when you say, 'Why does the Lord our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, 'Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours." (Jeremiah 5:19)

    What is a Cult?
    What is a False Teacher?

    It is a perversion, a distortion of biblical Christianity and/or
    a rejection of the historic teachings of the Christian church.

    It is a group of people centered around someone's
    interpretation of the Bible and is characterized
    by major deviations from orthodox Christianity
    relative to the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith,
    particularly the fact that God became man in Jesus Christ.

    There is only one devil (Satan - Lucifer), but many demons --
    angels who sinned with Satan by following him when he revolted against God.

    Some demons are confined (cast into hell and
    delivered into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment),
    but many demons are still active in the world:

    • Demons seek to thwart the purposes of God
       -- (to stand against the craftiness of the devil)
    • Demons promote their own system of doctrine
      ("Now the Spirit explicitly says that in latter times
      some will depart from the faith, giving heed
      to deceiving spirts and doctrines of demons"
      - 1 Timothy 4:1)
    • Demons can inflict diseases
      -- (mute and demon-possessed)
    • Demons can possess the bodies of men and animals -- (sheep)

    Characteristics of False Teachers ... cults, etc.

    • New intrepretations of Scripture
    • Non-Biblical source of authority
    • Another Messiah
    • Rejection of orthodox Christianity
    • Double-talk
    • Non-Biblical teaching on the nature of God (Trinity)
    • Changing theology
    • Strong leadership
    • Salvation by works
    • False prophecy
    • Members are isolated from family and former friends
    • Leaders believes he/she knows what is best for individual members
    • Tend to be emotionally and sometimes, physically and sexually abusive

    False Teachers
    All world religions that do not believe in Jesus Christ. These include Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism.

    Cults -- Who Are They . . .