would You Know a False Teaching If it Hit You in the Face?

Good Shepherd Today's picture is of an Israeli shepherd grazing his sheep. It reminds us of Psalm 23: 1-3; "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake"  “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who brought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.” (2 Peter 2:1). Hey Gang:  When Jesus was asked by His disciples, “When will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and the end of the age” (Matt. 24:3), His response was “Careful, careful, careful, “See to it that no one misleads you.  For many will come in My name, saying, I am the Christ,” and will lead many” (vs. 4-5). In my lifetime I have seen many of the signs Jesus said would become reality prior to his coming. In fact, it has been stated by most of the prophecy guru’s that I have learned to respect, that everything is in place for the greatest event of all time to occur – the Coming of our Lord to collect His sheep and take them home. But I want to emphasize, the first and foremost warning that He gave was “keep your spiritual ears filled with His word and learn to recognize His voice, for many are going to be taken down the wrong road just prior to his coming.  As a child I would have never believed that it would be a crime to place a nativity scene in a public park or say Merry Christmas to a friend or neighbor in one of our nation’s public buildings. It was beyond my comprehension that a Franking Order would tell our legislators that they could no longer wish those that support them a Merry Christmas,or that it would be bordering on a capital offense to call a Christmas Tree a Christmas Tree! In my lifetime I have seen the church lose its power, the rise of Replacement Theology in many churches (a theology that tries to convince the world that God replaced Israel, the Apple of His Eye with the Church,) or that it does not matter who you believe in, all the guru’s and false Messiahs lead to the same creator God, or that it is enough just to believe that Jesus did indeed exist, but not sure if the virgin birth is true, or did He really rise from the dead?  And even more profound, did He ascend to the Father and is He preparing to come again? Jesus said, “CAREFUL, WARNING, RED LIGHTS BLARING, for we are into that day when you can find people who agree with anything you say.  Many are being LED DOWN THE Prime-Rose-Path to destruction by the evil one.  Note the end of the above Scripture verse, “False teachers will introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who brought them”  Now, note his condemnation of those false prophets and false teachings “He will bring swift destruction upon themselves”.    Soooo, friends and neighbors, one does not have to be a rocket-scientist to see and know that many have ignored Jesus’ words to be very careful and “Not be deceived” and I have very bad news for those who do not go to the throne room daily and fill their hearts and minds with the Word of God – you will not know when you are being deceived.   Blessings,  Gramps