False Gospel, False Doctrine, False Teachers

The following are a sample of false gospels, false doctrines and false teachers I warn about on Facebook and MeWe

• Christopher Campbell: https://www.facebook.com/RevelationScriptures
• Book of Revelation Church, Bible Study & School: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RevelationScriptures/
• Revelation Scriptures: https://revelationscriptures.com/

Teaches that the pretribulation rapture is lie;

Since pre-tribulation rapture teachers and believers “subtract” Revelation’s timing for “salvation” & “rewarding” and “add” another timing, YHWH’s “plagues” & death-tr sentence  of Revelation 22:18-19 applies!

Expect the death sentence for pre-tribulation rapture teachers & believers according to God’s words at Jeremiah 14. 

In the near future, instead of the rapture, expect pre-tribulation rapture teachers and believers to be targeted & exterminated by God “arrows” in the 1st– 4th Seals also called the “beginning of birth pains” Rev 6:1-8, Deut 32:23-25 – Song of Moses Re-Sung at Rev 15:3, Matt 24:7-8. Escapism in the Bible was only taught by the false and Lying prophets. All faithful men & women from Genesis to Revelation were never removed from trials, persecution and tribulation but were required to endure them!  

 

• Dominionism: Dominion theology refers to a line of theological interpretation and thought with regard to the role of the church in contemporary society. Dominion theology is also known as Christian reconstructionism and theonomy. Dominion theology states that biblical Christianity will rule all areas of society, personal and corporate. Christian reconstructionism reasons that society will be reconstructed by the Law of God as preached in the gospel and the Great Commission. Theonomy is a post-millennial view believing that all of the moral laws contained in the Old Testament are yet binding today. Although these might sound somewhat disparate, they have all been closely linked together to the point that people often use the terms interchangeably.
  
  
• Dominion theology 
• Christian Dominionism

• Tribulational Rapturist (Mid, Pre-wrath, Interseal or Post), Any doctrine that places the timing of the rapture after the seven years tribulation starts with the revelation of the coming prince making a treaty with Israel to begin Temple worship. (Daniel 9:27). These teachers and their disciples hate the doctrine that the rapture is before the tribulation and they lie and slander the doctrine and those who teach it to gain disciples in their fold. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Not Afraid of the Antichrist: Why We Don't Believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture
  Michael L. Brown, Craig S. Keener
  
  Christians should not expect to get out of experiencing the tribulation or the end times. Nowhere in the Bible does the Lord promise us this, say Michael Brown and Craig Keener, two leading, acclaimed Bible scholars. In fact, they say, Jesus promises us tribulation in this world. Yet this is no reason to fear. Brown and Keener walk you through what the Bible really says about the rapture, the tribulation, and the end times. What they find will leave you full of hope. God's wrath is not poured out on His people, and He will shield us from it--as he shielded Israel in Egypt during the ten plagues. So instead of taking comfort in what God hasn't promised, take comfort in the words of Jesus: He has overcome the world, and we live in his victory. 

• Rapture doctrine is one of the most recent "new doctrines" in the history of the Church. Darby has had a profound impact on religion today, since Darby's "secret rapture" false doctrine has infected most conservative, evangelical churches. While the official creeds and statements of faith of many churches either reject or are silent about Rapture, neither do they openly condemn this doctrine of a demon from the pulpit.  All premillennialists, rapturists and dispensationalists alive today believe the Bible reveals the general era of when Christ will return. The date setters of the 1800's (Seventh-day Adventists who are date setting premillennialists who reject the rapture, Jehovah's Witnesses who have set many dates) based their predictions upon speculative arrangements of numbers and chronologies in the Bible. Today's date setters without exception wrongly believe that Israel gaining state hood in 1948 fulfilled Bible prophecy and that Christ would return within one generation. https://www.bible.ca/

• I have heard a few somewhat reasonable and concise arguments in favor of a pre-tribulation rapture position. One of those was written by Dr Tony Garland.I decided to use his article as a springboard to refute the pre-tribulational position. I strongly recommend reading Timing of the Rapture.
  
  Dr Garland begins by answering an anonymous question,
  

  “Is there someplace on your site where you’ve laid out your perception of the end times, including who is involved (the Church, the Jews, etc.) in each piece? And/or biblical support for a pre-tribulation rapture? I have been attempting to study the end times, as I’ve always been taught that there is a pre-tribulation rapture, but I’ve never been taught WHY I should believe that is so. My studies, so far, have not turned up any compelling reasons for believing this particular eschatological view, and have turned up some things which would seem to oppose such a view. However, I do not wish to automatically discard this view; I just can’t find anyone who is teaching it with solid scriptural backing! If you are able to provide me with the scriptural basis for this view, it would be a great help.”

  Before I came to embrace a pre-millennial post-tribulational view, I was taught like the person asking this question that pre-tribulationism is simply true and that it was obviously so. But over time and after considerable study, I too found it difficult to find pre-tribulationism in scripture, and to the contrary found numerous passages that seemed to refute the idea. Dr Garland goes on to state that many Christians are raised in pre-tribulational Churches but lack the proper teaching and Biblical foundation to form their views from, and are subsequently drawn away from it. I would submit that is the lack of Biblical support for pre-tribulationism that causes most people raised in pretrib Churches to eventually reject the idea, and rightly so. 
• I’m no longer going to allow myself to be intimidated by this false doctrine or it’s proponents. As we draw closer to the time of Christ’s return this issue becomes even more pressing. As this blog evolves there will be some spirited disagreement. Unlike many of the proponents of pretribulationinsm I will refrain from judging those who disagree with me as it is God himself who will judge.
  
  No Pretrib - Scott Pruitt

•  Nephilim Eschatology with Serpent Seed: 
  • Modern Nephilim aficionados are preparing their students and readers for the return of the Nephilim—not the return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Extra-biblical mythology and occult lore are quickly supplanting true Bible study and holy living. Speculation and supposition are rising, rapidly replacing proper biblical exegesis.
    
    Biblical prophecy has always fascinated believers. And in the past few decades there has been vast and far-reaching speculations about endtime scenarios. It is a very popular topic in the Christian media. But this current fascination with science fiction and paranormal topics goes far beyond Scripture. It starts simply enough with a mere fascination of the unknown. But then it goes on to take a few verses from Genesis 6 out of context. Next, these verses are wildly extrapolated to a non-human species that goes far beyond any prophecy found in the Bible. And to bolster this bizarre case, occult sources are being cited as authoritative, thus creating a potentially volatile new mixture of biblical prophecy with pagan mythology.
    
    In the process, a new heretical eschatology is being birthed that has serious and far-reaching ramifications to the evangelical church.
    
    Chronicling the “Rise of Charismatic Dominionism,” Herescope posted an article last summer tracing the “Serpent Seed” heresy, and other currently popular deceptions, back to the Latter Rain movement of the 1940s, specifically to a false teacher named William Branham. This is significant because Branham's aberrant beliefs have formed the foundation of the doctrines of the New Apostolic Reformation movement.
    
    Branham’s false “Serpent Seed” doctrine—destroys the foundation of the Gospel of salvation. Branham's heresies from the 1940s are alive and well today within the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and IHOP movements. Shockingly, Branham's beliefs are now rapidly gaining ground among conservative camps of evangelicals via the Nephilim Eschatology heresy. Heresy begets more heresy. Coupled with the Nephilim Eschatology fabrications, and the additional Genesis 6 distortions, Branham's aberrant teachings are continuing to morph into even more frightening heresies posing as biblical truth.

• Islamic Eschatology:  Mixing Islamic Eschatology with Biblical Eschatology to teach that Islam will be the final kingdom and that the Anti-Christ will be their Mahadi. 
  
  
• There are both minor and major signs that point to the climactic event in Islamic eschatology — namely, “the Hour,” which is the time of resurrection and judgment. There is a Second Coming of Jesus in Islamic end time events, but it is not considered to be the decisive event. Rather, it is viewed as a sign pointing toward “the Hour.” The beginning of the end times is marked by the appearance of the Antichrist, who is called the Dajjal. 
  
  As with the Christian Scriptures, the order of the major end time events is not always clear in the Qu’ran and Hadith, and therefore, in Islamic tradition they are placed in various chronological order.
  
  Also — as is the case with Christianity — Islam teaches that only God knows the timing of the end time events. But there are signs to watch for that will indicate the season. There are both major and minor signs.
  
  Many of the minor signs have to do with general trends in society. Others relate to specific events that will occur before the appearance of the Antichrist. The major signs relate to specific prophesied events that will occur between the time of the appearance of the Antichrist and “the Hour” of resurrection and judgment. The listings of both the minor and major signs vary greatly.

• Islam in Apocalyptic Perspective
  Baylor University
  
  Many Christians want to know more about Islamic practices, the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur’an, and how Muslim societies are organized. They may be ministering to Muslim immigrants or meeting new coworkers, guiding missionary projects or organizing business activities around the world, traveling more widely or retreating in fear of jihadist violence. Unfortunately, looming over their newfound interest are the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
  
  Some are misconstruing Islam through events in Revelation. “The horrific collapse of the World Trade Center towers might well turn one’s thoughts to the apocalypse, but something more than horror is at work,” 
  

  “Although the details have changed over time, American Christians have actually been speculating about connections between Islam and the apocalypse for centuries. The level of apocalyptic interest generated by 9/11 is new. The pattern of thought is not.”
  
  “Is Apocalyptic Imagination Killing Us?”
  Thomas Kidd 

  
  
  
  
   

• The Muslim Antichrist Theory
  The question as to whether or not the Antichrist will be a Jew or a Gentile has been hotly debated by Bible prophecy experts ever since the revival of the study of end time Bible prophecy some 400 years ago. In recent years the debate has taken on a new flavor by some who are obviously impressed with the resurgence of Islam worldwide. They have developed a whole new scheme of end time events in which one of the most prominent features is a Muslim Antichrist.

• Sid Roth's Its Supernatural: 

• Sid Roth is one of the charismatic cult’s most notorious false prophets who peddles stories about so-called “supernatural” encounters with God that, for the most part, contradict what the Scriptures actually teach about God. For example, he peddled one story on his YouTube channel where a man says he visited Heaven and Jesus told him that they’re “always drunk in Heaven.”
  
  That’s par for the course for Roth’s “It’s Supernatural” stories, but there was one thing Sid Roth said a couple of years ago that proved beyond doubt he was a false teacher—not that we needed more proof.

• Trinity Broadcasting Network: 

• The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, was started by an Assemblies of God minister, Paul Crouch, with his wife, Jan, in 1973. The couple began buying air time on a local TV station and was eventually able to buy a low-power TV station in the Los Angeles area in 1974. They produced some of their own programming and sold air time to other Christian ministries. In 1977 the station was renamed KTBN. Over time, they expanded their broadcast hours, the programming began to be carried via satellite and local cable, and the network came into its own.
  
  Today, according to TBN’s website, the Trinity Broadcasting Network is the largest and most watched “faith network” on the planet. From the website: “TBN has grown into a family of over thirty twenty-four-hour global networks reaching every inhabited continent with entertaining, inspirational, and life-changing programming for every family member and demographic.”

• Fan's of Johnathan Cahn: 
  
  
• Many people believe that Jonathan Cahn is a modern day prophet and that his books contain “special revelation.” For this reason his books have become best sellers, especially in Christian circles.  His first book, The Harbinger, sold like hotcakes and as a result he became a sought after speaker and frequent guest on the radio talk show circuit. His most recent book, The Mystery of Shemitah, is also a best seller.
  
  One of Cahn’s many critics is Pastor Bob DeWaay of Critical Issues.  DeWaay penned a book review of Shemitah which we urge visitors to Berean Research to read.  In his review, DeWaay puts to rest the notion that Jonathan Cahn has received “special revelation” as he claims.  He also puts to rest the notion that this man is in any way shape or form a prophet of God.
  
  When A False Teacher Calls America "Israel"
  A Review of The Mystery of the Shemitah by Jonathan Cahn
  by Bob DeWaay

We urge our brethren to exercise extreme caution–and spiritual discernment–before diving into one of Jonathan Cahn’s books.

• Joyce Myer's Ministries: 
  
  
• Joyce Meyer was born on June 4, 1943.  She is married, has four children, and lives outside of St. Louis, Missouri.  She runs the Joyce Meyer Ministries organization (joycemeyer.org).  When examining the site’s statement of faith, we are glad to see an affirmation of the Trinity, that man is a sinner, that without Jesus we can have no relationship with God, that salvation is a free gift, and that eternal hell is a real and serious consequence of sin.  However, we are concerned with the statement on “divine healing” because there are so many aberrant groups that also affirm divine healing and also say that when people are sick, it is because of sin.  

• Hagee Ministries:
  
  
• Dr. John Hagee is the founder of the Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas.  Cornerstone is a nondenominational church with several thousand members.  Dr. John Hagee can be seen on more than 160 television stations and 50 radio stations across America. He is the author of at least 10 books.1
  
  On the surface, everything looks good.  On his website at  jhm.org, Dr. John Hagee affirms the basics of the Christian faith including the deity of Christ, the Trinity, etc.  His beliefs page is not very precise, but it appears to be within orthodoxy.  The problem, however, is with his new book “In Defense of Israel” where Dr. Hagee apparently states that Jesus was not the Messiah.  If you were to go to youtube.com 2 you can hear where Dr. Hagee speaks regarding his book and says his book, In Defense of Israel, will prove that “Jesus did not come to Earth to be the Messiah,” (20 seconds in) and that ” . . . since Jesus refused by word and deed to claim to be the Messiah how can the Jews be blamed for rejecting what was never offered?” (32 seconds in).  Obviously, this is a huge problem.

• Perry Stone Ministries;
• (The) problem with Perry Stone and it is one that is common to the signs and wonders crowd. Many believe that God has deliberately kept things secret even from godly Christians for generations until the time was right to release those secrets. Jonathan Cahn operates under this con that God has given him the knowledge about certain things (often related to America), that no one else has been privy to because the time is allegedly the right time now to release that information. Cahn has published numerous books that have claimed special knowledge about biblical things. He has yet to be correct and his exegesis is seriously flawed.
  Perry Stone’s book, Prophecies Concealed Now Revealed, is the sixth in a series of “unusual prophecies being fulfilled.” The entire emphasis is on how things are allegedly pointing to the return of Jesus. Yes, with each day that passes, we move closer to His physical return. Granted, we are told to look forward to that day (Luke 21:34-36; 1 John 3:2-3), but the major difficulty is the emphasis people have on His return as opposed to the need for us to continue working to reach the lost.
  When I was involved in the Charismatic movement decades years ago, the emphasis then was on the Second Coming (or Rapture), which was always said to be just around the next corner. Roughly 40 years have passed and it has not happened. I look back to my involvement and realize just how much time I wasted looking for and attempting to interpret one sign after another.
  The Lord’s return is and has always been imminent. It could happen at any moment, but we also need to remember that God is completely outside of time and not at all bound by it. He sees everything at the same time – past, present, and future – because He exists as God in the eternal present. So for Him to say that He is returning soon is literal fact as far as He is concerned. However, I may end up dying before the Rapture occurs and then there are still seven years of Tribulation that must occur before He will physically return to this planet.
  We can run from one book to the next, one conference to the other, all in the pursuit of trying to “unlock” the alleged Bible “code” so that we have greater understanding, but what is our relationship with God like? Do we live each day doing what Jesus did? He lived to fulfill the Father’s will for Him for that day. His “food” was obeying God. He fulfilled needs placed before Him as the Father moved Him. We seem far more concerned about “unlocking” the Bible to let us in on God’s secret time of return rather than searching the Bible to determine how to live the life God wants us to live. What is wrong with that picture?
  Jesus wasn’t the least bit concerned about timing of certain events. In fact, when the disciples asked Him if He was then going to set up His earthly Kingdom, do you remember what His response was at that time?
  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. (Acts 1:7 KJV; see also Matthew 24)
  One would think that Jesus Himself would be much more excited and anticipatory about His own physical return, yet He deferred to the Father. So should we, yet an entire cottage industry has arisen dedicated to discerning and decoding every aspect of God’s Word not for the purpose of living more dedicated, obedient lives, but to have knowledge regarding His return. We like to be “in the know,” don’t we?
  Our objective as Christians should be to daily live our Father’s will. He actually has things for us to do, things that will often go a long way in bringing the lost to Him. But Satan prefers that we set that aside and focus on the timing of His return.
  People like Perry Stone appear to feed into this and encourage that thinking. Unfortunately, seeing the items he sells in his online store reminds me of a snake oil salesman. Did Jesus open a store and sell Holy Land trinkets? Did He encourage the use of anointing oil? Did He carry a bottle? He sometimes used spit to heal (John 9:6), yet no one sells saliva from the glands of Jews who live in the Holy Land, do they?
  Jesus commanded His disciples to not be deceived (Matthew 24:4; Luke 21:8). He expects us to obey and the implication is that anyone who is not careful can be deceived. How can we avoid that? The greatest first step you can make is to immerse yourself in God’s Word every day. If you do not do that, it is not too late to start.

• Joseph Prince,
  
  
• JOSEPH PRINCE is a Charismatic False Teacher of what is called “Radical Grace”, and is a False Prophet who is sadly involved in the Prosperity gospel. His real name before he changed it is: Xenonamander Jegahusiee Singh. He was born in 1963, and he and his wife WENDY PRINCE are the Senior Pastors of: New Creation Church in Singapore. He helped to be one of the Founders of this church in 1983 when he was only 20 years old, and at that time they had around 25 people in attendance…now as of 2015-2016 it has over 31,000. Joseph Prince has a Book and a Television program called “Destined to Reign” which began airing in 2007…and another book called “Unmerited Favor.” His theological background is the Word of Faith Prosperity Gospel Movement.

 

• Continuationism, 
  
  
• Continuationism is the belief that all the spiritual gifts, including healings, tongues, and miracles, are still in operation today, just as they were in the days of the early church. A continuationist believes that the spiritual gifts have “continued” unabated since the Day of Pentecost and that today’s church has access to all the spiritual gifts mentioned in the Bible.

• New Apostolic Reformation,

• The New Apostolic Reformation, or NAR, is an unbiblical religious movement that emphasizes experience over Scripture, mysticism over doctrine, and modern-day “apostles” over the plain text of the Bible. Of particular distinction in the New Apostolic Reformation are the role and power of spiritual leaders and miracle-workers, the reception of “new” revelations from God, an over-emphasis on spiritual warfare, and a pursuit of cultural and political control in society. The seeking of signs and wonders in the NAR is always accompanied by blatantly false doctrine.

• Mid-Acts Dispensationalism, the Grace Movement

• Mid-Acts dispensationalism or the Grace Movement sees the apostles Peter, James, John, and the rest as still operating under the Old Covenant in Acts 1—8. They were still dutifully keeping the Law and still meeting as a Jewish body in Jerusalem. Peter and the other apostles preached repentance to Israel, but the church age had not yet begun. It was Paul, the “apostle to the Gentiles” (Romans 11:13), to whom the doctrine of the church—and the doctrine of grace—was revealed. It was only after Paul began to minister that the church age actually began. Thus, the only parts of the New Testament that are specifically for the church are the Pauline Epistles. The rest of the New Testament is only directly applicable to Christian living in the way that the Old Testament is. Truth can be learned from it, but it was not written to Christians.
  
  Mid-Acts dispensationalism makes a distinction between a “gospel of circumcision,” taught by Peter, and a “gospel of uncircumcision,” taught by Paul, based on Galatians 2:7. In our view, Paul is referring to different audiences in that passage, not different gospels. The Jews whom Peter ministered to were aved by grace through faith, just as the Gentiles to whom Paul ministered.
  
  Mid-Acts dispensationalism also takes a different view of the Gentiles who were part of the early church before Paul was converted. Acts 2:10–11 makes it clear that the crowd listening to Peter preach on the Day of Pentecost included Gentile proselytes to Judaism. And Acts 8 shows how Samaritans and an Ethiopian were baptized into Christ before Paul ever started preaching the doctrine of the church or of grace. Thus, there was a joint church body of Jews and Gentiles before Paul began his ministry. The mid-Acts dispensationalist would acknowledge a mixture of Jews and Gentiles in Acts 2—8 but would specify that the Gentiles were Jewish proselytes and living under Jewish law. The Acts 2 dispensationalist would point out that there is no indication that the Gentiles saved in Acts 8 were ever required to be circumcised.

• King James Onlyism, 

• The KJV Only movement claims its loyalty to be to the Textus Receptus, a Greek New Testament manuscript compilation completed in the 1500s. To varying degrees, KJV Only advocates argue that God guided Erasmus (the compiler of the Textus Receptus) to come up with a Greek text that is perfectly identical to what was originally written by the biblical authors. However, upon further examination, it can be seen that KJV Only advocates are not loyal to the Textus Receptus, but rather only to the KJV itself. The New Testament of the New King James Version is based on the Textus Receptus, just as the KJV is. Yet, KJV Only advocates label the NKJV just as heretical as they do the NIV, NAS, etc.

False Gospel:

No Other Gospel

Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!

Acts 15:1Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers:

a) “You cannot be saved unless you are circumcised (outward rituals like baptismal regeneration and sacraments, speaking in tongues, etc.),

b) “According to the custom taught by Moses (or other doctrines of man that adds to or subtracts from the gospel with works).

2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them.

2 Corinthians 11: 2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

12 I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

Five False Gospels within the Evangelical Church
Erwin Lutzer

False Gospel 1: The Gospel of Permissive Grace

Many people have been rescued out of sterile, joyless, and performance-based Christianity when they learn that we are not only saved by grace, we are also daily renewed and accepted by grace. They have been delivered from a life of rules without relationship and outward compliance without joyful obedience. Grace, once understood, is truly amazing, not just for great sinners but also for struggling saints. But today we are witnessing a perversion of grace in what we can call the Grace Movement: teachers and preachers who offer people grace in advance, even before they are convinced they need it.

Today, many preachers say that “God loves you unconditionally” and “God loves you just as you are.” Unconditional love is interpreted as unconditional acceptance of one’s lifestyle.

God does not love everyone in the same way. He loves His people, those who are “in Christ” unconditionally, even as He loves His Son (John 17:20–23). But this does not mean that God is always pleased with our conduct; nor does it mean that God does not discipline us for our waywardness. Although God is kindly disposed to everyone and loves the world (John 3:16), “it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31). And again, “Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:28–29).

False Gospel 2: The Gospel of Social Justice

In the early twentieth century, many churches left off preaching the cross of Christ and replaced it with “doing good to their fellow man.” They justified their stance with verses from the Old Testament, such as “bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause” (Isaiah 1:17) and similar texts in the New Testament, where Jesus taught that when we visit His followers in prison, we are visiting Him (Matthew 25:35–40). Social concerns replaced the finished work of Christ who died and rose again to save sinners, and the gospel of God saving us from sin was almost entirely neglected. In reaction, fundamentalists rejected the social gospel and, for the most part, confined themselves to the urgent need for individual conversion, neglecting the social implications of the gospel.

History is repeating itself today, but with a different twist. Many millennials, feeling as if they don’t fit with evangelicalism’s romance with conservative politics, have chosen to devote themselves to social justice, and sadly, many of them have abandoned the doctrine of personal repentance and opted for what they see as a more practical gospel, helping the poor and needy.

We are commanded to live radically like Christ, committing ourselves to the needs of others, body, soul, and spirit. But we must serve with a redemptive mindset, always seeking for opportunities to build bridges that will lead them to eternal life. We need gospel-driven social work that serves people because they are needy and because we want them to trust in Christ. If compassion motivates us to help alleviate the suffering in this present world, how much more should compassion motivate us to share the good news to alleviate their suffering in the world to come?

False Gospel 3: The Gospel of New Age Spirituality

Many younger evangelicals do not feel at home in church. They gravitate to groups where they can be personally involved in honest sharing, caring for the poor, and ongoing relationships. Predictable formal worship services that follow a script often lack the vitality some of them are looking for. They are a “seeking” generation and uncomfortable with being told what to believe but are committed to finding a faith that is right for them.

Despite many admirable qualities, this generation is open to seeking spiritual experiences independently of Bible doctrine. Thus, in order to be more relevant, New Age spirituality, which is widely accepted in our culture, is often taught alongside biblical teaching in our evangelical churches and seminaries. In many instances, the textbooks used contain New Age teachings based on mystical experiences of God rather than the Scriptures.

Such books and others like them are popular because they present God as more accessible, more easily experienced without much need for specific Bible doctrines. However, we have to teach our people that the only sure knowledge we have of God is based on Scripture, which must be believed whether we experience God or not. We might learn some things about God when we experience the world, but only in the Scriptures do we have a reliable guide to lead us to encounter God and salvation. Sometimes we have no experience of God at all but, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7).

False Gospel 4: The Gospel of My Sexual Preference

Is the evangelical church willing to practice the biblical teachings about church discipline? Most would say no. I spoke to one pastor who said they allow people into their membership wherever they are in their spiritual journey; unmarried couples who are living together, a homosexual couple with children, etc., are allowed to become members despite the church’s opposition to these lifestyles. But that church has concluded that those who become members must join in order to grow in their faith rather than saying, “Membership is not for you.” In short, this church was reluctant to raise the bar of church membership beyond vague generalities.

There is another reason why churches are reluctant to administer church discipline: they know the power of being shamed, despised, and targeted. They don’t want to be accused of being hateful rather than loving.

To all those pastors who fear that a loving but firm stand against same-sex relationships would brand your church as a hate group, and thus do damage to the gospel, put yourself in the shoes of the apostle Paul: just reread Romans 1:18–32, and remember he was writing to a church within a culture that was rife with defiling sexual sins of every sort. Yet he wrote candidly about God’s view of homosexual relationships, knowing his letter would be read publicly to the congregation. He knew that truth hurts, but it also heals (1 Corinthians 6:9–11).

False Gospel 5: The Gospel of Interfaith Dialogue

Our culture has chosen to submit to Islam, and there’s pressure on the church to follow suit. Let me say from the outset that I am not opposed to those who engage Muslims in conversations about the difference between the two religions outside the setting of the pulpit. I have enjoyed such exchanges. Becoming friends with Muslims is a privilege given to us by the Lord. I am opposed to arguing, trying to prove who is right, and expressing words of condemnation. We should not attempt to win an argument but to win trust and show respect and caring. In fact, I’ve heard testimonies from Muslims who converted to Christianity, and all of these stories have the same theme: unexpected love and caring from Christians.

However, under the guise of tolerance, love, and some would even say, evangelism, Muslims are being invited into churches to present a special revised version of Islam. Interfaith dialogue in the church gives Muslim leaders an uncontested platform to speak publicly and invites them to present a version of Islam that simply does not exist in Muslim countries. Nor is it based on Islam’s history or its foundational writings.

If a church wants to learn what Islam believes, why not invite a convert out of Islam to come into a church and share his/her story? I’ve personally discovered that these testimonies are instructive and helpful to understand life in Muslim countries without the influence of Western values. We have much to learn, and there are many who can teach us.

As a means of evangelism, other opportunities exist for reaching Muslims with the love of Christ and the message of the gospel. Christians and Muslims can connect with each other in their homes, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces. Jesus calls us to reach across the chasm and represent Him well wherever we find ourselves. This is the time for us to remember the words of Jesus to His disciples: “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and as innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16).

Thankfully, we can count on the Good Shepherd to be among us each step of the way.

Adapted and abridged from The Church in Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness by Erwin     W. Lutzer (©2018). Published by Moody Publishers. Used by permission. 

False Doctrine

The best way to guard yourself against falsehood and false teachers is to know the truth. To spot a counterfeit, study the real thing. Any believer who “correctly handles the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) and who makes a careful study of the Bible can identify false doctrine. Step one is to study the Bible and judge all teaching by what the Scripture says.

https://www.gotquestions.org/false-teachers.html

Doctrine (https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-doctrine.html) is “a set of ideas or beliefs that are taught or believed to be true.”

Biblical doctrine (https://www.gotquestions.org/biblical-doctrine.html ) refers to teachings that align with the revealed Word of God, the Bible.

False doctrine is any idea that adds to, takes away from, contradicts, or nullifies the doctrine given in God’s Word. For example, any teaching about Jesus that denies His virgin birth is a false doctrine, because it contradicts the clear teaching of Scripture (Matthew 1:18).

https://www.gotquestions.org/false-doctrine.html

Jesus Christ Isn’t The Only Way: This false doctrine told in some churches or false religions states that there are many ways to go to heaven and to find the truth and that Jesus Christ is just one of the paths to finding the truth or going to heaven.

But one thing the false teachers who teach such a heretical false doctrine usually forget the word Jesus Christ said in John 14:6 that, He’s the way, the truth, and the life and that no come can come to the Father except through Him.

God Isn’t A Trinity: The above false doctrine or false teaching assumes that God is just one person and not three distinct persons in one and such people who are anti-Trinitarian are usually modernists.

God’s word tells us in Matthew 28:19 that there are three distinct beings in the Godhead: The Father, the Son (Christ), and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one and bear record in heaven.

Therefore, any false teacher who tries to tell you that the trinity doctrine is false is not telling you the truth and isn’t rightly dividing the word of truth in their teaching

The Doctrine Of Limited Atonement: This false doctrine that some churches and religious cults teach assumes that Jesus Christ didn’t die for everyone as 2 Corinthians 5:15 tells us but only for pre-selected individuals.

But the above false teaching told by some heretics is contrary to God’s word as the above bible verse clearly tells us as God has made salvation available to everyone which Titus 2:11 reminds us.

God’s grace that brings salvation is available to everyone and not just a few preselected individuals. Of Couse, God can’t force His free gift of salvation if you don’t want to believe. You must be willing to accept God’s love gift of salvation to be saved and have eternal life. Romans 10:8-17

Jesus Is The Archangel Michael: Believe it or not, certain religious cults teach that Jesus Christ is Micah the archangel Revelations 12:7 talks about who fought Satan and His angels.

However, false teachers who teach such a damnable heresy such as those in the Watch Tower Society and others lack a complete understanding of the divine nature of Jesus Christ and who He truly is.

By saying that Jesus Christ is the archangel Micah, they degrade Christ into a created being just like the angels of which He’s not as He has always existed even before the angels were created as the Word as John 1:1 tells us.

The Doctrine Of Annihilation: This doctrine states that after the great white throne judgment or the last judgment that happens after the 1000 year millennial reign of the Lord Jesus Christ here on earth all unsaved humans, fallen angels, and Satan himself will be totally destroyed.

Implying that they will no longer exist thereby saying that they won’t face the eternal punishment Mathews 25:46 talks about. Jehovah’s witnesses and Seventh-day Adventist are the ones who usually teach this false teaching of annihilation.

The Holy Spirit Is A Force: Some religious cults namely the Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that the Holy Spirit isn’t a real person like the Father and the Son but a force or feeling that takes over you.

However, this isn’t true as God’s word tells us that the Holy Spirit is a person or third personality in the Godhead and He as well is God, too. Acts 5:4

Baptism Regeneration (Christian rite of water immersion): The belief states that water baptism regenerates or saves a person who has already believed in Christ as his or her Savior (John 3:16-18; John 20:31) but this false teaching has no backing from the scripture.

False teachers

Jesus warned us that “false Christs and false prophets” will come and will attempt to deceive even God’s elect (Matthew 24:23-27; see also 2 Peter 3:3 and Jude 17-18). The best way to guard yourself against falsehood and false teachers is to know the truth. To spot a counterfeit, study the real thing. Any believer who “correctly handles the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15) and who makes a careful study of the Bible can identify false doctrine. For example, a believer who has read the activities of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in Matthew 3:16-17 will immediately question any doctrine that denies the Trinity. Therefore, step one is to study the Bible and judge all teaching by what the Scripture says.

False Teachers and Concepts in the Word of Faith movement
https://godwords.org/list-of-false-teachers/

• A.A. Allen
• Andrew Wommack
• Benny Hinn
• Bill Winston
• Brian Houston
• Charles Capps
• Chris Oyakhilome
• Creflo Dollar
• Dwight Thompson
• Earl Paulk
• Earnest Angley
• Eddie Long
• EW Kenyon
• Frederick KC Price
• Jerry Savelle
• Jesse Duplantis
• Jim Feeney
• Joel Osteen
• John Avanzini
• Joseph Prince
• Joyce Meyer
• Juanita Bynum
• Kenneth Copeland
• Kenneth Hagin
• Kim Clement
• Leroy Thompson
• Marilyn Hickey
• Mike Murdock
• Morris Cerrulo
• Myles Munroe
• Norvel Hayes
• Oral Roberts
• Pat Robertson
• Paul Yonggi (David) Cho
• Paul and Jan Crouch
• Paula White
• RHEMA Bible Training College
• Robert Tilton
• Rod Parsley
• Rodney Howard-Browne
• Rory Alec
• Steven Furtick
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
• T.D. Jakes
• T.J. McCrossan
• T.L. Osborn
• Todd White
• William Branham
• … and more. Unfortunately, there are a LOT of people in the Word of Faith movement. Hopefully, you’ll be able to spot them quickly by comparing what they say with what other false teachers have said.

False Teachers and Concepts in the Word of Faith movement

• A.A. Allen
• Andrew Wommack
• Benny Hinn
• Bill Winston
• Brian Houston
• Charles Capps
• Chris Oyakhilome
• Creflo Dollar
• Dwight Thompson
• Earl Paulk
• Earnest Angley
• Eddie Long
• EW Kenyon
• Frederick KC Price
• Jerry Savelle
• Jesse Duplantis
• Jim Feeney
• Joel Osteen
• John Avanzini
• Joseph Prince
• Joyce Meyer
• Juanita Bynum
• Kenneth Copeland
• Kenneth Hagin
• Kim Clement
• Leroy Thompson
• Marilyn Hickey
• Mike Murdock
• Morris Cerrulo
• Myles Munroe
• Norvel Hayes
• Oral Roberts
• Pat Robertson
• Paul Yonggi (David) Cho
• Paul and Jan Crouch
• Paula White
• RHEMA Bible Training College
• Robert Tilton
• Rod Parsley
• Rodney Howard-Browne
• Rory Alec
• Steven Furtick
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)
• T.D. Jakes
• T.J. McCrossan
• T.L. Osborn
• Todd White
• William Branham
• … and more. Unfortunately, there are a LOT of people in the Word of Faith movement. Hopefully, you’ll be able to spot them quickly by comparing what they say with what other false teachers have said.

Angley, Ernest [Word of Faith]

Armstrong, Karen [Progressive]

Arnott, John [leader Toronto “Blessing”, Latter Rain]

Bakker, Jamie [Emergent Church]

Bakker, Jay  [Emergent Church, neo-liberal]

Bakker, Jim [Prosperity Theology]

Bell, Rob [Progressive Christian, Emergent Church]

Borg, Marcus J. [Liberal Christian]

Burke, Spencer [Emergent Church]

Boyd, Gregory A. [Open Theist]

Camping, Harold [false prophet]

Campolo, Tony [Progressive Christian]

Chalke, Steve [rejects penal substitution and biblical Inerrancy; supports same sex unions]

Cho, Paul or David Yonggi [Word of Faith, pastor of largest church in the world]

Claiborne, Shane [Progressive Christian]

Clement, Kim [New Apostolic Reformation]

Copeland, Kenneth and Gloria [Word of Faith]

John Dominic Crossan [Liberal Theology]
Joseph Smith (Latter-day Saints)

Crouch, Paul Jr. [promotes Prosperity heresies via TBN]

Crouch, Paul Sr. [Properity Teacher, TBN founder]

Crowder, John [New Mystics, Sons of Thunder]

Deere, Jack [Latter Rain, Wimberite]

Dollar, Creflo [Prosperity Teacher]

Dowd, Michael [Progressive Christian]

Eddy, Mary Baker [“Christian” Science; mind sciences]

Evans, Rachel Held [Progressive "Christian", Political Idolatry]

Furtick, Steven [ narcissistic "gospel" devoid of much Biblical truth]

Hagee, John [False Prophet, Uber-Pentecostal, Ultra-Dispensationalist]

Hagin, Kenneth Jr./Sr. [Prosperity]

Hatmaker, Jen [works righteousness, progressive, affirms same-sex marriage]

Hick, John [Progressive Christian]

Hinn, Benny [Prosperity Teacher, Uber Charismatic]

Hollis, Rachel [self-help, self-care, self-love. prosperity]

Hybels, Bill [Seeker Sensitive]

Jacobs, Cindy [Prosperity]

Jakes, TD [Oneness Pentecostalism]

John Pavlovitz [Progressive activist; withholds gospel from persons identifying as LGBTQ]

Johnson, Bill [New Apostolic Reformation, Kenosis, Word of Faith] - more..

Kimball, Dan [Emergent Church]

Lane Craig, William [Trinitarian Errors, Partialism, Neo-Apollinarianism, Histoical Adam, Molinism]

Long, Bishop Eddie [Prosperity Uber Charismatic]

McClure, Joel [Emergent Church]

Mclaren, Brian [Emergent Church]

McManus, Erwin [Mystic Contemplative Prayer Movement]

Merritt, Jonathan [Pelagian, Progressive Christian]

Merton, Thomas [Trappist monk and Catholic mystic]

Micah, Jory [denies inerrancy, Feminist, Christological heresy, ambiguous about ascended Jesus having physical body, Jesus is genderless]

Miller, Donald [Progressive Christian]

Meyer, Joyce [Prosperity Preacher] 

Nouwen, Henry [Contemplative Mysticism, Emerging Church]

Osteen, Joel [cotton candy theology, bible compromiser, name it & claim it, soft moralism]

Pagitt, Doug [Emergent Church]

Peale, Norman Vincent [positive confession liberal]

Pearson, Carlton [Universalism]

Popes, all [idolaters, antichrists]

Price, Fred KC [Prosperity Preacher, Name it & claim it]

Prince, Joseph [Prosperity, Antinomianism]

Roberts, Oral [deceased, false prophet]

Robertson, Pat [divination, false prophet, TBN]

Rohr, Richard [Progressive Christian]

Roth, Sid [mystic, NAR]

Russell, Charles Taze [founder Jehovah’s Witnesses]

Rutherford, Judge [past president of Jehovah’s Witnesses]

Scandrette, Mark [Emergent Church]

Schuler, Robert [Peale clone, liberal theology]

Spong, John Shelby (1931–)

Stanley, Andy [Marcionite, carnal Christianity]

Sweet, Leonard [Emergent Church]

Tenney, Tommy [Oneness Pentecostalism, Charismatic]

Vines, Matthew [Liberal]

Wallis, Jim [Progressive Christian, Left-Wing Political idolatry]

Warren, Rick [Emergent Purpose Driven]

Webber, Nadia Bolz [Progressive Christianity]

White, Ellen G. [founder False Prophet Seventh Day Advents]

White, Paula [prosperity theology, NAR]

White, Todd [Read himself into bible, False prophet, False healing, prosperity Gospel]

White, Tom [Latter Rain; spiritual war network]

Wimber, John [deceased, Kansas City Prophets/Latter Rain]

Womack, Andrew [Prosperity]

Wright, Jeremiah [Liberation Theology, Bible denier]

Young, William Paul [Progressive Christian]

 https://www.monergism.com/modern-day-false-teachers