Recognizing & Rejecting False Teaching

Recognizing & Rejecting False Teaching – 1 Timothy 1:3-7 1) The forbidding of false teaching – vv3-4a 2) The fruit of false teaching – v4b 3) The goal of biblical teaching – v5 4) The traits of false teachers – vv6-7 -How does the temptation to useless speculation confront the contemporary church today? -Why is love the proper outcome by which teaching and preaching must be evaluated? How does this contrast with the goal of the false teaching in vv3-4 and with false teaching today? -How does an impure heart, a seared conscience, and an insincere faith bring forth a failure in Christian love? -Identify a time when you became involved in "fruitless discussion." What was motivating you and what was the result of that conversation? -What is your biggest take-away from this passage that will help you recognize and reject false teaching? Other passages to consider: Mt 7:15-20; 22:36-40; Jn 13:34-35; Acts 17:11; 20:28-32; Eph 1:10; 3:9; 1 Tim 3:1-7; 5:17; Titus 1:5-16.