Sermon On The Mount Part 29a

Stay Alert for False Teachers Part One Joel 2:1; Matthew 7:15-20, 24:11 A CAUTION To Beware - See Them Matthew 7:15 A Universal Fact: Prophets are Foretellers - Predictors Prophets are Also Forthtellers - Presenters 1 John 2:20; 1 Kings 22:11 3 Categories of False Prophets A. Heretics - They Openly Defy the Truth Titus 3:10 God has chosen to reveal himself to humanity in two ways - a. General revelation through nature/scientific evidence Psalm 19:1 b. Special Revelation the knowledge of God discovered through scripture 2 Timothy 3:16-17 B. Apostates - They Know and Reject the Truth Hebrews 3:12; 1 Peter 4:1; 2 Peter 1:9; 1 John 2:19; Matthew 7:15 C. Deceivers - They never come out openly about the truth Matthew 7:15; Zechariah 13:4; Luke 20:46; 2 Corinthians 11:13-14; Revelation 13:11; Jude 1:4 5 False Gospels Within the Church - Dr. Erwin Lutzer 1. The Gospel of Permissive Grace 2. The Gospel of Social Justice 3. The Gospel of New Age Spirituality 4. The Gospel of My Sexual Preference 5. The Gospel of Interfaith Dialogue Matthew 7:15; 2 Timothy 3:6