tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post2165872942625109073..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: False Teachers and flatteriesElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-19957942139694746892014-02-27T04:25:51.053-05:002014-02-27T04:25:51.053-05:00A test is easy when you have the right answers, an...A test is easy when you have the right answers, and you are correct in saying that discernment starts with the Word of God and knowing what it say's (not what you want it to say). <br />My favorite chapter that shows where the "rubber meets the road" is Matthew 16 where Christ is dealing with the false doctrine of the day He lay's out the how it will work and you see in verse 17 that Simon Barjona is affirmed by Christ and say's that My Father in heaven has revealed this to you.<br />And then just a short time later Christ say's to him Get behind me satan?<br />There it is we all have the capacity to do great things but not of ourselves.<br /><br />http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+16&version=KJV<br /><br />jeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-19169817821406913442014-02-26T17:58:20.582-05:002014-02-26T17:58:20.582-05:00Hi Elizabeth,
Excellent post. Similarly, in a rec...Hi Elizabeth,<br /><br />Excellent post. Similarly, in a recent GTY blog on "Naming Names", they state (referencing MacA's Bible commentary on Romans 16:17), "The mature Christian is to keep his eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances. ... He [Paul] is warning about those who challenge and undermine the divinely revealed apostolic teaching they had received.<br />Keep your eye on such men, Paul says. Mark them out as false teachers who are to be opposed and avoided. Skopeo (keep your eye on) carries the idea of looking at or observing with intensity. ... It means more than simply to look at, but to examine and scrutinize carefully."<br /><br />A good exhortation to all believers!<br /><br />Maranatha!<br /><br />-Carolyn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com