tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post4322908295135067940..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: How much error does a false teacher need to exhibit before they're considered false?Elizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-74549533919618399122017-08-08T21:43:10.324-04:002017-08-08T21:43:10.324-04:00There's another kind. Adding things, which has...There's another kind. Adding things, which has been successful since the Middle Ages. Notice the synoptics hardly mention church favorites: sin, "The World" (not mentioned), flesh, the Devil (only the temptation story).. The point here is this--the gospel is a POSITIVE THING TO BE GLAD ABOUT not another legal binding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-39818879351676365122017-08-08T18:46:23.372-04:002017-08-08T18:46:23.372-04:00SOOO glad to hear it Sandra! PTL!SOOO glad to hear it Sandra! PTL!Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-83976647781876933632017-08-08T17:40:50.496-04:002017-08-08T17:40:50.496-04:00Thank you for this post, Elizabeth, you actually a...Thank you for this post, Elizabeth, you actually answered something specific I just prayed about this morning! Before we ask, His answer is already on the way! So glad you yielded to His leading on your topic! Reddy Teugonowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536466839093670467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-28876666873258022602017-08-08T16:05:45.167-04:002017-08-08T16:05:45.167-04:00Sheryl, I agree, I can't stand to think of ano...Sheryl, I agree, I can't stand to think of another day, let along another half century! Every day I pray "Lord, Your kingdom come..."<br /><br />bloggerjim, thanks for the thoughts. I agree that though secondary, associations do matter. The Bible verses that pronounce anathema on these false teachers also warn the brethren to stay away from them, not to associate (excommunicate them from the church, hand over to satan, do not let them into your house...).Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-53977134447608910492017-08-08T15:50:21.856-04:002017-08-08T15:50:21.856-04:00It seems to me that there is a secondary tracer fo...It seems to me that there is a secondary tracer for determining who is a false prophet. That would be the character and fruit of those who follow or associate with the suspected false teacher. <br /><br />When Jeannie Mills (born Deanna Mertle, née Gustafson), author of Six Years With God: Life Inside Rev. Jim Jones's [sic] People's Temple, first walked into the building that was then house the Peoples Temple, she was met by a woman who said, apparently without introduction or small talk, she had been healed spiritually and physically by Jim Jones. Clearly, there was SOMETHING amiss in the character of the woman--some would call it fanaticism, perhaps. That woman eventually became greatly involved in the abuse and terrorizing of the Peoples Temple's members who were murdered in Jonestown, Guyana. (Mrs. Mills, her husband, and her 15-year-old daughter were subsequently murdered in a style often described as execution-style, in their home about a year after the Jonestown massacre. The murders are unsolved though a surviving son has been questioned and subsequently released, and he now lives out of the country.) <br /><br />I have previously mentioned in comments here a television personality who was once a mighty messenger of God, preaching the Gospel to massive crowds all over the U.S. Sidelined by an antichrist event that happened during his ministry in one American city, he now sits and talks calmly and even encouragingly to men and women about spiritual questions, issues, and matters. He is comfortable spending time on-camera with certain people who clearly are false prophets. Again, the character and integrity of some or many of the people who are associated with him are at least questionable, and perhaps blatantly antichrist. <br /><br />I could go on and on, but I think I made my point. Again, I am saying such associations would likely be a secondary consideration in identifying false prophets and teachers. bloggerjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280219040560653721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-83634864245193743252017-08-08T13:50:50.950-04:002017-08-08T13:50:50.950-04:00"The Next 500 Years"...how disheartening..."The Next 500 Years"...how disheartening a thought! How can all this apostasy continue and progress for that long?! I'm looking upward every day and shutter at the thought of even living a few more decades...that is, if I even live out my expected natural lifetime. I long for all this to end and can't begin to imagine what the false teachers will be saying and doing in another five years at the same speed of progression, but in 500 years?! I can't imagine that God would tarry that much longer, even though I wouldn't be around to see it. For me, its Rapture time!Sherylnoreply@blogger.com