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"For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound doctrine, but according to their own lusts, they will heap up for themselves teachers, tickling their ears."
[2 Timothy 4:3]
The time is here, and there`s a whole lot of heaping going on.
"Any of it [teaching] that is good is in the Word of God, and any that is not in the Word of God is not good. I am a Bible Christian and if an archangel with a wingspread as broad as a constellation shining like the sun were to come and offer me some new truth, I'd ask him for a reference. If he could not show me where it is found in the Bible, I would bow him out and say, 'I'm awfully sorry, you don't bring any references with you'" (Counterfeit Revival, p. 67). A.W. Tozer.
References that will help you understand what sound doctrine is, and what it aint:
Heresy In The Church (Link no longer valid/C4E)
Remember
* Signs and wonders could be a work of God, but they could also be the work of false prophets (see Deuteronomy 13:1; Revelation 13:11-14; 16:14; 19:20).
* Miracles, prophecy, and the casting out of demons are indeed the works of true ministers, but these ministries can also be done by workers of iniquity (see Matthew 7:21-23).
* A church can be very evangelistic, but so were the Pharisees (see Matthew 23:15 and consider the evangelistic nature of cults).
* Miraculous signs were done by Christ and His apostles, but they were also done by, "...the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan…" (2 Thessalonians 2:9).
* The preaching of the gospel of salvation is one of the greatest stewardships a minister has today. But there are those who call their message "the gospel," yet they preach what God's word calls "another gospel" (see 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:6-8).
* Every true minister of Jesus Christ should be "filled with the Holy Spirit." But the Scriptures tell us that there are more "spirits" than the Holy Spirit that can fill people (see Luke 4:33; Acts 16:16; Romans 8:15 and 11:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 11:4; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 John 4:3, 6).
* The ministries of giving for the work of the gospel, prayer, and fasting are all mighty tools in the furtherance of God's kingdom. But these things can be done by hypocrites as well (see Matthew 6:2, 5, 16).
* Prayer is a mighty weapon for the cause of Christ, but not every prayer offered up to God is going to be regarded by Him (see Psalms 66:18; Isaiah 1:15 and 59:2, 3; Micah 3:4; Matthew 6:5, 7 and 23:14; 1 Peter 3:7).
and
Christian bookstores are replete with publications on cult belief systems and activities. But the same bookstores sell materials containing false doctrines under the guise of "deep truths" and "new revelations."
AND
Dont miss What's Wrong With the Gospel? by A.W. Tozer
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/whats_wrong_with_the_gospel.html (Link no longer valid/C4E)
Oh, can't you see what a mess we're in? What we've done to the Gospel? And when those "converts" no longer want to fellowship with us, when they want to go back to their old friends and their old way of life, we have the nerve to call it "backsliding," when we stood in the very way of them ever "front-sliding" toward the cross! Oh, it breaks my heart to think of that awesome day, when God will judge those who have "stumbled one of these little ones." (Mark 9:42).
[2 Timothy 4:3]
The time is here, and there`s a whole lot of heaping going on.
"Any of it [teaching] that is good is in the Word of God, and any that is not in the Word of God is not good. I am a Bible Christian and if an archangel with a wingspread as broad as a constellation shining like the sun were to come and offer me some new truth, I'd ask him for a reference. If he could not show me where it is found in the Bible, I would bow him out and say, 'I'm awfully sorry, you don't bring any references with you'" (Counterfeit Revival, p. 67). A.W. Tozer.
References that will help you understand what sound doctrine is, and what it aint:
Heresy In The Church (Link no longer valid/C4E)
Remember
* Signs and wonders could be a work of God, but they could also be the work of false prophets (see Deuteronomy 13:1; Revelation 13:11-14; 16:14; 19:20).
* Miracles, prophecy, and the casting out of demons are indeed the works of true ministers, but these ministries can also be done by workers of iniquity (see Matthew 7:21-23).
* A church can be very evangelistic, but so were the Pharisees (see Matthew 23:15 and consider the evangelistic nature of cults).
* Miraculous signs were done by Christ and His apostles, but they were also done by, "...the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan…" (2 Thessalonians 2:9).
* The preaching of the gospel of salvation is one of the greatest stewardships a minister has today. But there are those who call their message "the gospel," yet they preach what God's word calls "another gospel" (see 2 Corinthians 11:4; Galatians 1:6-8).
* Every true minister of Jesus Christ should be "filled with the Holy Spirit." But the Scriptures tell us that there are more "spirits" than the Holy Spirit that can fill people (see Luke 4:33; Acts 16:16; Romans 8:15 and 11:8; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 2 Corinthians 11:4; 1 Timothy 5:21; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 John 4:3, 6).
* The ministries of giving for the work of the gospel, prayer, and fasting are all mighty tools in the furtherance of God's kingdom. But these things can be done by hypocrites as well (see Matthew 6:2, 5, 16).
* Prayer is a mighty weapon for the cause of Christ, but not every prayer offered up to God is going to be regarded by Him (see Psalms 66:18; Isaiah 1:15 and 59:2, 3; Micah 3:4; Matthew 6:5, 7 and 23:14; 1 Peter 3:7).
and
Christian bookstores are replete with publications on cult belief systems and activities. But the same bookstores sell materials containing false doctrines under the guise of "deep truths" and "new revelations."
AND
Dont miss What's Wrong With the Gospel? by A.W. Tozer
http://www.inplainsite.org/html/whats_wrong_with_the_gospel.html (Link no longer valid/C4E)
Oh, can't you see what a mess we're in? What we've done to the Gospel? And when those "converts" no longer want to fellowship with us, when they want to go back to their old friends and their old way of life, we have the nerve to call it "backsliding," when we stood in the very way of them ever "front-sliding" toward the cross! Oh, it breaks my heart to think of that awesome day, when God will judge those who have "stumbled one of these little ones." (Mark 9:42).
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