Tag: Bible verses about false doctrine

Bible Verse of The Day – 9-10-20

2 Timothy 4:3 (NKJV) 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers…

There is so much out there today that will tickle our ears. We can pick and choose what we want to hear. And of course, line it up with what makes us feel good about ourselves or our opinion.

What good is it if we get to heaven and find out that what we were doing was wrong? Will we simply say to God, “oops, that isn’t what my teacher told me. He/she said it was OK to continue in what I was doing.”?

Do we think God is going to say, “oh, it’s OK. You didn’t know better. Let me deal with your teacher. It’s their fault they misled you.“?

No. It’s our responsibility to dig in and find the truth. It’s our responsibility to pay close attention to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and obey His leading.

Let us not be ruled by our desires and spend all our time searching for someone to tickle our ears so we can continue to feel good in doing what we know we need to change.

Psalm 119:30 (NKJV) 30 I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.

God is faithful to lead us with sound doctrine that He has provided for each one of us. His word brings truth.

Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-11-18

Exodus 33:19 (NKJV) 19 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you.

Let’s talk today about proclaiming, confessing and declaring. We did a video recently on this topic, but we want to make sure everyone understands this, so we decided to also do a devotional on it.

Proclaiming, Confessing and Declaring have become very commonplace in churches around the world. People have made a practice of confessing and declaring things as a way of “walking in faith”.

The problem with this, though, is that the Bible has never taught us to do this. It teaches us to confess our sins, confess that Jesus is Lord and to proclaim and declare the glory of God. Nowhere does it ever tell us to speak things and believe that doing so will make them happen.

Proclaiming, Confessing and Declaring in this manner has its roots in various New Age philosophies, not in the word of God. New Age teachings such as Name it & Claim it, Visualization and The Power of Positive Thinking have been teaching this for quite some time.

Somehow it found its way into the body of Christ as part of a “faith teaching”, convincing many people that if we speak things, they will become so. They will happen because we spoke them, by Proclaiming, Confessing and Declaring them to be so.

This is absolutely false. And it’s a very dangerous teaching. It has caused many in the church to elevate themselves, whether they realize it or not, acting in a prideful way, as satan did before he rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven.

Isaiah 14:14 (NKJV) 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’

So, it’s important that we confess our sins to God and to one another, as the Word instructs us to do. And it’s important that we declare and proclaim the wonder and glory of God, as we are instructed to do.

But it’s critical that we refrain from proclaiming, confessing and declaring our personal desires “in faith’, believing that just because we have done so that it must happen.

James 5:16 (NKJV) 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Matthew 10:32 (NKJV) 32 “Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.

If you would like to watch the video we recently published on this topic, please click here.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 6-1-18

Genesis 11:4 (NKJV) 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

These people were trying to make a name for themselves. They came together as one to build a tower as high as the heavens. They wanted to be great and known for what they had done.

God saw that this kind of behavior, mindset or movement was not good! So, He took the ONE language that they all spoke, changed it up and gave them all a different language. This made it nearly impossible for them to be able to work together or communicate any longer.

It’s not bad for us to come together as one if we have the right motives. But, if our motives are impure then it can be very damaging to us and all those involved.

Various movements throughout the body of Christ, in the church, can sometimes be contrary to what God is doing, and they can cause great damage to the work of God and His people if those that are involved are off in their motives.

What do we mean by “off”? They start to twist the word of God and make it fit within their plan or their agenda. Sometimes it may sound right, but the Holy Spirit residing in us will tell us if it’s off. Truth exposes falsehoods.

These movements come through people in leadership positions or through people with authority. They may know God’s word inside and out and can quote scripture and verses all day long, but they too can be deceived by this.

Matthew 24:24 (NKJV) 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Be aware of false teachings in the church. They can start off as something good and innocent, but that doesn’t mean it can’t change its course or direction and end up being way off track.

As we stay close to God, and spend time in His word, He will sharpen our discernment, that we may see it for what it is and avoid it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 11-30-17

1 John 4:1 (NKJV) 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

God tells us plainly that we are to test the spirits. Not everyone who names the name of Jesus is genuine or is operating by the spirit of God.

Many will come in an effort to deceive us. Some will be very subtle. Others will be blatant in their efforts. It’s those who use subtlety that we need to be the most concerned with.

Most will use the name of Jesus very boldly, making it appear that they are accurate with the things they speak, and are sent by God.

Speaking something that we don’t necessarily agree with doesn’t make someone a false prophet. But if what they speak is contrary to the word of God, or it twists the word of God for their own purposes and agendas, then we need to be cautious and weigh what they say very carefully.

The biggest danger always lies with those who wrap lies in the truth. This is common when scripture is taken out of context, or when truth is used to lead people to believe a lie. These are the ravenous wolves Jesus spoke of.

Matthew 7:15 (NKJV) 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

On the outside, they appear as sheep, speaking words of truth. But under the surface, they propagate lies that masquerade as truth.

It’s important that we take the things that we are taught, and the things that we hear, and we weigh them carefully next to the word of God.

You see, even evil spirits will speak words of truth through men and women. It’s up to us to let God’s spirit help us to discern them and divide truth from lies.

Silas and the Apostle Paul ran into this when they were on their way to prayer, many days in a row. A young girl followed them and declared “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”

But Paul, who allowed the spirit of God to show him what this was really about, saw that this was a spirit of divination. He became irritated with the girl and put a stop to it.

Acts 16:18 (NKJV) 18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And he came out that very hour.

So, we need to pay close attention to people’s words and discern them accurately. It can mean the difference between following truth and following lies.

Test the spirits.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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