.Many congregations today are being turned away from the salvation of the Lord, towards the riches, and false hopes of this world. But the truth is, the only hope for the backslider is to turn back to Christ and obey His truths.We are called to obey the truth, for God does not call us to error. Any teaching, persuasion or position that leads you away from the truth of Jesus Christ is not of God.
Know the truth and obey the truth, for a little untruth makes the whole story a lie. Leaven stands for for evil corruption, fermentation and infection. It takes only a little leaven to permeate and influence the whole lump of dough. So it is with false teachers. One false teacher, can inject his/her false teaching into the church and it will soon permeate and influence the whole church. If we don't root out the false teachers and clean out the false doctrine, the truth would soon be destroyed. Anything being taught that is not in the bible is not God's revelation, but man's imagination. Jesus Christ would no longer be the focus of attention. The congregation would begin to focus on rituals, ceremonies, and good works instead of Christ. They would begin to try and approach God through their own selfrighteousness and merit, with Jesus Christ being placed on the back burner. His prominence and the absolute necessity of His righteousness and death would be downplayed. This is always the case when false teaching is allowed in the Church, or when the church leadership is lifted higher than the great head of the Church.This is sometimes done unaware, how many times do you refer to the church you attend by the name of your Pastor or Bishop instead of the name of the church.
Jesus the Christ is the truth of God's word in the flesh. Learn of Him and share Him with all you see.
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