Stay Alert for False Teachers Part Two
Matthew 24:11; Ephesians 5:17; Matthew 7:15-20
3 Categories of False Prophets
A. Heretics - They Openly Defy the Truth – Titus 3:10
God has chosen to reveal himself to humanity in two ways -
a. General revelation through nature/scientific evidence
b. Special Revelation the knowledge of God discovered through scripture
B. Apostates - They Know and Reject the Truth
C. Deceivers - They never come out openly about the truth
1. A Caution to Beware - See Them
a. A Universal Fact
b. An Unselfish Warning
Matthew 7:15; 2 John 1:10-11; Proverbs 29:25
2. A Consideration to Behold - Know Them
Matthew 7:16, 20
3 Ways to Know False Teachers
1. By The Fruit of Their DEEDS
Luke 3:8; 2 Peter 2:19
A Spiritual Inventory Checklist
✓ Above Reproach
✓ Temperate
✓ Hospitable
✓ Not Quarrelsome
✓ Faithful to His Wife
✓ A Good Father
✓ Able to Teach God’s Word
✓ Not in it Just for The Money
✓ Not a New Convert
2. By the Fruit of Their Doctrine
Acts 20:27; Luke 6:26
3. By the Fruit of Their Disciples
Matthew 7:17-18; 1 John 3:10; Matthew 23:15; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 John 4:1
3. A Consummation to Believe - Pity Them
Matthew 7:19-20, 3:10
