What Jesus said About

“False Doctrine”

Adapted from a Michael Wiley sermonhttp://www.sermoncloud.com/the-vine/what-jesus-

said-about-right-doctrine/

There are approximately 38,000 Christian denominations, that’s the number

bouncing around on the internet. Who knows how many religious sects there are throughout the world. Here’s the

kicker. All religions claim to be correct. All the various Christian denominations

claim to have the right body of teachings, the right doctrine, the truth.

Today in America, we first have to cross the relevance bridge. That is, is there a

need for a RIGHT anything? If truth does not exist at all, what is good for you and what is good for me is of no importance

in the huge scope of things.Where does truth come from?

Well in the world we live in, some people will say, “Truth comes from me, What I say is truth.” Right teaching is truth. I hear a Scripture quoted from time to

time,“The Truth will set you free.”

That Scripture is used out of context. It’s not “any” truth will set you free. It is The

Truth “Jesus Christ” will set you free.

John 8:31 ESV So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my

disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Jesus had something to say about right doctrine. We recognize that the truth

does not come from some way of reasoning, or some metaphysical idea.

The truth does not come from some televangelist, or political figure – though many of them speak the truth. The Truth

“Right Teaching” comes from God’s word and only God’s word. So in our

search for truth, let’s open it…

John 7:14 ESV About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never

studied?" 16 So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who

sent me.

17 If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my

own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own

glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him

there is no falsehood.

The Truth comes from God – Not from Man

Matthew 15:1 ESV Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem

and said, 2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat." 3 He answered them, "And why do you

break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

4 For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever

reviles father or mother must surely die.' 5 But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or his mother, "What you would have gained from me is given to God," 6 he

need not honor his father.'

So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God. 7 You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of

you, when he said: 8 "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship

me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"

We love rules taught by men.

We need rules. But rules must be governed by The Truth.

Prosecutors on Tuesday charged two teenagers accused of gunning down an Australian student in Oklahoma for the “fun of it” with first-degree murder, and a third teen with being an accessory.

22-year-old Christopher Lane, who was visiting the U.S. on a baseball

scholarship at East Central University, was jogging along a road in Duncan, Okla., after visiting his girlfriend on

Friday when he was shot in the back, allegedly by the teens.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/21/police-say-teen-shot-australian-student-in-oklahoma-for-fun-it/

He was just jogging down the wrong road at the wrong time.

Do you know it is illegal to shoot & kill somebody?

Do you think we should tell those boys who were arrested that God forbids murder as does the laws in the USA

which are fashioned after God’s law?

The truth of God says, Matthew 22:37 ESV And he said to him, "You shall love

the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your

mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like

it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Yes the Truth will set you free…

NOWIf the right teaching is found in God’s word, Why are there 38,000 different denominations and why are there so many splinter sects we call cults who claim to receive their teaching from

Scripture? – Adventist, Jehovah Witness, Mormons, Church of Christian

Science…?

How do we find “RIGHT Teaching?”1. Know the TRUTH! – not just any “truth”

John 10:1 ESV "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way,

that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper

opens.

The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his

own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his

voice. 5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do

not know the voice of strangers."

6 This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what

he was saying to them. 7 So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I

am the door of the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and

find pasture.

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. 11 I am the

good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is

a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf

coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters

them.

13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I

have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be

one flock, one shepherd.

2. Join a fellowship of TRUTH Seekers

Right Teaching is the Elder’s Responsibility

The Apostle Paul charged the Ephesian elders with the care and responsibility of the leading the flock in “right teaching.”

Acts 20:28 ESV Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 29 I know

that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own

selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after

them.

31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.

Even a glance-read over the NT one finds just how much Paul was

concerned with “right teaching.”

I believe it was from his upbringing as a Jewish Pharisee. He was a “Pharisee of Pharisees” as he puts it. He knew the

horrible enslavement of the “traditions taught by men.” It was those traditions that lead to the stoning of Steven…Paul

was there watching.

You need to be a part of a church with Godly men sitting at the helm rightly

dividing the word of truth, and making sure it is taught with sincerity, passion

and truth.

3. Right Teaching is MY Responsibility

2 Timothy 4:1 ESV I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus,

who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and

out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and

teaching.

3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but

having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own

passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into

myths. 5 As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of

an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

I have been amazed over the years at the number of people who believe erroneous

false teachings from one group or another --- even teachings that grossly

misteach the Scripture.Matthew 7:13 ESV "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those

who enter by it are many.

14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who

find it are few. 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's

clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad

fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear

good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them

by their fruits.

21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,

but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out

demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'

23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you

workers of lawlessness.' 24 "Everyone then who hears these words of mine and

does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the

winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been

founded on the rock.

26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods

came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great

was the fall of it."

Back to the 38,000 Christian denominations.

Don’t you think most, if not all of the doctrinal splits are due to what Jesus was warning us about? Teachers who look & act like children of God but are

really false prophets in sheep's clothing misleading people so they won’t find &

enter by the narrow gate.

How can we find & enter by the narrow gate? Jesus said, “the one who does the

will of my Father who is in heaven…Everyone then who hears these words of

mine and does them.” We read earlier the words Jesus spoke are God the

Father’s words. Believing & acting on God’s words will lead us to & through

the narrow gate.

Acts 17:11 ESV Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica;

they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

4. Don’t be like a baby Robin. Verifying Right Teaching is ultimately your duty

Use your Bibles.Check me out.

Be noble.Search the Scriptures.

You don’t have to be a theologian to understand Scripture.

All you have to be is a TRUTH Seeker.