Sneaky Teachers

God calls Christians to judge people. What about America's favorite verse is Matthew 7:1, "Judge not"? I don't disagree with my Lord, we should not be self-righteouss in our judgment and set ourselves up as God and judge people harshly or wrongly. But He also calls us to judge. If you still disagree with me, aren't you being judgmental? Jude 4 gives us a good example when he gave us the reason why we must fight for the faith, and judge people. "For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."

Ungodly men, ordained of old to condemnation, were sneaking in to the churches. These type of men are not robbing the church building, or crawling through the window – they walk right in the front door with a big smile and bigger personality, and shake everyone's hand. The creep in by putting on a disguise of Christian orthodoxy. Christians are called to watch themselves and stay on guard. Sadly, there are wolves in sheep clothing who love to twist Scripture, ruin churches, and lead men into perdition. No false teacher walks through the door and announces his heretical views and insidious schemes. They come in pretending to be like everyone else in the church. Then with "good words and fair speeches" they deceive the hearts of the naive and undiscerning (Romans 16:17-18). They sneak in and start teaching. Whether from the pulpit or from the parking lot after church, they try to spread their terrible doctrine.

Jude notes two ways. One, they teach people to live unholy lives and lead men to anothe Christ. They preach a grace that forgives you of all your sins and then gives you free reign to go and sin all the more. It's a wicked doctrine to tell men they are free to sin and free to live however they please. Some have labeled this doctrine Therapeutic Moralistic Deism. God exists and he wants you to be happy, but is not concerned about how you live, what you believe, or really what you do. Your personal happiness is all that matters and your personal conviction is the guiding light of your morality. All you need to do is confess Jesus then go back and live however you want to live. They turn God's saving grace into a means of living a sinful an wicked life. The only way to preach such a doctrine is to have another Jesus, because the Jesus of the Bible certainly did not lead people to sin, but to go and sin no more. These false teachers, with false doctrine, preach a false Christ that leads people to very real Lake of Fire. God calls Christians to judge. We must compare what people say in God's name with God's word and discern if they are tell us the truth.