Don't Tolerate False Teaching

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word:

 

Isa 9:14 Therefore the LORD will cut off head and tail from Israel, Palm branch and bulrush in one day.  15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by them are destroyed.

 

“Therefore!” By now, you should know the drill, when you see the word “therefore” in Scripture, you need to go back a few verses and see what the “therefore” is “there for.”

 

This “therefore”  is here because the people refused to turn back to God. In spite of all the calamities that rained down on them, they kept saying, “We can fix it ourselves, without God.”  Sound familiar?

And guess who is getting the blame? The elders and honorable men of the church who should know better, and the false prophets who lie through their teeth twisting, turning God’s Word to avoid the necessity of repentance. “We’re good, we’re secure,” they say, not knowing that they are leading the people to destruction!

 

These people are likened to snakes or scorpions and God says He will cut them, and those who follow them, off from His people of promise. (Israel) Lopping off the head, (the leaders and honorable men,) and the tail, (where the deadly sting of the lying prophets is found)

 

This is a warning for the ages for church leaders and pastors. Always be on guard against false teaching. Don’t take your position of teacher lightly. You will be held accountable! Jas 3:1 My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment.

And a word for the flock as well. Flee from those who sidestep the truth. Flee those churches where repentance is ignored and easy believism is the Word of choice. Without repentance you are in err and on the way to destruction.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s living word.