31/08/2020
ON FALSE TEACHINGS
While growing up, I had thought that false teachings or false doctrines are religious teachings or preachings that originate solely from the devil or demons, and intentionally targeted to deceive Christians or to antagonize godly teachings.
However, on studying the Bible, I discovered that this idea was largely deficient. While Biblical doctrine refers to teachings that align with the revealed Word of God (the Bible), false doctrine or false teaching is any idea that adds to, takes away from, or contradicts the doctrine given in God's Word (the Bible).
If you have repeatedly studied the Bible, especially the New Testament, you will discover that, dealing with false doctrines and false teachings was a major torn in the flesh for the early churches in the various locations represented in the New Testament. This we see evidently being talked about repeatedly by the Apostles in virtually all the Epistles.
I discovered that false doctrines and false teachings were a big problem in the early church, because, there was not yet a complete New Testament (compiled scriptures) to guide them. They didn't have a complete New Testament scripture to show everyone of them what the correct doctrines of Christianity are.
Because of this, several people taught what they assumed should be the doctrines of Christianity, which on several occasions were wrong, necessitating the Apostles to write letters to correct such wrong teachings, while giving them the correct teachings.
If we now know that false doctrine or false teaching is any idea that adds to, takes away from, or contradicts the doctrine given in the Bible, it means that anything you teach from the Bible that is incorrect, or anytime you add to the Bible what it didn't say or mean, you have taught a false doctrine or false teaching.
This means that ignorance of the truth of the Bible, or not being properly skilled in correct reading, correct interpretation and right exposition (teaching) of the Bible, qualifies you to be called a false teacher in a way. That sounds big, but it's just the simple truth.
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