Dealing with false teaching

“Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” - Deuteronomy 13v3

God warned the nation before they entered the Promised Land that they were going to encounter false teachers. God was going to allow the false teachers for a purpose; to test the hearts of the people to see if they were REALLY sold out to Him. In those days when a person was shown to be a false prophet he was to be stoned to death. God no longer calls on us to kill false prophets, but we still encounter them today, and each time we face a test to see where we really stand.

We live in a day of a wide variety of false teachers. Many of them appeal to our flesh and our pride. Sometimes false teaching appeals to us because we feel like we have discovered something no one else has.

How do we respond in the face of false teaching? Do we even recognise it as such? The Bereans set a proper example for us. The Bible says that they searched the Scriptures daily to see if the things they heard were so.

We are certain to encounter many false teachings along our way. They are everywhere and are of a wide variety. Lets be sure that we truly love the Lord with all of our hearts and souls so that when we face the false teacher test, we pass with flying colours.