Many Christians prefer teachers who will tell them what they want to hear

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Today's daily bible reading hits home for me as many people are leaving the truth of the Bible for a lie. It is happening in my own family now which saddens me deeply. May you all stay true to the word of God. God bless everyone here.

Many Christians prefer teachers who are impressive and will tell them what they want to hear. Like a child, they believe them, whether their message is right or wrong (2 Corinthians 11:3-4). Like a small boat in a storm, he is in great danger. Beware, (know your Bible) some of those teachers are not serving Christ, but the devil (Acts 20:29-30; 2 Corinthians 11:13-15). Many are being deceived now and seem to have fallen asleep. The Bible warns us to be on watch. Please wake up and know your Bible for yourself (2 Timothy 2:15, 2 Timothy 4:3).

… so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. ~ Ephesians 4:14

You may recall that at the turn of the 19th century into the 20th century, they asked William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, what his concerns were regarding the Church in the century that was before them. And you will perhaps recall, because I've quoted this to you before, he said in answering your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God and heaven without hell. ~ Alistair Begg

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Hi knowhim,

I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Spirit, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God and heaven without hell. - William Booth

Wow! I think that this is the first time that I've read this. William Booth's concern turned out to be quite accurate of the 21st Century.

///Many Christians prefer teachers who are impressive and will tell them what they want to hear. ///

The ones (the remnant) who want and desire to hear the Truth of the Spirit are few and far between but seriously, it's always been that way. This summer, the world population surpassed the 8 billion mark... 8,045,311,447.

I said that to say, the false church is statistically only gaining ground and getting bigger. While the true are getting truer!!

So very true Lysa.