11/19/2022 0 Comments What does heretic mean![]() They are still here.The Victory of Eucharistic Truth over Heresy - Peter Paul RubensWhen we look back over the course of history, there are many groups that claim to have held the correct view of Christianity. Heretics are not an ancient reference to men of old. The word “heresies,” is from a Greek word that means – to choose, or a choice at variance. Their work is destructive they not only do not edify, they destroy, tear down.Īnd he says what the false teachers bring in! They bring it something that is destructive. Peter speaks to the reality of false prophets and false teachers. We cannot read in the Bible that something is destructive, and just mark that off or think it doesn’t matter. Something that is destructive cannot be taken lightly. In this verse you see the phrase: “destructive heresies,” or in the King James: “damnable heresies.” In the NIV and ESV: “destructive heresies.” Whatever this is, it is destructive or damnable. And I should like to apply a very simple definition.Ģ Peter 2:1 (NKJ): “But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.” The word is not HEARSAY, which means repeating something simply based on the fact that you heard it, or you heard that someone else heard it (that’s another sermon). What Is Heresy? When we face the challenge of testing the spirits we may use or hear this word, “heresy.” It is a Biblical term and perhaps through a simple study we can better face the issue of discernment that is crucial to our relationship with God. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error,” (1 Jno. ![]() He who knows God hears us he who is not of God does not hear us. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hearts them. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming and is now already in the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God because many false prophets have gone out into the world. The sign on the outside may be familiar, but the worship and practice inside may be unfamiliar to devoted Christians! In the midst of all this, we need to hear again from John. There are local churches we may “identify” with because the sign outside says, “church of Christ,” but some of those groups have departed from the New Testament pattern, slowly but surely. There are denominations all around us, approved and applauded by the public they’ve been around for hundreds of years but their organization, their system and their doctrines show no Biblical authority. ![]() ![]() The Bible is quoted and attractive promises were made, but without mature commitment to obey. There are huge religious ministries raising millions of dollars, building big empires and putting their preachers into lives of luxury and their patrons in the poor house. In modern religion offerings there is a confusing concoction that needs to be sorted out. ![]()
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