THE ROOT OF ALL FALSE MINISTERS / PROPHETS

(Message by Tanny Keng)

1. The Root of all False Ministers / Prophets

a) All Christians have the Holy Spirit inside of them.  The Holy Spirit can tell us when something is not right or that some teaching or teacher does not line up with Scripture. They can appear to be spiritual giants but inside it is really all about!  A true pastor, an under-shepherd of the Great Shepherd (Jesus, since He is the Head of the Church) normally:

i) Doesn’t masquerade to be something they aren’t.

ii) Doesn’t usually claim special revelation from God,

iii) Doesn’t demand a certain percentage of your income,

iv) Doesn’t take advantage of their congregation,

v) Doesn’t enslave you to the law (the Mosaic Law), and

vi) Doesn’t make God out to be a “pro quid pro” God which says if you give a “seed of faith” God will give you such and such.

b) Look for pride to be at the root of all false ministers.  The same problem that caused Satan’s fall will eventually cause these “angels of light” to fall.  If something doesn’t feel right, sound right, or look right, perhaps the Holy Spirit is telling you that it isn’t right.  And this is to be expected these days because even Satan himself masquerades as an “angel of light” (2 Corinthians 11:14) and so it shouldn’t be surprising, then, if his servants also “masquerade as servants of righteousness” (2 Corinthians 11:15) and may “exploit you or [take] advantage of you” (2 Corinthians 11:20) by teaching a “different gospel from the one you accepted” (2 Corinthians 11:4).  That is exactly how Satan can be disguised as an “angel of light.”

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