How false teachings of false teachers have entered into the church. Five questions that will help you to test these new teachings if there are true or false.

3. He put another parable before them, saying,
"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who
sowed good seed in his field,
but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed
weeds among the wheat and went away.
So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds
appeared also.
And the servants of the master of the house came and said to
him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How
then does it have weeds?'
He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants
said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'
But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the
wheat along with them.
Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I
will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in
bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'“
Matthew 13:24-30

4. "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but
inwardly are ravenous wolves.
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn
bushes, or figs from thistles?
So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad
fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear
good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and
thrown into the fire.
Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in
your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty
works in your name?'
And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you
workers of lawlessness.'
Mat 7:15-23

5. TESTING THE SPIRITS
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that
Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the
spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the
world already.
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who
is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the
world listens to them.
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not
from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and
the spirit of error.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever
loves has been born of God and knows God.
Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1Jn 4:2-8

6. FIVE QUESTIONS
1. DOES IT EXALT JESUS CHRIST?
2. DOES IT OPOSSE WORLDLINESS?
3. DOES IT POINT PEOPLE TO THE
SCRIPTURE?
4. DOES IT ELEVATE THE TRUTH?
5. DOES IT PRODUCE LOVE FOR GOD AND
OTHERS?

7. A lovable warning
• "'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance,
and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have
tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and
found them to be false.
• I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my
name's sake, and you have not grown weary.
• But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the
love you had at first.
• Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent,
and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you
and remove your lamp stand from its place, unless you
repent.
• Rev 2:2 -5