God has provided protection for our souls through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. To be protected, we must deny ourselves and our ego by taking up our cross and following Jesus. This involves being crucified with Christ so that we are no longer motivated by our ego but by Christ. Several movements went astray because of pride and a mixture of true teachings with errors, which led to confusion, division, and demonic infiltration when people loved themselves over God. Maintaining only the pure, undiluted truth of Scripture protects against such errors.