Both men that I have mentioned earlier as proclaiming false visions also proclaim a number of truths from the gospel. And because of this they are able to mix their lies with the truth, thus deceiving many in the church. Sadly, there are some mature believers that continue to listen to these ministries even though they know these men’s visions are completely false. Their view is that because there is also truth that these ministries preach that we should just ignore the false and listen to the truth they proclaim. What they fail to realise however, is that while they may have the discernment to recognise what is true and what is false, baby believers do not have that same level of discernment. And because baby believers observe the mature believers listening to these ministries, they assume that everything they teach is the truth. Do not misunderstand me; I am not speaking about ministries that are simply teaching error because they have not yet learnt to rightly divide the word of truth. I am speaking about men who are deliberately lying to the church. These practices should not be tolerated in the church and mature believers who knowingly tolerate these ministries, run the risk of sinning against the Lord, as the apostle Paul mentions in the following passage of scripture. This is not something to be taken lightly.
1 Corinthians 8:11-12 “And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? (12) But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.”
Michael E.B. Maher
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