Beware of false teaching

I have read several articles lately dealing with proliferation of false doctrine. False doctrine has been around since the dawn of human history. However, today we have a deceptive insidious form of false doctrine that is creeping into every aspect of our lives. From public schools to churches, from military doctrine to banking laws; every aspect of life is under the attack of the enemy. In a nutshell, this form of false doctrine does two things.

1. It convinces us that deep down, we are good and don't really need God.
2. It promotes a different form of thinking away from freedom and absolutes; and toward community and relativity.

According to this teaching, all men are good. We are not really sinners in need of a Savior but actually can achieve a god-like status by discovering our inner self and then developing that self by way of harmonizing with those around us and with the universe. If this sounds familiar it is. It is a more exotic form of mysticism. The Biblical truths of sin and good vs. evil are watered down to the point of non-existence. God becomes whatever you want him to be.

This false doctrine also promotes a different from of thinking. In school I was taught reading, writing, and arithimetic. All these subjects require known facts and rules in order to work. Literally, 2 + 2 = 4, you don't end sentences with prepositions etc.. Today, the trend is toward holistic thinking. Holistic thinking involves your perception of things not facts. However you perceive something to be then that is what it is for you. If in your perception the holocaust never occurred then that's ok, because you are exercising your perception.

This form of false teaching involves famous T.V. personalities such as Oprah Winfrey (google what she is teaching on her daily XM radio broadcast). World leaders, media moguls and famous church leaders are in on the gig. Many churches who call themselves Christian have bought into this deception lock, stock, and barrel.

This deceptive form of thinking will be the perfect tool for the antichrist. At some point, he will step onto the world scene and easily take the reigns of the world and drive it to destruction. The concept of globalism and unification is rampant the world over. He will unite the world and give it exactly what it wants.

God calls us to live as free individuals. It is true that we are to support and love one another. To look out for each other and to worship together. But our unity is based completely on the person of Jesus Christ. It is He who unifies us as a body of believers. It is the presence of the Trinity in our lives that makes us "one in Christ". As the rapture approaches, we will see more and more people falling away from the true faith. The deception will become world wide and millions will want nothing to do with Jesus Christ. For His teaching of absolutism and the narrow way to eternal life will not fit into their "perception" of reality. He will become too harsh and too unforgiving. And that means that you and I who are true believers, advancing to maturity will become hated as well.

But thats ok, because we know the outcome.