Telling False Teachers From Correct Ones

How does one sort out false teachers/prophets from the correct ones? After all, what I’ve noticed ever since I became a Christian is how clever false teachers are with scripture and how imaginative they can be.

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How does one sort out false teachers/prophets from the correct ones? After all, what I’ve noticed ever since I became a Christian is how clever false teachers are with scripture and how imaginative they can be. They seem to talk about personal revelations that God gives them, and the scariest thing that I believe pulls in gullible Christians is that they talk so passionately about God, Jesus, Holy Spirit. That’s the thing, how do you know?

A. Believers are deceived by false teachers for only one reason. They don’t know the Scriptures well enough to discern truth from fiction. Paul complimented the Bereans for always confirming with Scripture the things He was teaching them. (Acts 17:11) That rule still applies.

James 3:1 says that not many of us should presume to be teachers because we who teach will be judged more harshly. I hope that one of those judgments is to be required to stand there while those they’ve led astray file past.