7 Sure Marks of a False Teacher 

Greg Rickard no way, Satan is too clever for that, they know ... they are part of the wide world beast system. They picked Satan over Christ

Most of them are truly deceived. Some have been given over to a strong delusion.

Anyone who doesn’t confesses Jesus as Lord is not of God.

All men choose their own way. The heart is desperately wicked who can know it's depths? Christ seeks us out, not the other way around.

@@yrubla //// Only in Christianity. Other religions do not believe that.

Then there are preachers who are just plain wrong, many! Had to be said.

As a general rule, all false teachers REFUSE correction.

@@tmo4330 but some techers who didnt mean to teach something false would want to correct it

@@bailujen8052 Great comment! Anyone willing to accept correction and change their teaching on a certain subject is not a false teacher.

Yes. Many are spiritually dry, and instead of seeking God, they look for feel good preachers and prophets.

We must diligently and carefully study the Word, not depend on whims and random thoughts that are mistaken for the "voice of God". That means using the original Hebrew and Greek texts as well as Scripture itself to properly interpret the Bible. Prayer is also important, for God is the giver of wisdom. Good biblical discernment relies on solid information, not reckless instinct.

MONSTERSURFER019 - yes .

So true .for it says let us work out our own salvation in fear and trembling

True. If you rely solely on what many preachers say, you wouldn’t even nearly know half of all what the bible says.

The problem is, how do we prevent cherry picking of verses? That is only by iron sharpening iron. Now we have online sharpening. Many must be reshaped as well. Many will be exposed at not true and not worthy to be sharpened.

Yes, I was surprised that wasn’t on the list. Maybe because many false teachers are good at disguising it with “niceness” or a false humility.

@Jerry Collins You need help, or a change of medication. Utterly bonkers.

@Jerry Collins ///// Did you just make that all up? You are another L Ron Hubbard!

Amen

don't forget the signs and prophecy also, the other side can do these also, but we know trees by their fruit

Exactly, by the Spirit we discern truth or a lie. And isn't it wonderful that the Spirit will show you the same thing it shows me?

@@herbladyHCG What do you mean by the Spirit discern a truth or a lie? I know I can discern by the word and facts.

Tim, what about money? Like Simon the sorcerer, money always accompanies the false prophet. And as far as how to know them, Jesus said that you shall know them by their fruits. Matthew 7:15. In other words, what becomes of the converts? Do they bring forth fruits suggesting repentance and new life, or do they return to the same life as before, (like you said making two fold more a child of hell)? The remainder of that chapter is likely speaking about false prophets.

@@loveworksnoevil The Spirit helps us discern.

Very true!

Excellent points!

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I will add one more sign of a false teacher to your list which is excellent: false teachers deny the deity of Jesus Christ.

only one sign of a false teacher. they are teaching from a bronze age book of myths.

In 1 cor.14: 34 strictly says women are to be silent in the church period...

Mary Magdelene was the First preacher she was the first to tell the good news of Christ's resurrection. Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Greek,there is neither bond nor free,there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus"

@@antonyjohnson5779 Ok well the pastor preached yesterday that no women were to be teaching or preaching or even speaking in the church and it says it right there in 1 cor.14: 34, 35 i come in love brother no hurt intended please forgive me if I sound strong

@@antonyjohnson5779 - unfortunately you have taken this verse out of context. It is true that we are all equal in Christ but the church is an Institution, not a movement. As an Institution it has Offices that have qualifications. For example, as an Australian I have the same rights as any other Australian. However if I wanted to get a job as a Doctor, then I would have to study as a doctor and then get a licence to practice as a Doctor. This is because the position of a Doctor in our society is an Official Position. You need to meet the qualifications laid out by the Office of the Medical Institutions etc to practice or identify as a doctor. If I arrived at an accident scene and said step aside as I am a Doctor and as I am not a qualified Doctor or meet the requirements of the office of Doctor, I would actually be committing an offense, regardless of the outcome or my good intentions. Likewise, Paul has outlined the qualifications of a Pastor. He has also said that a woman is not to have spiritual authority over a man or preach to men. Now women can preach to other women and she can preach to children, but according to scripture (our only authority), she can not preach to Men. This is very clear scripture. There is nothing to stop a woman from teaching in a University or online. . Mary was not a preacher. She simply told the Disciples the good news and they ran out to see if it was true. The Disciples chosen by Jesus to become Apostles later spread the good news across the area. The women of the early church were active and supported the church in many valuable ways, but not as Overseers or Bishops and certainly did not take spiritual authority over the Men and were forbidden to preach in the Church to the Men. The role of an Apostle is also an office with qualifications, with Paul stating in scripture that he was the last Apostle - the last to have seen the risen Christ. No one can meet the requirements of the Office of an Apostle today. Likewise, the role and office of a Prophet also has qualifications. ANY Prophet whose prophecy fails or does not come to pass is a FALSE Prophet. Any Prophet who teaches a different Faith (or changes the faith in any way) is a False Prophet. Any Prophet who contradicts the Word of God is a False Prophet. Any Prophet who says that the Word of God is outdated and changes the Word to God to meet today's social customs is a False Prophet. A Prophet speaks direct revelation from God and his revelations have the same authority as the Word of God as they have the same source. This is why False Prophets were put to death under the Mosaic Law. Beware of anyone claiming to be a Prophet. They need to be thoroughly tested. It is much safer to keep to God's Word as your ONLY source and ONLY Spiritual Authority. Now, as Christians, we all should be able to give an account of our faith and be able to explain the good news of the Gospel. In fact scripture says that we all must be able to give an account of our Faith. As a woman you absolutely need to be able to give an account of your Faith to anyone who asks. So, it is true that we are all equal in Christ. It does not matter if we are a Slave, a Jew, a Gentile, a Man, a Woman, or a child. However we are not all able to meet the qualifications imposed by the various offices of the Church, which is an Institution and not a movement.

Super keep it up. Many of these false teachers are taking the lambs to slaughter. They seem to be popping up monthly. One needs a scorecard and one must be careful or you succumb to their doctrine of "self" It's scary because the appeal to million$

@Jerry Collins And your point? Cut to chase. Too much bloviating sorry

@@ernestoybarra7333 Jerry Collins has made many comments on here, he is utterly bonkers and in need of psychiatric help.

@@GeorgeSPAMTindle ok make your case why he's a kook? And are you Rev.?

@@ernestoybarra7333 It cost me £1.60 (around $2) to get ordained through an Ebay auction. Scroll through some previous comments and look at the replies, then you'll understand why he is a kook. He seems to think that Jesus is the son of Satan

Matthew 7:15-20 "15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." IF they teach one thing and do the opposite then they are not of God and I would say be wary around them because it is those people that could possibly lead You astray from the narrow path without You realising it, especially as You said they seem to be teaching the truth, they could be doing so to cast their hook and when hooked start teaching falsities Be careful of those

@Jerry Collins they certainly weren't the cream of the crop.

There's no logical reason to disagree with the 2nd test. Good people don't attack the innocent.

@@luke3807 but 'good' people do criticize false teachers. Are you calling false teachers innocent? 2 Corinthians 11:3-5,13-15 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. [4] For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. [5] I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” [13] For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. [14] And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. [15] It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

@Shaken not stirred I don't think the percentage is that high. But I would agree a lot. That's sad.

@Shaken not stirred how many of each kind of animal did Moses bring on the ark?

Much of what it is claimed the Spirit is doing in churches today is really Satanic blasphemy.

@@gregb6469 thats right,i was in that for 35 years, GOD opened my eyes to the lies.

Don't know if you realize that you are falling into the false claim that "God told me." God does NOT audibly talk to us outside of His word. To claim other wise is to deny the sufficiency of Holy Scripture. Everything He has to say to us is through His Son in The Bible. It is a finished work. No other revelation is needed. "God told me" is a favorite ploy of false teacher because they know that those ignorant of the Word will believe them.

KJKP//// I will agree with your Spirit, that the bible is mostly wrong. I know it is wrong about the afterlife. We should probably just follow Micah 6.8 and throw the rest of the book away.

@@bolt4694 ///// How do you know that? You are just guessing. God deals with each person individually. The bible is a quagmire of truth and fiction, and you claim that book to be 'the word of God???

The Spirit does not want to lead people to himself, but only to Jesus. immediate impressions should not contradict the written word, another sign of false teaching. John 15:26 (KJV) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

The Spirit does not want to lead people to himself, but only to Jesus. immediate impressions should not contradict the written word, another sign of false teaching. John 15:26 (KJV) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Well stated and sadly true. It's because most professing Christians are in their hearts, legalists, they have to have a yard stick inwhich to measure their faith instead of relying on the true freedom through grace and love that Christ secured for us with His death on the cross, burial and resurrection.

That's because true Christianity requires humility and repentance. Following Christ is hard. Obeying Him is hard. The hyper Grace movement is easy and fun. People don't want discipline they want a license to sin.

Very well said. Great point.

Amen! We are saved by what Jesus did for us on Calvary. 1st Corinthians 15:1-4 Peace and grace

@faithful02u ///// The process of hearing from God is called "meditation".

@faithful02u //// If that happens to you, great. He has not done that for me, damnit.

@faithful02u ///// Didn't ever happen to me. I would have loved to have heard from Him.

@faithful02u //// God is not a liar...... But the bible is. He can talk to me anytime He chooses. He apparently has chosen not to.

@faithful02u ///// If it worked as good as you say it does, I would still be a Christian. You have never found problems in the bible because you have never looked for them,. Get hold of a copy of Bart Ehrman's "Jesus Interrupted" He will point them out to you.

or some sort of teaching....and come to a conclusion, true, or false.....because in reality, that is what we have to do on all topics, of the Bible...

If you listen to sermons by John Piper, Tim Keller, David Platt, or Paul Washer, and then compare those sermons to most megachurch preachers, you will quickly be able to discern who is actually preaching exegetically from the gospel and who is preaching eisegetically to please man.

context, context, context

Lol!!!

"To the Law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, there is not light in them. " Isaiah 8:20

i think some do, the ones doing it for gain purposly going after the weak

i know right, cause the Holy Spirit teaches true believers

i think that false teachers interpret scripture to suit their own desires

They know if they preach for a pay day or to win the lost. If they read God's Word at all, it convicts them. Some have seared their conscience.

@@Waiting4Him111 with a hot iron, speaking lies in hypocrisy

And boldness. So many say, "Oh, let them be! Stop criticizing, be of tolerance!" When Christ left us His commandment that we should go out and stand on His Word, sharing it with all nations and making disciples! How could we complete that and ignore so many on their way to an eternity WITHOUT Him?!

Kevin Barton, Holy Spirit told me recently, this “daily discernment” you mention is going to be increasingly required. He told me and shared with me a sense of being overwhelmed... that the amount of disinformation in the world would increase, challenging us all and creating division and confusion.

@@KJKP /// I have discerned that the bible is a quagmire of truth and fiction. I am overwhelmed by those that call this book "the inerrant word of God" when it obviously contains errors.

@Jerry Collins //// Did you make all that up by yourself? Way toooooo loooong.

@Jerry Collins /// You must have made your own translation.

Not every word ...😒

LOL. Robert Peterson, please literally for the sake of the love of God... go and research the history of Calvinism. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V7oxgjKB1YA.html

Calvinism is a false teaching. The is no perseverance in the Gospel of Salvation. Also predestined salvation is a heresy.

each letter there is backed up greatly by scripture. ( that is if we let scripture interpret scripture)

@@dfischer1709 No it is not. Predestination would mean God creates billions of people that are all destined for hell then picks a handful to save. That is heresy and John 3:16 contradicts that. God offers salvation to the World. Which means everyone. Salvation is not by works it is by faith (Eph 2:8-9) and that contradicts perseverance as that would be works for Salvation. Just for starters.

Amen! (ONLY the CREATOR is Lord) Lord God bless you and your loved ones!

The Catholic Church is the oldest Christian religion. What religion do you recommend is the best? Baptist, Pentecostal, Jehovah's witness? All of them have corrupt preachers among them and don't tell me they don't, I have seen them. And why do they need to call their Bible the King James Bible? To honor King James? The King James Bible is just the Catholic Bible with 7 books removed, including some of the wisdom books which say wisdom is the gift that God gives to us. Again, if the Catholic Church isn't the right religion, which one is?

@@strangeroamer3219 By your comments, I know you have not found the truth! I do not recommend any religion. I advocate the local Christian biblical church. It has many different names, but it preaches and lives the gospel of Jesus Christ.

@@approvedofGod What version of the Bible do you read?

@@strangeroamer3219 My approach is not just reading, but studying. So I use several versions of the bible, followed with the Hebrew and Greek manuscripts.

@@approvedofGod So I have read the Catholic Bible and some of the King James Bible to see why people think king James is the true translation. I have come to the conclusion that the King James Version is just a Catholic Bible worded differently and missing 7 books. Do you think the King James Version is the one and true translation just like all Protestants seem to believe?

Yes indeed! The scriptures tell us we should judge and NAME false preachers. For example: "Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them " (Rom. 16:17) There are specific references about judging, e.g. as follows: Matt. 7:6, 15-16; 18:16-18; John 7:24; 1 Cor. 5; 2 Tim. 4:3-4, 10; 1 Thess. 5:21-22; 1 John 4:1. False teaching: Col 2:8, Heb 13:9, 2 Pet 3:16,17, Acts 20:29-31. Remember that Paul named Peter publicly. Paul named Demas for loving the world. Paul named Hymenaeus and Alexander, and Alexander the coppersmith. John named Diotrephes. "I wrote unto the church; but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not" (III John 9). He related how this man had prated against him "with malicious words " (v. 10). He further said, "Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God " (v. I 1). Yes, we are told to identify and call out those who teach falsely. And for those who trot out the "Judge not" reference, please see: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_7UryDFwEhQ.html and ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2Pmhs6aVezo.html #

You're going strong, Tim: keep it up! Do not forget to throw in some lady names as well! I see you often commenting, Tim: what is it what you believe is the true Gospel?

tim spangler Now, that's funny!

The Watcher lol I wanted that too

LOL... I saw this comment and looked right... the author of this video has another titled, “7 false teachers in the church today.”

Jehovah’s Witnesses were started by the Russell family, one of the Satanic blood lines. That is why they have New Age occultic words like “New Dawn” in their doctrines. They are in bondage. May Jesus open their hearts to see the truth and be set free.

Sounds like today's seeker sensitive mega churches, word of faith, prosperity, and charismatic churches.

& Mormonism!!

Russel was a freemason.

Yes and a secret pre-tribulation rapture also false

The Catholic Church has a ready way to banish false teachers. You mostly see bad behavior and not bad teaching although that is surely possible, All through the ages heretics (bad teachers) have been excommunicated in order to keep the doctrine pure. Keep on the path to holiness and pray for all.

Roman Catholic Church is mystery Babylon

I’m so sorry. Def not the heart of God my friend. Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Everyone who knows JESUS not religion - loves others. He obviously was learning religion. Sad - many will perish for lack of knowledge. 😭😭😭💔💔💔

I would think some are, and others are not.

MT///// There are as many ways to interpret the bible as there are denominations. Who wouldn't be confused?

Hi Marisela. Though it's a year late, maybe this response can still help you or someone else with a similar question. I believe that Scripture is our best safeguard for testing any teaching. Doesn't matter who's speaking, even someone you've trusted. Double check if what he's saying is in the Bible and in line with Scripture. Your first step is to see if there is any direct contradiction. The second step could be to see if what he teaches is taken from the literary context (does it make sense within the passage) and the historical context (was this what the author had in mind when he was writing the letter). Hope this is helpful. God bless.

MC///// Give up Christianity. Concoct your own religion.

Amadisima - I just wanted to quickly say… That if your sister is truly born-again, God promised to never leave her or for sake her, so she’s in the fathers hands, and he will lead her out of false teaching. I was believing some false teaching with myself for a while, but I still had the assurance that I was still saved, and God by his Holy Spirit has been leading me to truth by his word.

couldn't find any thing on mike parson dr kay fairchid teaches that the blood of JESUS was not needed , she is bad.watch her for 10 seconds and you will see for yourself

he first tells us that his people are the ones who do the will of the father