Leaving Beyond – Grounded In Scripture

“A lie is never harmless; the smallest error is the seed of death for the soul and dishonor to God.” ~ Charles Spurgeon

“False doctrine creeps in subtly and may look like truth, but it robs God of His glory and enslaves men to delusion.” ~ Jonathan Edwards

Tackling error isn’t always as challenging as we think, but other times once you begin digging to expose error you find heresy hidden beneath and the threat is greater than you realized. It has so woven itself and entangled itself in every other area of doctrine that even what appears sound has been corrupted.

False doctrine gets as close to the truth as possible and holds many of the same theological tenants as Historical Christianity. It seeks to have its roots in the past though when we look more closely we can see where those before us recognized the evil and slayed these giants in their own age.

Lazy men have fell asleep during the battle and have ignored the warnings of those in our age warning that these giants have arisen once again—they are not new. They are the same old heresies just repackaged.

They take root in Genesis and develop their theology through the end of Revelation. They seek to rob God of His glory on every page and in every age.

Men boast of their courage, their faith, their humility, while they allow false doctrines to enter in without correction, rebuke or tearing down lies that threaten the sheep.

Not all false doctrines are built off isolated verses; many begin in Genesis and aim to rob God of His glory from the beginning to the end. Their theology runs counter to God, deifying man and demoting God.

It is no lazy man’s work to exhaust the pages of Scripture and test one’s own beloved beliefs. Those who care about the truth cannot be lazy but diligent to study the Word, be changed by it and test all things according to what the text says and means.

Grace and Peace, y’all
Soli Deo Gloria

April J. Buchanan