It is important, to say the least, that we believe, study and know what the Bible, the Word of God, states as truth. John 17:17, “Thy word is truth.” Jesus said in Matthew 22:29, “Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.” If the Bible is Truth (and it is), then anything contrary to the Bible is in error. II Peter 3:17 states, “Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness.” I John 2:26, “These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.” Notice the strong admonitions here. BEWARE – Literally, to restrain or guard one’s self from anything that may be dangerous, injurious or improper. ERROR – A wandering or deviation from the truth; a mistake in judgement, by which men assent to or believe what is not true. SEDUCE – To draw aside or entice from the path of rectitude and duty. Colossians 2:8 “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
In their book “The Seduction of Christianity”, Hunt & McMahon write, “Christianity may well be facing the greatest challenge in its history: a series of powerful and growing seductions that are subtly changing biblical interpretations and undermining the faith of millions of people. Most Christians are scarcely aware of what is happening, and much less do they understand the issues involved.
The seduction is surprisingly easy. It does not take place as an obvious frontal assault from rival religious beliefs. That would be vigorously resisted. Instead, it comes to some Christians in the guise of faith-producing techniques for gaining spiritual power and experiencing miracles and to others as self-improvement psychologies for fully realizing human potential that are seen as scientific aids to successful Christian living.”
If you submit to the spirit of error, you have to turn from the spirit of truth! II Timothy 4:4, “And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” Titus 1:14, “…fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.”
FABLE – A feigned story or tale, a fictitious narration, a falsehood. Romans 4:3, “For what saith the scripture?” Galatians 4:30, “Nevertheless what saith the scripture?” True doctrine is according to the Scripture. False doctrine is not according to the Scripture.
Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven, given among men, whereby we must be saved.” The Bible teaches that Jesus, the Son of God, died for you sins and that he is the only Savior! This is the foundation of our faith. The song says, “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness.”
John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
Psalms 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”