Things New and Old: Damnable and Pernicious falsehood

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Friday, November 5, 2021

Damnable and Pernicious falsehood

Some prophets belching out
damnable and pernicious falsehood.

https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/10214944001128997
November 4, 2019

#Damnable #Pernicious

Damnable: Subject to or worthy of divine condemnation. (OED)

Pernicious: having a very harmful effect on somebody or something, especially in a manner that is gradual and not easily noticed. (OED).

Both words occur once only; they are translated from the same word apōleia. They are the two sides of the same fence put up by false teachers, i.e., false doctrines.

What has bewitched many of God's children such that they choose to be indifferent to sound doctrines or speak disparagingly against them? I suspect the sound doctrines either expose their popular errors or tax their mentally lazy minds; I may be wrong. Maybe, they have been justly put off by doctrinaires who are ungodly, and unjustifiably conclude, "what's the use of sound doctrines, just look at those ungodly doctrinaires!"

The serious nature of false doctrines deserves God's children's careful study and vigilant attention unto the sound doctrines.

2 Peter 2 KJB
1 ¶But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in #damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their #pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Listen, teachers of falsehood don't come with horns and pitchforks. They are usually loveable and nice people, but cunning and subtle; they are smart at "good words and fair speeches."

Romans 16:18 KJV — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

Ephesians 4:14 KJV — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.

If you are not grounded in the doctrines of the gospel of Christ, you will soon be following the pernicious ways of the teachers of falsehood.

2 Timothy 2 KJV
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

1 Timothy 4:1 KJV — Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

God's children turning from sound doctrines to FABLES and DOCTRINES OF DEVILS are no fiction but a harsh reality.