Some Things That Are False

False tongue Psalm 120:3 – “Or what shall be done to you, You false tongue?” James 3:2-10 “tongue is a little member and boasts great things” “defiles the whole body, and set on fire the course of nature” “no man can tame the tongue” “out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing” “My brethren, these things ought not to be so”

False report Exodus 20:16 “not bear false witness” Exodus 23:1 “not circulate a false report” Proverbs 6:19 “A false witness who speaks lies” Matthew 18:15ff Proverbs 26:20 “where there is no talebearer, strife ceases” Proverbs 10:18 “Have you gone to this person about this?”

False brethren 2 Corinthians 11:26 “perils among false brethren” Trouble makers – factions and divisions result Galatians 5:15 “bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another!” Hypocrites – present one attitude to your face another to your back Galatians 2:4,5 “to whom we did not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.”

False teachers Matthew 7:15 – wolves in sheep’s clothing 2 Peter 2:1-3 “bring in destructive heresies… follow their destructive ways” Two General Categories of False Teachers: Honest and Dishonest Dishonest know teaching error & do it anyway 2 Corinthians 11:13,14 Honest are honestly mistaken – Matthew 7:21-23 Both are False Teachers – Both are Condemned by God

False way Psalm 119:104 “Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way” Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” John 14:6 “ Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

False balance Proverbs 11:1 (ASV) “A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.” Matthew 15:1-9; Mark 7:6-9 – Tradition is a False Standard of Authority John 12:48 – judged by the Words of Christ Revelation 20:12 – judged according to our works

Don’t allow yourself to be a party to anything that is false! Rather, Cling to the Truth in All Things! Measure your Conduct in This Life by the Word of God That we all might be at home with Him some day