 Unpleasant, but necessary topic: Acts 20:27; Jude 3  Discussion of unsavory topics needed to achieve spiritual maturity: 1 Cor. 3:1-3  Teachers.

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 Unpleasant, but necessary topic: Acts 20:27; Jude 3  Discussion of unsavory topics needed to achieve spiritual maturity: 1 Cor. 3:1-3  Teachers of truth often criticized while false teachers allowed to spread error: 2 Cor. 10:10; 11:13-15; 1 Pet. 5:8; 2 Cor. 11:4; Rom. 16:17; Jd. 3  Teachers of truth are sometimes accused of being “troublemakers”: 1 Kgs. 18:17; 1 Tim. 6:3-5 3 The Four D’s of False Teachers

 False teachers don’t “self-identify”: Matt. 7:15  Deception is their primary tool: 2 Cor. 4:1-2; 2:17; Eph. 4:14-15; Matt. 7:15-20; Jude 4; 2 Pet. 2:3  We must put every teacher’s doctrine to the test of Scripture! Acts 17:11; 1 Jn. 4:1, 6; Rev. 2:2; Eph. 5:6-7 4 The Four D’s of False Teachers

 Destroy self, destroy those who accept their error: 2 Pet. 2:15, 19; 3:16; 2 Tim. 2:16-18; Acts 20:29-30  Destroy the good influence of truth: 2 2:2; Titus 2:7-8  We must be ever diligent to grow in knowledge of the truth: 2 Pet. 3: The Four D’s of False Teachers

 Wolves devour their prey! Matt. 7:15  False teachers covet you for them- selves, not for the sake of the truth: Gal. 6:12-13; Col. 2:4, 8  Regardless of how nice they may be, never forget their real motives! Rom. 16:18; 2 Pet. 2:3; 1 Thess. 2:5; Acts 20:20 6 The Four D’s of False Teachers

 We cannot let false teaching go unchallenged: Titus 1:10-11  Withstand with the truth: 2 Cor. 11:4  Contend for the faith: Jude 3  See the battle clearly: 2 Cor. 10:3-5; Eph. 6:10-12  Must identify false teachers: 2 Tim. 2:16-18  Must deliver false teachers to Satan: 1 Tim. 1:18- 20; Rom. 16:17  Must turn away from them: 1 Tim. 6:3-5 7 The Four D’s of False Teachers

 Cause division where unity should exist: 1 Cor. 1:10-13; 1 Kgs. 18:17; Rom. 16:17; 1 Jn. 2:19; Eph. 4:3  Must mark false teachers: Rom. 16:17; Matt. 16:6; Titus 3: The Four D’s of False Teachers

 False teaching is ubiquitous! Islam, Cath- olicism, denominationalism, secularism, liberalism, plan of salvation; work, worship, organization of the church; “contemporary” worship, etc., etc.  Is battling false teaching pleasant? NO! Is battling false teaching necessary? YES!  The Lord’s church has a sacred obligation in regards to battling false teaching: 1 Tim. 3:15; 2 Thess. 2: