1. WELCOME TO GRACE COMMUNITY!

2. Grace Community Church MATTHEW 7:15-20
Truth Matters
Grace Community Church
MATTHEW 7:15-20

3. Grace Community Church MATTHEW 7:15-20
Truth Matters
“Where previous generations said, ‘If it’s true….it will work’ – the current generation says, ‘If it works…. it must be true’…” ~Josh McDowell / Christian Author and Apologist
We are called to:
Walk in truth – III John 1:4
Love in truth – I John 3:18
Know the truth – John 8:32
Grace Community Church
MATTHEW 7:15-20

4. Every believer can avoid being deceived by identifying three core characteristics of false prophets noted in Scripture.

5. “Watch out for false prophets.”
Matthew 7:15a
“Watch out for false prophets.”

7. Where must we go to attain truth?
Matthew 7:15a
“Watch out for false prophets.”
Pseudos - LIE
Where must we go to attain truth?
John 17:17 – “Your Word is truth.”

8. The Bible Written over a period of 1,500 year
Written by more than 40 different authors
Written on 3 Continents / 3 Languages
Hundreds of controversial topics – yet perfect harmony
TRUTH TO BE TRUSTED!

9. "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on the earth..." ~Joseph Smith, Founder of Mormonism

10. First characteristic: False prophets deviate from God’s truth

11. Matthew 7:15
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”

12. as though it were not serious.
Jeremiah 6:14
“They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
    ‘Peace, peace,’ they say,
    when there is no peace.”

13. THE WAY False Prophet: BROAD The Truth: NARROW CHEAP GRACE NO GRACE
GRACE – Trusting in the provision of Jesus (fully divine / fully human) through the cross.

14. Second characteristic: False prophets are dangerously deceptive

15. “By their fruit you will recognize them.”
Matthew 7:16
“By their fruit you will recognize them.”

16. Third characteristic FALSE PROPHETS…
Are Duplicitous
Family
Friends
Finances
Are not Doctrinally Sound
The Word is not his authority
Jesus is not his Savior

17. “I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam….. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I.” ~Joseph Smith, Founder of Mormonism

18. Third characteristic FALSE PROPHETS…
Are Duplicitous
Family
Friends
Finances
Are not Doctrinally Sound
The Word is not his authority
Jesus is not his Savior
Glory to God is not his aim

19. Every believer can avoid being deceived by identifying three core characteristics of false prophets noted in Scripture.
False prophets deviate from God’s truth
False prophets are dangerously deceptive
False prophets are duplicitous & not doctrinally sound