Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

Jesus Christ vs the Evangelical Tithe

# 41: Paul to the elders of the church of Ephesus (Amp): “I know that after I am gone, [false teachers like] ferocious wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.” Are there “ferocious wolves” (“false teachers”) among us today? And if so, how can they be identified?

Every age has been contaminated with “false teachers”, this evidenced by history’s many religions (“commandments of men”). The pharisees were a prime example. These “ferocious wolves” busied themselves by devouring Christ’s sheep. Today within evangelicalism there are innumerable equally hungry wolves.

We can identify the false by identifying the true. Paul is an example of true and those contrary to Paul’s teachings and example are false. False teachers propagate “commandments of men”. They talk different, live different, preach different than Paul.

“Ferocious wolves” are church leaders who “will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].” (Amp) They capture the believer’s heart by first capturing a sizable chunk of his/her income. Most reading these words follow “false teachers”, having been drawn away from Christ Jesus. Sad. Very, very sad.