All the devil has to do to deceive most Christians is sprinkle a little of truth on his big fat lies. They flock to the preachers who tickle their ears, buy their tapes and books, never questioning their questionable doctrines. The Christian bookstores are lined with books that have Christian themes but are lacking in Biblical truth, and the authors are laughing all the way to the bank. All the while, God's book lies on the shelf, untouched.
I was in discussion with one believer about the false teaching by Rick Warren in his book, "Purpose Driven Life", and she said to me, "Yes, but it has some good stuff in it." Is this our new standard for accepting someone's doctrine, that it contains "some" truth? It is no wonder that many of God's children are being led astray.
Acts 17:11 tells of another kind of believer, one that was not so easily taken in by error: "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things be so." These were the Bereans. The "things" that they were researching with scripture was the teaching of Paul and Silas. How much more should we scrutinize modern day teachers.
There are still a few watchmen in the church, a few Bereans that study the scriptures and expose false teaching, but not nearly enough. The wolves don't even need to put on sheep's clothing these days to fool the flock.
My question today is: "Where have all the Bereans gone?"
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