Beware of False Teachers

I learned recently that there are "pastors" who are implementing Catholic doctrine and practices in the protestant churches, in an attempt to join with the Catholic church without actually telling their congregations that it is happening.

There have been two testimonies lately that this is happening, but it shouldn't be a big surprise, the holidays that began in the Catholic church, that is Easter, Christmas and Halloween, are widely practiced by most protestant and non-denominational churches today. Some are even introducing these churches to the "advent wreath" that is a leader to Lent.

The problem is that most Christians today don't know their Bibles and they don't know what is wrong about the Catholic church, so they are going to slide right into the deception with ease.

Ritual that was widely rejected by "Evangelicals" and Reform churches are going back to the very system that they ran from so many years ago.

When our culture is more invested in feelings than facts, they will argue to preserve the traditions that are not Biblical but that make everyone "feel spiritual."

Truth is not the goal of many gatherings today, only pleasure, feelings of euphoria and happiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:21
"21 but test everything; hold fast what is good."

The church hierarchy is not the authority on truth, God is the authority, Christ lives in believers and enlightens those who search the Bible for their truth.

Do not fall into the trap that leadership dictates principles and practice, they do not, it is Christ Who set them down, preserving them in His Word forever.

1 Peter 1:24-25 "…24 For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25 but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you."

The Catholic system as all of the cults are false systems, distractions of the devil that will lead many to hell.