God of the Bible warns me – am I listening?  I am not to be gullible, or easily led astray from God’s teachings.  Subtlety and deceptions are used to lure people from the truths of God’s word.

God’s words are true… man’s words are sometimes true or untrue.

(NASB) Hebrews 13:9 “Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings…”

  Teachings which are “slightly” different or “strange” – I am not to fall into their subtle traps which lead me away from God.

(NIV) Ephesians 4:11-13 “It was he who gave some to be apostles, and some to be prophets, and some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”

The living God of the Bible gives me sound teaching from His true word.  He uses His appointed pastors, priests and teachers – people who adhere to His words – to equip me for works to serve Him and people.  It is Jesus Christ on which my life is to be built.  I am a part of His body and He is the Head of the church (His body).

It is all in Christ Jesus.  It is all in my Savior which I am to live and walk today and tomorrow and all the tomorrows to come.  It is in Christ Jesus in Whom I am to mature and grow.

My motives, thoughts, words and actions are to be pleasing to God my Savior.  He is the Messiah, the Anointed One of God foretold in the Old Testament by Moses and the prophets.  And He is my Redeemer and Savior.

(NASB) Ephesians 4:14 “As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming…”

I am no longer to be like a helpless child – tossed here and there by waves which overpower me: waves of fears, waves of anxieties, and waves of distrust in anything or anyone.  I am not to be carried away by various and strange teachings.

~ Take it to heart ~

 (NASB) 2 Corinthians 11:4 “For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you received a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted…”

  Listen!  Learn!  Learn from God and His word – always compare what you are told, what you hear and/or read…compare with God’s true word – always!

  Don’t listen to the wrong message.  Don’t listen to people whose message leads away from the living God of the Holy Bible.  Don’t be deceived any longer.

I am to listen and learn of the Lord Jesus Christ
and by faith follow Him.