Discerning Devilish Doctrines

Doctrines of Demons

by rory moore

 It is not my purpose here to point out the many, many individual  doctrines (teachings) that have been sown into the great body of Christianity that are true, part true, or completely wrong. 

Rather we would alert you to the nature and character of the spirits that work through the people that hold them. I would safely say that most of us have held various errors along our journey and by God's grace we are delivered of them.

2 Timothy 2:23    But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes... 1.  "foolish": dull, heedless, absurd, stupid 2.  "questionings": a dispute or its' theme 3.  "strifes":  ***battle, controversy, quarrel, disputes***  Do what with them? –“refuse them ”?? That’s to beg off,  decline, shun: - avoid, excuse, entreat, refuse, reject. To not reject them is to “give place to the devil” and to our dismay we have seen dozens of people we thought were firm in the faith succumb to error.

Be mindful when people are obsessive over a particular teaching, and compulsively driven to argue, prove, or relentlessly persuade others then learn to discern what spirit is compelling them.

checkpoints:
 1.  People holding them will *vigorously* press them by fleshly debate and strife. -and justifyingly call it "zeal" or even “truth”!

2. error is often sweetly seductive, contain an appearance of truth, and appeal to fleshly minds in giving comfort and false assurance.

3. Rather than explained "line upon line", "precept upon precept", citing both command and examples from New Testament scripture, they offer persuasive human explanations and reasoning to obscure what is written and plainly expressed.

4. They may be attested to by experiential testimony, sometimes without scriptural foundation.

5. They divide people causing faction and separation...

6. It only takes ONE demonic doctrine to cause division.
    REAL faction, not just accusatory faction because of disagreement over understandings..

7.  A doctrine of demons will usually filter back to an individual or small like-minded group.  A book, video, TV program, or website can attract many followers in a short time.

8.  They will complicate and obfuscate simple words and teachings using many words. Most error is shrouded by convoluted, complex, or longggg explanations.

9.  When demons are involved, people feel angry, attacked, upset, or lose peace.... Bad fruit is produced and will manifest “works of the flesh” –Galatians 5 speaks of these spiritual fruits. Fruits like arrogance, critical, stubbornness, pride, self-righteous works, despising our brother, etc. are manifest.

10. Doctrines of demons dwell in fleshly minds and produce "works of the flesh".
Strife, debate, anger, frustration, confusion, division, separations.

11. Some doctrines of demons only change one word in a scripture as in the devil did with Eve in Genesis 3.

12. Doctrines of demons "pervert", that is twist the meaning of scripture by re-defining or adding to the meaning. They are institutionalized as  church tradition, ritual, rules, or church culture.  

13. they are used to condemn people that do not follow them.

14.  They tend to bondage:  of laws, rules, and or the leaders that promote them.

15. If contradicted by truth and a multitude of scripture, demons manifest with anger, accusation, judgment, even cursing.

16. They promote spiritual superiority, elitism, and a sense of being among a people of special knowledge.

17.  Demons persistently strive to have the last word.

18:  Characteristics and nature of these demons working through people:
    a. they love ATTENTION
    b. they will argue and argue and argue and argue and…..
    c. they do so in order to draw people into fruitless discussions and stir the flesh nature. Fleshly anger, mocking (LOL!), pride, arrogance and confusion reveal their presence.

Demons are VERY creative inventing doctrines and or perverting true doctrines.
Examples are inserting meanings that are not given in scripture by either example or command, especially as viewed through the writings of the New Testament apostles.

The "many" is who?
MANY deceivers are a hallmark of the last days. "Many" means literally a majority, and it was referenced by Jesus in terms of them that confess Christ as Lord.

What is written in scripture is true.
The explanations, reasoning’s, and wisdom of man cannot be trusted. Those that are driven to put forth pet doctrines are falling into a deception no matter how truthful it appears.

The zealous Pharisee Christians of the New Testament in Acts 15, in their error set forth the laws of the Old Testament and attempted to impose words from the scripture that were never given to the church. Those men “perverted” the scripture and “troubled” the saints.

Paul  wrote of them in Galatians saying “if we or an angel from heaven preaches any other gospel… let him be accursed". 

Take heed brethren.
-rory moore
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