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***Interesting that Adrian Rogers broadcast this morning was discussing how to detect false teachers.***

I love that guy. What did he say?

I had a teacher that use to say that, in the old days, a certain bank use to train new tellers to spot counterfeits by only showing them real bills. He said that they would become so familiar with the look and feel of the real thing that they could instantly spot the fake.

I looked on the website and at a quick glance I do not find a place where you can listen to the archives. However, this is the title and number of the sermon: 2044 - The Mystery of the Mustard Seed and the Devil's Dirty Birds. IRC, Adrian was mentioning that the faith of a mustard seed was small an simple for the lowly. Not something that one had to rise up to a lofty position to achieve. The Gospel was not a complex message instead it was very simple.

I was listening on level two as I was working on other projects, but he did mentioned at least seven ways to detect counterfeits.

First he mentioned that we need to be cautious as the imitation looks ALMOST identical to the real church. The counterfeit church can have a large congregation, missions programs, fellowships, etc.

However there are a few questions to ask in my paraphrasing:

Do they believe in the inerrancy of the Bible and use it a their source for doctrine? He does caution about scriptuure twisting (and my note proof texting).

Do they believe Jesus Christ was God incarnate and sinless?

Do they believe in the virgin birth, the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and his ascenscion into heaven?

Do they believe our salvation is based in the atonement from Jesus Christ's death at the cross which paid our sin-debt in full? And that it is our faith in the work of Jesus Christ and no additional work (including baptism)

I'll have to remember the other points.... And I too heard in a lesson about studying the real currency versus focusing on the counterfeit. There are too many version of the counterfeit; however, there is one Truth. If we study the Word of God, I trust the Holy Spirit will bring it into remembrance in our point of need. Even though those with the gift of prophecy may have a stronger sensitivity and built-in alarm system to detect error, I believe God gives all His children discernment.