Curious about what the New Testament specifically has to say about false teachers?
Here’s my bulleted list with scripture references of the lies:
- Lie #1: God’s grace allows us to live immoral lives (Jude 1:4)
- Lie #2: Godliness is a way of making a profit/becoming wealthy (1 Timothy 6:5)
- Lie #3: Forbidding marriage (1 Timothy 4:3)
- Lie #4: Forbidding certain foods (1 Timothy 4:3)
- Lie #5: Jesus Christ isn’t God come in the flesh as a real man (1 John 4:2)
- Lie #6: The Bible is full of errors and can’t be trusted (Matthew 4:4, 2 Timothy 3:16)
A list of some of their types of corrupt character and bad fruit:
- Claim authority from their dreams (Jude 1:8)
- Live immortal lives (Jude 1:8)
- Defy authority (Jude 1:8)
- Scoff at supernatural beings (Jude 1:8)
- Deceive people for money (Jude 1:11)
- Grumblers and complainers (Jude 1:16)
- Live only to satisfy their desires (Jude 1:16)
- Brag loudly about themselves (Jude 1:16)
- Flatter others to get what they want (Jude 1:16)
- Arrogant/conceited and understands nothing (1 Timothy 6:4)
- Has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes (1 Timothy 6:4)
- They give rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions, and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth (1 Timothy 6:4)
- Suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit/ becoming wealthy (1 Timothy 6:5)
Harold J. Ballinger 