Date: Thursday, 28th November, 2024
Text: Matthew 22:29
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
One of the ways to permanently gain victory over the false prophets and teachers is to have a sound knowledge of the word of God. When you recognize and are well acquainted with the original, nobody can successfully deceive you with the counterfeit. When you are familiar with the real nobody can mislead you with the fake.
The Lord Jesus Christ rebuked some religious leaders who were peddling heresies saying “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.” Matthew 22:29
When you are personally sound with the knowledge of the word of God you would be able to readily spot heresies. The Berean Christians were fantastic in this aspect. The scriptures refer to them as being more distinguished than the Thessalonian Christians who just believed everything that Paul said without doing their background checks.
The word of God describes the Berean Christians that they, “Were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Acts 17:11
It won’t be possible for any false prophet to swindle you if you are armed with the Sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.
Take time to acquaint yourself with the word of God. Examine it daily so that you will no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes- Ephesians 4:14
Key Nugget: It won’t be possible for any false prophet to swindle you if you are armed with the Sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.