Beware of Nice Christian Heretics

Introduction:

1.  The reason for our church is God seeking true worshippers (John 4:23-24). Let us beware of sliding.
2.  If the point of this study is not true, we should disband and join other “Christian” churches in town.
3.  We say we are as thankful as Jacob for truth (Gen 32:10). Are we as dogmatic as Paul (Gal 1:6-9)!
4.  Remember studying the ancient landmarks? Churches slide all the way to heresy, one inch at a time.
5.  Many call themselves Christians: it is our duty as Bible Christians to fully measure them by scripture.
6.  How dogmatic is your love of truth? Christ and it are the ties that bind. Truth does not leave room to play with   error (Ps 119:128; Is 30:8-11; Matt 5:17-20; II Cor 10:4-6; Titus 3:10-11; Jude 1:3).
7.  If our church were in Bahrain or India, the religious differences would be distinct and consequential.
8.  But God has called us to turn away from carnal and contemporary Christianity (II Timothy 3:1 – 4:4)!
9.  It is easy to get caught in the web of deceit that any nice person loving Jesus is a good Christian.
10.  Are some of these so-called Christians nice? Super nice? Exceptionally nice? Cool? Of course!
11.  God has chosen the poor, foolish, weak, base, and despised for His elect (James 2:5; I Cor 1:26-29).
12.  Paul warned clearly about another Jesus, another spirit, and another gospel (II Cor 11:3-4,13-15).
13.  God demanded details in the O.T. (Lev 10:1-2; Num 20:7-12; Deut 5:32; 12:32; I Chr 15:13; etc.).
14.  God demanded details in the N.T. (Matt 28:20; I Cor 11:16; II Thess 2:15; 3:6,10-11,14; etc.).
15.  It is very hard for our children to see the differences, due to lack of experience with these Christians.
16.  Remember, the “evil communications corrupt” warning was inside the Corinth church (I Cor 15:33).
17.  To the degree you relax your doctrinal dogmatism is the degree you will surely corrupt good manners.
18.  What does it mean, if we say, “I know they sprinkle babies, but they are good, nice Christians I like”?
19.  What will keep you from saying, “I know they deny any burning hell, but they are good Christians”?
20.  What will keep you from saying, “They say Jesus is not God, but they are Jesus-loving Christians”?
21.  We could and should repeat this question over and over with the ancient landmarks condensed below.
22.  Once you start down the road that anyone using Jesus’ name is good, where and how will you stop?
23.  Once you start down the road that anyone “morally good” is a good Christian, where will you stop?
24.  Some of the nicest and most “morally good” people in the world are not Christians at all! So what!
25.  So what if some Christians or worldlings are happy and successful! Asaph clears it up (Ps 73:1-28).
26.  You may take 99% of professing Christians and prove them heretics by one or more points below.
27.  We are not hitting cults like Islam, SDA, JW, LDS, RCC, but rather traditional Christians, though there are   very nice Muslims, Adventists, Mormons, and Catholics to deceive fools there as well.
28.  Heretics are not much better than pagans, for the similarities make them more dangerous than pagans.
29.  Not all Christian heretics are going to hell. That is not the point. All Christians must avoid heresy.
30.  Why be close and communicating friends with anyone we could not marry? Why the compromise?
31.  Must we only turn away from those with all 19 traits of II Tim 3:1-5? 15 of them? Or only 1 of them?
32.  We work with these Christians, school with them, or buy from them, but we must finally turn away.
33.  Which ancient landmark of God is pointless enough that we can hang out with its public enemies?
34.  Do you know what you must compromise to befriend a “good Christian family”? Read on below.
35.  If you think Arminian Baptists are super nice, you need to meet some nice Catholics or Mormons.
36.  Right or wrong is not a bad alternative! In fact, is there any other view? I agree to love you wrong?
37.  If we hang out with those who love Jesus and hate doctrinal strictness, how strict will we finally be?
38.  The most religious people were Jesus Christ’s greatest enemies, not the Philistines, Romans, etc.
39.  The Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women to oppose the apostle Paul (Acts 13:50).
40.  Each of the following points, or ancient landmarks of our faith, may be expanded with many points.

For Further Study:

1. A series, Ancient Landmarks.

2. The sermon outline, Truth Is Fallen.

3. The sermon outline, Perilous Times.

4. The sermon outline, What Is Truth?

5. The sermon outline, God Hates Compromise.

6. The sermon outline, Biblical Separation.

7. A sermon, Contemporary Christianity.

8. A sermon outline, Cult Cheat Sheet.