“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.” (1 Timothy 4:1)

This verse teaches us that some will abandon the faith. They previously said they were Christians, but then reject what they once professed. Paul says they depart from the faith by devoting themselves to false teaching. This false teaching is attributed to demonic activity. This activity is either direct upon a person or through someone else (i.e. the false teacher). Identifying false teaching is only be established by knowing what the truth is. If we do not know the truth, we cannot expect to identify falsehood. The truth is always the standard we must use to measure any teaching. [Read more…]