Good Day and Blessings in the name of JESUS. As it is written in John 8:32, so saith the LORD, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
In many places, Scripture warns us against false doctrine. One such place is 1 Timothy 4:1, “ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”;. A doctrine is a teaching or a set of principles. The “doctrines of demons,” then, are things that demons teach.
There can be good and bad doctrines. In this case, The word doctrine refers to the biblical teachings of a religion, church or pastor. Or, in 1 Timothy 4:1, the ungodly teachings of satan. Those who follow the doctrines of devils “will fall away from the faith.” Heeding or willingly exposing oneself to the doctrine of demons is a serious matter because it involves a departure from the truth of the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST. Are you being exposed to watered down sermons or the “Prosperity message” ? Ignorance is not accepted.
How are the doctrines of demons promulgated? They are delivered through human instructors: “Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron” (1 Timothy 4:2] These false teaches are hypocrites ; that is, their lives do not evidence the holiness they seemingly espouse. They are liars; that is, they deal in falsehood and knowingly lead others into apostasy. And they are beyond the reach of conscience; that is, they have found a way, in their own minds, to justify their lies. These false teachers may be personable, charming, and persuasive, but they do not receive their message from the Holy Spirit; rather, they spout the suggestions of evil spirits, whose work it is to lead people astray. JESUS warns us in Jeremiah 10:21
“For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore, they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered”. And Jeremiah 12:10, “ Many pastors have destroyed MY vineyard, they have trodden MY portion under foot, they have made MY pleasant portion a desolate wilderness”.
What exactly are the doctrines of demons? The immediate context gives an idea of the teachings to look out for: Here is a small sample of just a few, “They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which GOD created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and WHO KNOW THE TRUTH. For everything GOD created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of GOD and prayer” (1 Timothy 4:2–5). According to this passage, we should not follow any person or group that forbids marriage or that places restrictions on certain foods. Any person or group that says holiness comes through a select diet or complete sexual abstinence is lying.
In the Garden of Eden, Eve encountered the doctrines of demons as the serpent spoke to her: “He said to the woman, ‘Did GOD really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’” (Genesis 3:1). At the beginning of the conversation, Satan questioned the teaching of GOD, and, as they continued to talk, he substituted his own teaching for GOD’S. In the Book of John 8:44, Once again, The LORD has warned HIS people……..So saith The LORD our GOD . . . . . .
”Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
satan continues to use deception, doubt, and subtlety to lead people astray and the doctrines taught by his demons through the agency of willing human accomplices (Pastors, Evangelists, Religions) and continue to separate people from GOD and His blessing. Remember 1 Peter 5:8, so saith the LORD.. “ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”. How does the devil devour ?? When he sees the individual before him without a relationship with JESUS CHRIST (without faith). When he sees the individual living in ignorance, stupidity, weakness, blindness, compromise, and the lusts of the flesh (Galatians 5:19-21).
satan knows how to manipulate us, and that is why the doctrines of demons are so effective. We can identify the doctrines of demons by immersing ourselves in the truth. We must read and study our Bibles. When we know what GOD says on any given subject, then any deviation from that teaching will send up a red flag. When we are learned and well-studied in GOD’S Word, aberrations from that keynote will ring hollow and off-key. What does the HOLY BIBLE mean in 1 John 2:27 ?????
In the Book of Mark 12:24, So saith the LORD, “ And JESUS answering said unto them, do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of GOD?”. How far can you get without knowing your Scriptures ? What about the Gift of discernment ? In 1 John 4:1, so saith the LORD… “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of GOD: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”. How can anyone try the spirits if they do not have knowledge of the WORD of GOD, LORD JESUS, and the HOLY SPIRIT ?? This is why the religions and their associated churches [Acts 7:48-49] have dumbed down the congregations, thinking they do not need to know chapter and verse. I should know, I walked in Catholicism for forty years, I knew next to nothing.
If you read in the book of Acts 7:48-49, JESUS tells us that HE is not in these religious churches, in plain English… Who has the eyes to see and the ears to hear ? In so many verses, JESUS tells us that many will be destroyed for their ignorance. Here is but John 15:6…. “ If a man abides not in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.”.. In Matthew 7:21-23, so saith the LORD “21” Not everyone that saith unto me, LORD, LORD shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my FATHER, which is in heaven.22 Many will say to me in that day, (the Day of Judgement) LORD, LORD, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, (Cast into the Fire). ye that work iniquity.(Sin)”
Note: Matthew 7:21-23 shown above also refutes the “Once Saved always Saved” false Doctrine. More on this later…