Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders;
insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Behold, I have told you before. Matthew 24:23-25
We have seen so many false Christs and false prophets. Far too many.
There are some biblical teachers that fit into that category, lifting up another god rather than Jesus Christ.
The spirit of the Antichrist can be big or small, be one person who remains steadfast in his or her
dedication to an entity or idol or thought pattern that is against Christ.
These ideas can be filled with deception which always has an element of truth in it.
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Matthew 7:16
The simplest way to recognize them is they do not magnify Christ and exalt Him.
Instead, they exalt themselves or some other idol or god.
Always look for who the focus is. If it is not Christ, if He is not the center, if He is not being exalted,
then it is a false prophecy or teacher or idea.
The deception is so strong on the Earth right now. Keeping our minds meditating on His word is vital.
There are few true prophets.
Even they can be wrong or things might not turn out exactly the way they said they would.
Sometimes God has mercy and gives us more time for a devastation that is coming.
That’s why the focus must stay on Jesus.
As you read through His word, you will notice the times when eyes were not on God, the people failed.
Sometimes that failure led to devastating circumstances, for all eternity.
Solomon was an example of that. With all that wisdom, he still chose to focus on his foreign wives who did not serve the Lord and his heart turned away from the Lord near the end of his life.
Don’t be that guy.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers:
all things were created by Him, and for Him:
And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things He might have the preeminence.
For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell;
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself;
by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Colossians 1:15-20