Are You Being Deceived?

The following Scriptures are from the video and podcast: “Are You Being Deceived?”. Grab your Bible, a pen/highlighter, and notebook. Look up these Scriptures and follow along with Pastors Jonathan and Salli Melilli as they explore the safeguards found in Scripture that guard us from the deceptions of false teachers/teachings that are so prevalent within and without the church today.

Galatians 1:8

[Apostle Paul speaking] “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preach to you, let him be eternally condemned."

John 6:63

"The [Holy] Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you they are Spirit and they are life."

Acts 17:28

"For in Him [Christ] we live and move and have our being…"

1John 2:18

"Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us but they didn't really belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us."

2 Timothy 4:3-4

"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say wat their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

Galatians 1:6-7

"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel - which is really no gospel at all. Evidently, some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ."

Luke 11:35

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand so that those who come in will see the light."

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

"For such men are false apostles, deceitful workman, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as a angel of light. It is not surprising then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."

1 Corinthians 1:18

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God."

2 Timothy 3:12

"In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."

Matthew 10:22, 34

"All men will hate you because of me, but all who stand firm to the end will be saved." v.34. "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

John 14:6

"Jesus answered, 'I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

Matthew 7:21-23

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven."

Psalm 138:2

"I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name. For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your Word above all Your name."

Matthew 5:17-20

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of the pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called "least" in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 4:1-11

The Temptation of Christ

John 1:1-2

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made."

Acts 17:11

"Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures everyday to see if what Paul said was true."

John 15:17

The Vine and the branches (abiding in Christ)

John 8:31-32

"To the Jews who had believed Him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really My disciples. Then you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

Psalm 119

[This is a long chapter, but should be meditated on as it expounds on the importance of God's Word.]

Proverbs 14:12

"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end leads to death."

Matthew 7:13

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

2 Peter 2:1

"But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them - bringing swift destruction on themselves."

Psalm 1:1-3

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and on His Law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers."

1 Corinthians 10:21

"You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons."

Proverbs 5:23

[The man of iniquity…] "He shall die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray."

Hosea 4:6

"My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests. Because you have ignored the Law of your God, I will ignore your children."

Luke 10:19

"I have given you authority…to overcome all the power of the enemy…"

Luke 15:11-31

Story of the prodigal son

Psalm 139:23-24

"Search me, oh God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

Proverbs 4:23

"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

Hebrews 4:12

"For the Word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and the attitudes of the heart."

John 1:4

"In Him was life, and that life was the light of men."