“Those people are zealous to win you
over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you
may have zeal for them.”
Galatians 4:17
“Those people...”
Paul is referring to are, at least in this passage, unnamed.
Considering what he has to say that is a good thing.
Our writer, Paul, is speaking of false teachers.
Their claims of expertise in Judaism and Christianity are
brought into question, in part, by their own anonymity, i.e. who they were, how
they were educated, why none of them were named in the Bible.
They were troublemakers and self-professing experts
who, perhaps in today’s vernacular, knew just enough to cause trouble.
Paul wasn’t about to give them their 15 minutes of
fame.
So it is today.
Not everyone who claims to have the truth does.
In fact some teachers of heresy can be very persuasive
and presentable.
Their television show, website or news commentary will
never run a disclaimer telling you what is being spoken is untrue.
So what to do?
How do we know?
What is the ‘antidote’ to keep us from falling for
false teachers?
Know the truth!
Know it twice.
What do I mean by that?
Know the truth of God’s written Word.
Know Jesus Christ the Living Word.
Intimately, deeply, profoundly know Him who is Truth.
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