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Amen. Look at verse six where the Bible reads, We are of God. He that knoweth God heareth us. He that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. And the title of the evening sermon this evening is The Spirit of Error. The Spirit of Error. Now there's this incredible phenomenon that the Bible describes and you can actually see it happening in the world today where those that are of God they have this spirit of truth in them and those that are not of God have this spirit of error and you can actually delineate between those that are of God and those that are not of God based on this spirit. Notice the certainty of this verse. It says he that knoweth God heareth us. He that is not of God heareth not us. Notice this. Hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Notice he's not saying like well it's kind of a fishy doctrine. This is kind of an uncertain doctrine. He's saying no. When someone does not hear us it's because he's not of God. And notice when they're hearing something else you know when they are hearing us they are of God right. So this is a test to decide who is of God who's not of God and ultimately you can recognize in someone this guy has the spirit of error. Okay now I have four points that I want to talk about identifying the spirit of error and we're going to stick here in 1 John for a moment but the first point that I have is those that have the spirit of error are hypocrites. They are hypocrites. Look at 1 John 2 verse 4. He that sayeth I know him and keepeth not his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him. One thing you have to understand those that have the spirit of error those that are truly not of God they are hypocrites. They might say that they know God. They might profess that they know God but in works they deny him. Being abominable and under every good work reprobates. Okay disobedient and under every good work reprobate. Look at verse 5. This is contrasting that person but whoso keepeth his word in him barely is the love of God perfected. Hereby we can guess who's of God. Hereby know we that we are in him. The first John speaks with certainty today and it's saying those that are not of God they might say they know God but they don't. They don't follow his commandments. They're hypocrites. They claim to be godly. They claim to know God. They claim they love God but you know what when you look at their life they're a complete and utter hypocrite like Jesus went around recognizing the Pharisees were complete and utter hypocrites. Yet if you ask them they would say I love God. Of course we love God. Look at our lifestyle and look at all these yet when you actually examine them they're hypocrites about what they teach and what they do. Look at first John chapter 3 verse 17. Let me show you this hypocritical doctrine even more. It says in verse 17 but whoso hath this world's good and see this brother have need and shut it up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him my little children not us not let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and in truth and hereby we know that we are of the truth and shall assure our hearts before him and let me say something if someone asks you to tell them that prove to me that you love me it should never be by words notice what the bible says let us not love in word neither in tongue but in deed and truth so if you want to measure someone's love it's never based on what they say it's based on what they do right that's how you can actually check and see if this person truly loves you and let me tell you this wicked people will tell you that they love you all day long the pope will tell you that he loves you every false prophet they'll get up and tell you how much they love you the celebrities they'll tell you how much they love you the democrats they'll tell you how much they love you notice a theme though talk is cheap they'll all get up and look every every bad person all of them you know what they always love wins hashtag love win i'm so loving you know gandhi is so much more loving than jesus and every false prophet is just so loving when someone has to get up and constantly remind you how loving they are and how much they love you it's because they don't right because they're insecure so they have to project the fact that they love you so much someone that really loves you well obviously if it's i'm not talking about your spouse okay tell your spouse you love them all the time but at the end of the day if you don't exhibit that through your action talk is going to be cheap and talk is cheap today and those that truly love you they will actually show it in their deeds and in their actions but there's a lot of people today they'll tell you that they love you while they're twisting the knife in your back while they're stabbing you in the back they'll tell you how much they love you they'll claim that they love you think about the false prophet today they get up and they talk about how much they love yet they preach a false gospel how is that loving you're literally hating your congregation by preaching to them lies they'll flatter the congregation and tell them how wonderful they are and how special they are you know what they just want to lie to you flatter you and use you today the pope says that he loves god but in works he denies him donald trump says that he loves god but in works he denies him the sodomite pastor at the united methodist church says that he loves god you know what he's a hypocrite they're all hypocrites and this is one way that you can identify the spirit of error in these people is that they're always hypocrites okay look at verse 24 chapter 3 verse 24 and he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us by the spirit which he hath given us so notice if you keep his commandments he's dwelling in you you and him and this is how we even know that he abides in us and notice how we know by the spirit now what is that spirit it's the spirit of truth that dwells inside of us that's how we know that we are of god he's given it to us look at back at chapter four and look at verse number eight he that loveth not knoweth not god for god is love now here's the thing you have to understand they will tell you how much they love all day long but the reality is they don't actually love anyone they love no one they don't even have real love they have a fake love they just do things to be seen of men and they're hypocrites they can generically give lip service to the right things but they don't exhibit those attributes in their life that's what makes them a hypocrite and the Pharisees were hypocrites look let me just give you a quote go to Romans 12 let me give you a quote that Jesus said about the Pharisees he said this all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe that observe and do but do not ye after their works for they say and do not now that's an incredible statement Jesus Christ is saying the Pharisees will actually get up and say the right thing he says hey what they tell you to do observe do that he says they say don't steal but you know what they do they steal they'll get up and say don't commit adultery but you know what they do they commit adultery they'll tell you to love god but you know what they don't love god you actually do need to love god and so our false prophets are false teachers in this spirit of error don't get the wrong idea and think well they said the right thing though they all say the right thing they all can give lip service to the right ideas they all love Jesus love god you know do right love your neighbor they can all repeat that generically but do they actually exhibit it that's another statement that's another question now when we are trying to identify this person that has the spirit of error okay they can give you the right answers about what to do but when you check them they dissimulate their actions and never follow through with their own advice look what the bible says in romans 12 verse 9 let love be without the simulation abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good now now what you have to understand is when we're trying to identify this spirit of error it's in the context of a false prophet that's how first john chapter 4 verse 1 even starts out you know beloved believe not every spirit we have to understand is not every single person is going around pontificating about how holy and righteous and godly they are and telling you how much they love god and giving up that's a special breed of person right that's your catholic priest that's these other pastors but someone that gets up and is just constantly pontificating about how much they love god and trying to ooze out all this godliness and can give you all the right answers when you notice that person's a hypocrite it's because they have the spirit of error and they're not of god look all of us can get backslidden okay all of us can have problems but if we're backslidden we're not going to go around pontificating about how holy and righteous and godly we are when you look at god's men like the apostle peter you know he fell down in the lord he's like lord depart me from i'm a sinful man you know the apostle paul saying that he's the worst of them all you know he's the chief of sinners notice these guys aren't going around i'm the apostle paul look how godly i am i obviously love you guys so much you know he's not going around telling everybody how much he loves people when you find the guy going around being holier than now going around pontificating about how holy and how much love he has and how godly is when you see him not exhibiting those attributes in his life be warned that guy probably has the spirit of error and is probably an unsaved false prophet now go view it at john chapter 14 john chapter number 14 that's the first point that we have this evening when you look at the spirit of error one identifiable trait about these people is they're always hypocrites now obviously a saved christian could be a hypocrite and we're all going to be hypocrites to some degree because we preach against every sin yet we sin every single day right but we're talking about over the top holier than thou type hypocrisy they they get up and say they do one thing and they never follow through it's not like they're just mixed up they're just a complete liar they're just a complete hypocrite in every area of their life everything's for a show everything's for a pretense another attribute of these people though is that they reject truth they reject truth they don't have the spirit of truth they have the spirit of error now what is the spirit of truth look at john 14 verse 17 even the spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive because it see them not neither knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you the bible says the holy ghost is the spirit of truth he is the spirit of truth and notice the world cannot receive an unsaved person does not have the holy ghost they cannot receive that spirit of truth they can't accept truth they can only reject truth but he dwells inside you look at chapter 15 look at verse 26 but when the comforters come another name for the holy ghost whom i will send unto you from the father even the spirit of truth now we have to understand about the word even even means specifically so it's saying let me get even more specific not just the comforter the spirit of truth which proceeded from the father he shall testify of me chapter 16 look at verse 13 how be it when he the spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak and he will show you things to come now it's funny because this verse like when whenever i was going through that trinity battle at faith ward baptist church and pastor anderson asked me if i believed in oneness just to check or whatever like this is the verse i thought of immediately i was like i just preached on the holy ghost it says he cannot speak of himself how can he be jesus christ at the same time because there's a distinction between the holy ghost and the lord jesus christ and god the father notice the holy ghost cannot speak of himself he can only bring to your remembrance that which christ has already spoken what the words of god he's not going to get up there and just give you his idea and his mind he's just going to tell you what god told you he's going to remind you of god's thoughts that's why i get sick and tired of people being like you know god gave me this small voice to go buy a red corvette and i'm like you know the holy ghost reminded me of this thing i'm like he might have reminded you of a scripture but he didn't remind you to buy a red corvette okay that's not how that's not how a holy ghost works the holy ghost brings in your remembrance john 3 16 when you're out soloing the holy ghost brings in a comforting verse when you're going through loss the holy ghost can bring in a verse to give you boldness when you're being timid or you're being weak or cowardly look the holy ghost can bring the bible to your remembrance but the holy ghost is not going around saying pick the red one he's not telling you to give catholic priests an invitation to church okay now this is important because you have the spirit of truth you can accept truth but those that don't have it cannot accept truth they cannot accept it and the righteous will gravitate towards truth the unrighteous will gravitate towards error now go to proverbs chapter 8 go to proverbs chapter 8 we that are of god we love truth and your new man you love the truth you can't stand the lie okay obviously anybody that's not anybody that's saved can always harken to a lie it's possible but at the end of the day in your new man you desire truth and the song that we just sang is so great lord who shall abide my tabernacle who shall dwell in thy holy hill he that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness and speaketh the truth in his heart so you know who's going to go into heaven you know he's going to be with god those that speak the truth in their heart those that don't speak the truth are not of god look at proverbs 8 verse 7 for my mouth shall speak truth and wickedness is an abomination to my lips yes god's people will lie yes god's people can get deceived but at the end of the day and your new man you despise lying you hate it you hate when someone lies to you you hate lying yourself it's uncomfortable a normal person when they try to lie it's it's very difficult they start um they just can't get the words out or they start talking about things that they know are true to try and get themselves to lie it's a very stressful situation for someone to lie and especially a saved person because you have the spirit of truth inside you okay now look at proverbs 12 and look at verse 17 proverbs chapter 12 verse 17 he that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness but a false witness deceit there's this incredible divide between god's people and those that are not and you know what it is truth those that gravitate towards the truth of god those that don't are not of god now let me prove this look at proverbs 13 verse 1 the wicked are going to gravitate towards lies look at proverbs 13 verse 1 a wise son heareth his father's instruction but a scorner hearth not rebuke notice he doesn't want to hear the truth he doesn't want to listen to it go to proverbs 29 verse 9 proverbs 29 verse 9 now this is an important thing to understand why because if i'm talking to an unsaved person i should not expect them to accept truth you know what i should try to do i should try to preach in the gospel that's pretty much the limited conversation i need to have if i'm going to go on a spiritual journey with an unsaved person you know what's going to be the roman's road you know there's not really a point in me trying to explain to them all the doctrines of the bible and everything about jesus to an unsaved person they can't even accept that truth yet they need to get saved and have the spirit of truth come inside of them and you know what i've wasted a lot of my life trying to explain things of god to an unsaved person and you know what you get nowhere every single time why because the bible teaches this the bible emphasizes this yet i see people all the time they constantly are trying to compel someone that's not of god to listen okay now look at what it says in proverbs 29 verse 9 if a wise man contended with a foolish man whether he rage or laugh there is no rest look if you go try and argue with the unsaved with spiritual things with the truth they're not going to get it you got to preach them the gospel and even when they won't get the gospel you know the bible says to move on anyways and some people think but it's just so obvious yeah there's a spiritual issue truth is a spiritual issue today and you have to get that understanding in your mind go to revelation chapter two revelation chapter number two and i'm going to show you how the spirit is going to help us discern the truth and it's interesting how god's people just hear the truth and those that are not of god they hearken unto lies constantly okay revelation chapter two look at verse number seven now this is in the context of jesus christ preaching to the churches and he says this interesting statement verse seven he that hath an ear let him hear they hear that in other places in the bible but it's trying to say look there's only certain people with those ears now look virtually every person has ears okay unless you were by you're fighting you know mike tyson or something you might be down in here or something but if you have ears that's not what it's talking about it's talking about spiritual ears spiritual ears are the only ones that can hear the truth and he's saying if you have that ear what does he say what the spirit saith unto the churches look the spirit of truth can only communicate to those that have the spiritual ears that god has given unto them that's why the unsaved man cannot understand the things of god their foolishness unto him neither can he know them is what the bible says so who's the spirit that he's talking about that spirit of truth now let me give you a perfect example i'm kind of giving a little bit of doctrine go to mark chapter 14 let me make it more manifest what i'm talking about here but those that are not of god reject truth they reject the word of god they reject the bible and jesus christ is the truth anything that's true is of god jesus christ is the truth if there's anything that's true it's of god period and you can find it in your bible you can find that principle you can find that teaching it's all of god mark chapter 14 look at verse 55 and the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against jesus to put him to death and found none now here's the thing according to these pharisees what are they trying to do they're trying to determine if jesus is the son of god that's their supposed goal okay but are they seeking for truth what does the bible say that they're trying to do stop for witness against jesus to put him to death they've already determined their agenda their agenda is not truth their agenda let me find anybody that can say something that i could use to kill jesus christ they have no desire for truth they're not interested in the truth their agenda has already been exposed verse 56 for many bear false witness against him but their witness agreed not here's another thing about lies is they never line up their stories never come straight there's always contradictions in the lies okay verse number 57 and there rose certain and bear false witness against him saying we heard him say i will destroy this temple that is made with hands and within three days i will build another made without hands but neither so did their witness agree together so they're trying to take his words and twist them into something that he did not say and they're trying to make up lies against him notice the bible says many bear false witness and their witnesses did not agree so is this going to be some people that reject the truth or many the bible says there's many people willing to make up false accusation against jesus christ verse 60 and the high priest stood up in the midst and asked jesus saying answer is thou nothing what is it which these witness against thee but he held his peace and answered nothing again the high priest asked him and said in him art thou the christ the son of the blessed so he's asking him this question now what what better question could you really ask the lord hey are you the son of god is basically what he's asking aren't those son of the blessed he's just point blank wanting to know if he's the son of god now what is the response and jesus said i am and you shall see the son of man sitting on the right hand of power and coming in the clouds of heaven now when we read that when you hear me preach that when you're another person preach that you know what we think that was great amen praise the lord praise god yeah he is the son of god that's what we think what was their response then the high priest rent his clothes and sayeth what need we any further witnesses you have heard the blasphemy now what's the difference between them and me is it different words no the words are the same what's the difference i have the spirit of truth they have the spirit of error so when they hear jesus christ preaching what's their response negative what's our response that's one of the greatest things ever we think it's the greatest thing ever they think it's the worst thing ever so now we can identify okay this person's not of god hey you want to know how hey you want to know how someone's of god or not the words of god you start showing them truth and when they're rejecting truth that's a proof positive this person's not of god we would believe it they call it blasphemy now look at mark 15 and look at verse number 10 for he knew that the chief priest had delivered him for envy notice why they don't want to get it oh yeah agenda again they're envious of the lord jesus christ so they're willing to believe lies against him the bible says wrath is cruel anger is outrageous but who is able to stand before envy they would say that they love but you know what they hate the lord jesus christ and they're envious of the lord jesus christ therefore they're not willing to accept the truth the jews hated jesus and they killed jesus the jews rejected jesus the literal truth truth manifests in the flesh they rejected it because they have the spirit of error now what's cool when you read this story and it's this is kind of a nugget it's part of our sermon but look at verse 21 the bible says and they compel when simon i say renion who passed by coming out of the country the father of alexander and rufus to bear his cross now that verse has always stuck out to me because i had no idea what it meant i just read that verse i'm thinking like i have no idea why that's put in the bible but i feel like actually in this context we can actually get a really good understanding about this text okay why does it have all of a sudden jesus is going through all this torment all this pain all this suffering and then some random dude carries his cross i always didn't understand that i'm thinking like why do we get this random guy but this is why simon's in there because notice who he's from he's a syrian okay now keep your finger go to act chapter number two go to act chapter number two and look at verse number 10 so we're talking about act chapter two the day of pentecost they're going out and preaching the gospel with other tongues they're filled with the holy ghost and they're speaking in other languages it gives a big list of them look at verse 10 phrygia and pamphylia and egypt and in the parts of libya about syrene and strangers of rome jews and proselytes so if we go back is simon a jew no he's a greek now here's the thing what did all the jews do they rejected the truth they rejected the lord jesus christ but you know what it's a picture of is a picture of the fact that the gentiles are going to accept the cross the gentiles but not only that here's the thing what does simon have to do he has to bear jesus christ cross doesn't he it's a picture of the fact that you know what the cross is not going to end with jesus christ the gentiles are going to end up carrying that cross of the lord jesus christ and you know what we're going to be partakers of his sufferings just like simon was a partaker of his sufferings so the way that they hated jesus and they rejected jesus is the same way they're going to treat simon the syrenian who came in and it's prophetic of the fact of how the cross is going to be continued through the gentiles bearing that cross the bible says if the world hate you you know that it hated me before it hated you so it's just a picture of how the cross is not going to just cease with the lord jesus christ it's going to continue and that work is going to continue on the backs of the gentiles of us and we have to bear that cross daily don't we but why because we have the truth and they reject the crew the truth we have to pick up our cross daily now go to second timothy chapter number two second timothy chapter number two let me give you another verse to think about john 18 the bible reads everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice now that's a strong statement jesus christ said everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice now what i'm teaching this is what you have to get from it you have to accept the serenity or you have to have the serenity to accept the truth that those that are not of god will not accept truth so that means when you're talking to an unsafe family member they're not going to accept truth until you can get them saved you're talking to that friend you're talking to the world you're talking to other people it's a waste of time to try and get people to accept truth that are not saved but you know what if they are saved there's because the bible says everyone that is of the truth heareth my voice but there's always going to be a battle for words look at second timmy chapter 2 verse 16 but shun profane and vain babblings for they will increase into more in godliness and their word will eat as though the canker of whom is hymenaeus and philetus who concerning the truth have aired notice how they air from the truth saying saying that the resurrection is passed already and overthrow the faith of some so what is this battle between them it's a battle for words when you notice someone preaching false doctrine after false doctrine when you notice the spirit of error keep coming out on their preaching you know why it's because they have the spirit of error you say oh why do you always pick on fan and those false doctrines because it's an evident token that he has the spirit of error my friend that's why you say oh but he says how much he loves you oh really does he really love me does he really love the jacksonville church does he really love all those people what did he do to sacrifice for them oh lie about them rail about them split the church not willing to step down he still got everything he wanted he just want to be pastor in six months what did those people want unity a real pastor you know what did he do to say he's a hypocrite in action he rejects the truth constantly when you look at the bible he's preaching lies over and over and over why did paul call these people out because they were preaching false doctrine notice that's the reason why he pointed them out it's always going to be a battle of words look the contrast between the devil and the lord jesus christ is over words it's over the truth and it's over the lies when satan comes to the into the garden what does he try to do he tries to contradict god's commandment god's words and get them to believe a lie thou shall not surely die you will die god already told you look what are you going to trust god's commandments or the world's commandments go to john chapter eight let me give you another example here and i'm going to make some application here in a minute but we need to get this deep into our minds that the spirit of air exists today and you're not you're not going to convince those that are not of god of the truth which is not going to happen you can get them saved potentially but other truths and other things in the bible it's a waste of time and once you identify that this person is rejecting the gospel it's over for them john chapter 8 verse 31 then said jesus of those jews which believed on him if you continue my word then you meet then are you my disciples indeed and he shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free they answered him we be abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man how sayest thou he shall be made free jesus answered them verily verily saying to you whosoever committed sin is the servant of sin and the servant abideth not in the house forever but the son abideth ever if the sun therefore shall make you free you shall be free indeed i know that you're abraham's seed but you seek to kill me because my word hath no place in you how much place does the word of god have in the unsaved man's heart zero none verse 38 i speak that which i have seen with my father and you do that which you have seen with your father they answered and said to him abraham is our father jesus saying to them if you were abraham's children you would do the works of abraham so notice he's pointing out they reject truth what's the second thing he points out they're hypocrites they're not doing the works of abraham verse 40 and now you seek to kill me a man that hath told you the truth which i have heard of god this did not abraham you do the deeds of your father then said they to him we be not born of fornication we have one father even god jesus saith in him if god were your father ye would love me for i proceeded forth and came from god neither came i of myself but he sent me now here's the thing he's talking to these jews and he's telling them you're doing these wicked deeds but what do they say oh god's our father they profess that they know god don't they they say that they know him he's saying you don't know him because if you were of god you would love me look if you're of god you would love jesus if you're of god you would love what the truth because jesus christ is the truth verse 43 why do you not understand my speech that's a question you have to ask how can you not understand logic how can you not understand facts how can you not understand the truth even because he cannot hear my word ye of your father the devil and the lust of your father he will do he was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is some truth no wait no truth in him when he speak of the lie he speaketh of his own for he is a liar and the father of it and because i tell you the truth ye believe me not notice why they can't believe him because he tells them the truth those that have the spirit of error you can never get them to believe the truth isn't that interesting it's this interesting phenomenon those that are not of god those that have the spirit of error can never believe the truth it's impossible for them he says hey if i spoke a lie you'd believe it but if i speak truth to you you can't believe it now he reads a little bit further in here he says which of you convinced me of sin verse 46 and if i say the truth why do you not believe me he that is of god hearth god's words ye therefore hear them not because you're not of god so when we're identifying the spirit of truth and the spirit of error notice first of all they're hypocrites number two they can not accept the truth they reject the truth period every single time now go to mark 14 i have a few more points i want to make quickly number three they project railings they project railings those under the spirit of error they would they project their own railings now when we go back to mark where we were and look at verse 63 now we've already read this but let's read it again and get another point here then the high priest rent is closed and sayeth what need we any further witnesses ye have heard the blasphemy what think ye and they all condemned him to be guilty of death now here's the thing they say that jesus is a blasphemer but who's the real blasphemer they are they're projecting their wicked sin onto jesus christ they're calling him the blasphemer they are the blasphemers these people that have the spirit of error you know what they love to do they project their issues onto you the worst railers they'll call you a railer yeah the worst liars they'll call you a liar you know what people that you know claim to love fags they'll call you a fag why because they project their wicked sin onto you they're a projector of their problems look at chapter 15 verse 29 verse 29 and they that passed by railed on him wagging their heads and saying ah vow that destroys the temple and billows it in three days save thyself and come down from the cross likewise also the chief priest mocking said among themselves with the scribes he saved others himself he cannot save you know what they do they mock and ridicule the lord jesus christ and they bring this false accusation against them saying this you can't save yourself you know who can't save themselves they can't save themselves you know what jesus christ could have saved himself they were falsely accusing him he willingly died on the cross he willingly was obedient to the father's commandment he could have called for angels and come off that cross and smoke them just quicker than anything he could open the you know earth up and just drop them straight into hell if he wanted to but they could have never saved themselves so notice they project their own problems their own railings onto the lord jesus christ go to romans chapter three romans chapter number three first peter chapter number three the bible says having a good conscience that whereas they speak evil of you as of evildoers they may be ashamed falsely accuse your good conversation in christ first peter three says this wicked people will look at you serving god and call you evil call you a wicked person even though they're the wicked person even though they're the evildoer they can't stand it that you're righteous they can't stand it they're godly they can't stand the truth so therefore they have to project their own insecurities their own problems onto other people in fact when you notice someone has a problem where they they always upset about a particular sin or issue i i'm willing to put like 99 chance that's their problem man i just can't stand these people that smoke all the time it's like when's the last time you smoked what are you talking about you know i can't pan these alcoholics i can't believe these fornicators i can't believe these adulterers i mean imagine someone struggling with the sin of adultery what would they project on other people that all the women are dressed like whores in the congregation that women can't even openly breastfeed all hey you all have marriage probably whatever they say they're going to project their railings onto you that's how it works romans 3 look at verse 7 for if the truth of god is more abounded through my lie and his glory why yet am i also judged as a sinner and not rather as we be slanderously reported and some affirm that we say let us do evil the good may come whose damnation is just so the apostle paul had to deal with this the apostle paul is teaching that we're all too sinful to make it into heaven that's the point of roman chapter 3 for all sin comes short of the glory of god okay and he's trying to point out how sinful we really are okay and that we need a savior but this is what they hear they hear all these really sinful gentiles they can just believe and get saved they don't have to turn from their sins and follow the law of moses and whatever and so they falsely accused paul of teaching that you can literally do evil and good will come from it but did paul teach that no they slanderously said that he said that so that it's like when we go out and preach once saved always safe and i have people call me and they're like you're preaching people can just live however they want and you know and it's like i'm not telling people to live however they want but yeah obviously no matter how sinful you are your faith alone will save you but notice that's what they falsely accused paul of doing right of believing that by doing evil good could come that's what they said about him but you know what that's what they teach because they teach that by work salvation you can get to heaven they teach by offering your filthy rags doing that evil you can somehow go to heaven so they actually teach by evil you can have good whereas paul doesn't but they project that onto him don't they because evil people project these things under them now if you don't know anything about left-wing democrats this might not make a lot of sense to you but this what i'm talking about is your spiritual version of a left-wing democrat they fit this who's a left-wing democrat left-wing democrats are those that are communist socialists democratic socialists left libertarians progressive social liberals what do they like to do well first of all they'll tell you how much they love you but they're a hypocrite about it yeah right then point number two they always reject the truth right they can't handle it and then when you get in a fight with this person you know what they do they project their own problems on you racist massage they're losing a fight against the truth and what do they do racist you know who's racist democrats look you know it's racist saying that you have to hire so many percentage of black people over white people that's actually racist saying we have why all the white people have to pay reparations to black people look i've seen i think it's like christianity today had an article in support of christians paying reparations to black people there's some church over on the highway they have a huge black lives matter banner that they're waving on their church these people are the real racists i saw a guy at lunch today he was african-american he was black as the sky as the night sky and his shirt said this legalize being black how is it illegal to be a black person yet if i said i don't like his shirt he'd call me a racist wouldn't he yeah if i said hey that's not true all racist misogynist homophobic you know fascist whatever anytime they're losing in an argument that's what they do okay now go to luke 23 i'm going to give you my fourth point and then we're going to make a spiritual application here now what you have to understand about the left-wing social democrats is they're like a carnal version of this okay because the republicans they put forth carnal truths and the democrats they reject the carnal truths okay they can't even accept carnal truths they're like the sadducees okay they're really far off the deep end okay and then you got the pharisees the republicans they're at least like somewhat reasonable but they're still both unsafe okay we're going to get to the spiritual version though of the left-wing democrat in a minute okay and they do all these things luke 23 my last point of those that have the spirit of error is they're unified by hate they're unified by hate look at luke 23 verse 6 when pilot heard of galley he asked whether the man were a galilean and as soon as he knew that he belonged in the heritage jurisdiction he sent unto him harrod who himself also was at jerusalem at that time and when harrod saw jesus he was exceeding glad for he was desirous to see him of a long season because he had heard many things of him and he'd hoped to have seen some miracle done by him then he questioned with him in many words but he answered him nothing and the chief priests and scribes stood and beat me accused him and harrod with his men of war set him at naught and mocked them and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe and sent him again to pilot and the same day pilot and harrod were made friends together for before they were at enmity between themselves notice pilot he projects his problem onto jesus he mocks him for being a king even though he is a king and he's a fake king all right he's not a real king but notice pilot and harrod not friends they don't even like each other but then what happens common enemy the lord jesus christ now all of a sudden they're buddies and you see this all the time those that have the spirit of error they don't even like this other person they have nothing to do this where they criticize this person but as soon as they have a common enemy buddies they're unified by their hatred acts chapter number seven you don't have to turn that i'll just read a few verses but about stephen he's preaching to them and he says he's stiff necked uncircumcised and hardened ears you do always resist the holy ghost as your fathers did so to you now he's talking to like a huge group of jews but you know what they all rally together and they come together and they stone stephen and it says uh in that chapter it says and they cast him out of the city and stone him and the witnesses laid down their clothes a young man's feet whose name was saul and they stoned stephen calling upon god and saying lord jesus received my spirit and he kneeled down and cried a loud voice lord lay not this sin to their charge and when he had said this he fell asleep now here's the thing about stephen he preaches this great sermon which anybody that's of god reads acts you know and they're just like wow that was a great sermon he tied so much bible together but you know what the jews did and they just grabbed stones and just start stoning it they just drag them out and they just kill him because they reject truth they hate the truth then they call him a blasphemer even though they're rejecting the holy ghost and you know what unified them all to do that their hatred of stephen their hatred of the truth these type of people reject truth and will not be corrected by truth no matter how much truth you show them they will not accept it why are you teaching this pastor showley because when you identify someone with the spirit of error quit preaching the truth at them unless you want to go down like stephen that's your end now go to titus chapter 3 titus chapter number 3 what's the point of this sermon well first of all i want you to get this doctrine deep in your heart but here's your application once you identify a person with the spirit of error avoid them have nothing to do with them stop hanging out with them stop talking to them stop texting them stop emailing them stop going out to lunch with them just stop doing anything with them so annoying titus chapter 3 verse 9 but avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and strivings about the law for the unprofitable in vain a man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition take to lunch bring him over to your house be his buddy nope reject knowing that he that is such is subverted and senate being condemned of himself look when you identify these wicked people these people the spirit of error leave them alone let them be let them go ruin their own lives i see so much people wasting time effort trying to use logic to win over the illogical they're trying to use reason to win over the unreasonable they're trying to use truth to win over the people that don't believe the truth they try to use savor with the unsavory you say where is youtube facebook people that get thrown out of church for being a raging heretic and it's like why would you have anything to do with this person the bible says that we should be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men for all men have not faith now you say how do i identify this person well there's this crazy phenomenon whenever i put up my video attacking adam fannin when i was going to come the pastor of this church i couldn't even believe it every troll in the world came out and they all hated it and then adam fannin uploads his video and every troll in the world they all hate each other they all love his video now if you've been paying attention to the sermon this is going to tell you something people that like adam fannin's preaching have the spirit of error period yeah i don't care what you think these people that are preaching lies and preaching false doctrine constantly they're not of god they don't hear the voice of the shepherd why is it that they can hate some of the best sermons ever they can say oh pastor anderson's a wicked devil and a blast it's like how can you hear his preaching and think that it's like hearing jesus christ words you're just like oh it's terrible you know and obviously i'm not comparing him to the lord jesus christ but again when you hear a man of god getting up and preaching the word of god with power and a spirit and people look at that and say that's garbage it's because they're garbage and when they're going looking for garbage and like this is great tyler baker great adam fannin great it's like you have the spirit of error now here's the thing usually people aren't reaching out to tyler baker and adam fan to be their buddy but you know what they reach out to these people that love them or reach out to these people that are clinging to them look if you're clinging to bad preaching there's a reason i can't cling to that preaching because i'm of god and those people that are of god they can't cling to that preaching it's so awful it's it's hard to listen to it's like reading a lie who okay in the book of joe when you start listening you're like reading a lie you're like you're such an idiot and a flatter and a devil you get mad you get angry i get mad and angry when i read about the pharisees blaspheming jesus yeah okay but these trolls and these evil people they cling to adam fannin's preaching and tyler baker's preaching we need to realize that they're wicked go to proverbs 17 i only have two places i'm gonna have you turn for the rest of this evening but go to proverbs 17 and eph 5 the last place is out of your turn we already read this verse last week but i really want to drive it in because it's a really important battle look the battle of our life is going to always be about words you're like why do you guys always want to divide over what people said it's like have you read the bible that's the whole battle it's like you guys don't like people that disagree with you on doctrine it's like yeah that's the point it's not like we're all cowboys fans or something well we all live in texas though well we're all you know trump supporters or something look the unifying factor for us is our doctrine it's what we believe look most of the people in this room probably wouldn't be friends okay just fyi you know why they're such great friends because of the doctrine because we all love the lord jesus christ that's why and you know what we're the exact opposite of all these people we're not the hypocrites we're not those that reject the truth we accept the truth we don't try to project the railings on other people we're usually condemning ourselves and then on top of that when we talk about our last point here okay let me i'm lost for words here yeah they're unified by hate we're unified by love i'm not here because i hate someone i'm here because i love jesus why would you go to a church because of hate if you hate the pastor get out if you hate the people get out if you hate the book get out like nobody wants you here but we're here unified because of love not for hatred of a particular person now proverbs 17 verse 4 the bible says a wicked doer giveth heed to false lips and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue notice these people are attracted to that which is wicked to that which is evil they can't hear truth they only can hear lies now i'm going to bring up somebody and i've never i've never preached against him from this pulpit but i i did mention something in my red hot sermon but there's this guy he's a pastor and i really had limited interaction with him but he decided to like preach this response sermon against me or whatever michael johnson of temple baptist church now this guy tried to preach a response sermon to me it's called savage you know it's super cool you know and he's saying how we're so savage and whatever now i pointed out two things about him at the red hot preaching conference i pointed out the fact that he got on a free absolutely free absolutely free trip to go to faithful word and pastor anderson just popped their plane tickets and their meals and their hotel and did all this then he goes around and takes private information in that to just share with people for no reason to slander pastor anderson and then on top of that he's making private videos attacking pastor anders sharing them he admits this with his own mouth okay i'm not i'm not like making this up you can go find the article it's password protected the the the password anderson okay it's password protected he says on his own article on his own website okay that he did all this he admits it okay and he says i don't even feel bad doing it i only feel bad i don't regret any of it i only regret having loose lips and telling somebody in a getting caught it's like what in the world that's what he meant so he preaches this rip this attack sermon back at me okay because we called him out for doing exactly what he did he admits it okay this is what he said about the new ifb he said that the new ifb in his sermon would crucify the lord jesus christ himself not only he said we have such a bad spirit anybody that goes to every single person your children your wife everybody all new ifb people we would crucify the lord jesus christ and not only that he said then we would meme about the lord jesus christ on top of that what kind of a wicked false accusation is that i get up and point out what he did and then he gets up in his pulpit and says that we would kill jesus and then meme about it that is not the spirit of truth and you know in his sermon he has this holier than thou attitude the whole time and says oh these pastors they have all this filthy communication they're using words that i would never use from the pulpit like crap well you know what the prophet said he would take the dung from your crappy preaching and put it in your face so you know what i'm gonna take your crappy preaching and smear it in your face michael johnson that is wicked to call every single new ifb they would kill jesus and meme about it what a horrible wicked false accusation for me get up there and you want to know what's real filthy communication that that's what the bible means by filthy communication not using god's words not using words like hell and bastard and piss and damn they're they're pure words according to the bible hey i'm gonna be screaming whore in heaven if you come on my wednesday night sermons you can hear that but these people that get up there and have this holier than thou attitude and say oh you know i would never use these words but i'll just repeat the worst false accusation about people yeah hypocrites and he's like oh they say that my preaching stinks no it sucks okay first of all and he's like oh they say my preaching sucks because i stammer and stutter and whatever look i don't care how much you stutter and stammer with stammering lips and another tongue why speak unto those people you know why your preaching sucks because it's not the spirit of truth there's plenty of people that stutter and stammer and i love their preaching i don't care about that i'm not so carnal and petty you know when you're preaching lies when you're preaching false accusations over and over and you know what he loves adam fannin's preaching he preached a whole sermon against how church planning is unbiblical after adam fannin preached it he had josh gander come preach for him maybe you can apply the sermon ephesians chapter five go to ephesians chapter number five look at verse number six what did the bible say let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these things come at the wrath of god upon the children of disobedience be not either for partakers with them for you are sometimes darkness but now are you light in the lord walk as children of light for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth proving what is acceptable in lord you know what these people love to say oh where's the fruit if you look at the fruit of these pastors and you look at the fruit of new ife they're so full of hatred and envy and bitter and well you know what one of those aspects is always going to be truth if you're going to tell me you have the fruit of the spirit it's always going to be in truth you can't tell me you have the spirit of god when you get up and rail and make the worst presumptuous false accusations about people you don't have the spirit of truth you don't have any the spirit of god and we should prove what's acceptable unto the lord today we need to prove those that have the spirit of truth and the spirit of error and when you see people galpaling around these wicked people you know what they're like quit being deceived by them avoid those that have being words have nothing to do quit trying to convince them to come back in my church i don't want them fan and sympathizers get out i don't know if that wasn't clear i'm just like what in the world and then you find out this person's bad and then they're always a fan and sympathizer it's like you find out this person's bad and it's just like man they just love fanning and baker and who else john mcarthur probably too and paul chapel and paul washer and the devil himself you know you it's bizarre it's bizarre but it always happens when someone gets up and preaches a bunch of lies all the trolls come out it's great i love it look if the reason files likes my sermon i'm going to delete it if adam fanning likes my sermon delete if tyler baker likes us delete you know immediately you should have a polarizing effect with your words let's close in prayer thank you father so much for your word that you've given us thank you for giving us the ability to accept the truth i pray that we would just be able to have discernment today that we could actually see those that are of god and those that have the air so that we wouldn't be led away with the air of the wicked that we wouldn't be led astray by false words by vain words by these cankerous false doctrines i pray that we always have the spirit of truth that we'd want to expose them that we want to preserve your people and your flock that we cling to the truth and that we'd appreciate the opportunity you've given us to know you in jesus name we pray amen