Sound Teaching

Sound Teaching

"While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,  
“What do you think about the Christ ? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied. 
He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, 
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’  
If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”  
No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions." 
Matthew 22:41-46.

The Pharisees considered themselves the successor to Moses when it came to teaching the law.
So Jesus answered them a question,
“What do you think about the Christ ? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.”
Jesus then presented them with a problem,
 “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says, 
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ‘If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 
The Pharisees had no answer. Their theology was in error. David was referring to someone that was his Lord.  Therefor was greater than David and couldn’t be his son.
As they had no come back they stopped asking him questions.
It’s the same today. If our Christian doctrine is correct it will line up with the word of the Lord, the Bible. If it is in error it will not.
If you question someone, be it a preacher, evangelist or average Christian a question about their teaching and it doesn’t line up with the Bible, most of the time they will avoid speaking with you.
There are very good examples out there in the world today of Televangelist who are teaching wrong things.
When questioned they refuse to answer the question or they ignore all together the person asking the question.
We as Christians must be aware of these people.
For me I strongly believe a minister be they in the media or in the pulpit, must be accountable to some group in authority.
Independent evangelist or pastors give me cause to be very cautious simply because over the years I’ve found many of these people to surround themselves with yes men. Who don’t oppose them in any way even when they stray from correct teaching.
This should not be so.
We as Christians should be able to hold our spiritual leaders to account with respect to what they teach and how they act.
If they are not they can like the Pharisees of old go off the rails and start teaching things God never intended to be taught.
Thus to both Christian and Non-Christian reading this I would advise that when it comes to choosing a preacher or church congregation to listen to and attend, I would say go to one that is attached to a denomination that holds their ministers and teachers accountable.
Three examples I can think of are Baptist, The Assemblies of God in the United States and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. I have found have proven track records with respect to seeing that their ministers, teachers and missionaries in line with the teachings of the Bible.
Therefore I would encourage people to go to one of these churches and ask them what they believe and why.
Please think about it.