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exact timetable, but we can read the signs of the times. Jesus was very specific when asked about the destruction of the temple, His coming, and the end. His first admonition cannot be overlooked: Jesus answered: Watch out that no-one deceives you....(Matt. 24:4)
That Jesus would preface His answer to the disciples this way should awaken us to what we need to be aware of in our time. Almost every book in the New Testament addresses the need to discern truth from error, to rebuke those who have wandered from the faith, and to warn Christians to avoid false teachers and prophets.
This may be an unpopular issue with some, but since Jesus warned us we all need to be on the alert. False teachers
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are travelling to every part of the world and in the islands, misleading millions on TV and through the sale of books and videos. Christian leaders have a God given responsibility to protect those in their care. Remember:
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. 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 what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. (2 Tim. 4: 2-5) U
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