How do you teach people to recognize counterfeit money? Do you show them all the different fake bills? No. You show them the real thing and every minor detail.
That's what our churches are called to do. Focus on the one true risen Lord. Believers who seek the Lord and the truth of the Scripture easily recognize the the counterfeit things going on around them. Churches do not need to become the barometer for everything occurring in civil life. It just creates division. Satan would probably really enjoy the attention of preaching centered on him, good or bad.
How do you teach people to recognize counterfeit money? Do you show them all the different fake bills? No. You show them the real thing and every minor detail.
That's what our churches are called to do. Focus on the one true risen Lord. Believers who seek the Lord and the truth of the Scripture easily recognize the the counterfeit things going on around them. Churches do not need to become the barometer for everything occurring in civil life. It just creates division. Satan would probably really enjoy the attention of preaching centered on him, good or bad.
Ezekiel 33. The charge of the watchman is quite explicit.