Discerning a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing from a Man of God

Discerning a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing from a Man of God I seek to reveal how these people work to infiltrate our churches.

By Pastor David Cox

Introduction

It is extremely sad to see so many hours that preachers and pastors preach in the pulpit over the years, and probably the least mentioned topic in all this preaching is what the preacher should morally be (his moral example), and what he should be doing in the ministry. It should be a great concern among all men of God, but unfortunately, there are few “biblical preachers“. Most seek what they consider best, and while they will beat horribly the cults and false doctrines of others because they don’t really respect nor highly esteem the Word of God, rarely will they hold themselves, their ministries, and their personal lives to the same standard as they demand from others. Unfortunately when a hypocrite stands before a crowd and teaches, the norm is that the crowd ignores what he says and becomes like what he is morally, a smart (and often Bible quoting) hypocrite. Although this is simply God blessing or cursing us on the basis of what we are, all of this is very firmly presented in the Word of God, and even so, we regularly ignore it (on the part of ministers as well as laymen).

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Cox – What are the Marks of a Christian?

Cox – What are the Marks of a Christian? is a study of what are the marks of a born again believer so we know how we should act and be, and so that we can deal with other Christians. As a Christian, we deal with other people very differently if they are our “brother in Christ“, or an unsave person pretending to be saved.

Why should we be focusing on this? Firstly, because we need the reassurance of God’s Word as to whether we are saved or not, and within this, we need to know what elements in our lives identify us as a child of God or a child of the devil. Secondly, part of being a Christian absolutely is relating to other Christians. We must edify and serve them as well as they serving us. God gives spiritual gifts to His children, and these people exercise their spiritual gifts and talents in the local church. It is extremely important to realize that Satan also “gifts” the Christian with false prophet to disrupt and cause damage to them, and these people are excellent “actors” acting and pretending that they are saved and serving God when in reality they are the enemy, secret agents for Satan. We must insist on those who claim to be saved to act like a child of God. Realizing what defines a true Christian and what is not in line with that is imperative for every Christian.

This post is an Appendix that Pastor David Cox is working on the Holy Spirit. It is Appendix #38. The larger work is in theWord at the moment. If you would like a peak at more chapters, see

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Improving your Preaching: Detecting poor preaching and mediocrity

This post is just an introduction to the series.

Sections:
Introduction

Detecting Faulty Preaching
Build confidence with feedback good channels
Set up rules and procedures for handling feedback
Problem – Mediocrisy
How to Fix Mediocrisy
Dynamic life-changing preaching
Conclusion

In this post I reveal how to tell if your preaching is poor, and we examine mediocre preaching.

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