SESSION 5: Rebuke False Teachers (Jude 3-23)
What To Do with False Teachers
- First, think through your (biblical) options
o Instruction
o Admonition
o Correction
o Rebuke
o Removal
o Denounce
- Then ask critical questions:
o Who are they?
▪ Teaching (content/results, authority, motivation)
▪ Appeal (How likely are they to gain a hearing?)
▪ Proximity (How close to your realm of responsibility?)
o Who are you?
▪ Credibility
▪ Responsibility
▪ Relationship
- All the while, seek what you can’t do without!
o Wisdom
o Boldness
o Mercy
Questions for Reflection and Discussion:
When you have seen (or heard) questionable teaching in the past, how have you responded? Why?
What are some doctrinal issues that you consider absolutely essential? What are some issues that you
think are secondary but still very important? How do you distinguish such things?
- Are you more prone to go too hard or too soft in conflict situations? What have you learned (in life)
about how to counteract your natural tendencies when needed?
What would you tweak (add, remove, or change) about the framework suggested in the video?
Is the Holy Spirit stirring in you any particular ways you need to live out this teaching?
