Purpose Driven or Scripture Driven? - Way of Life Literature

ingeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forthevil fruit” (Mat. 7:15-17).It is impossible to beware of false prophets without judgingdoctrine and practice by God’s Word. How can I know who afalse prophet is if I do not measure preachers by God’sWord?That Christ is not condemning all judging is also evidentby comparing Scripture with Scripture. In other passages weare commanded to judge. The Lord Jesus Himself said weare to judge righteous judgment (Jn. 7:24).We are to judge sin in the church (1 Cor. 5:3, 12). “For Iverily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judgedalready, as though I were present, concerning him that hathso done this deed, ... For what have I to do to judge themalso that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?”We are to judge matters between the brethren (1 Cor. 6:5).“I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise manamong you? no, not one that shall be able to judge betweenhis brethren?”We are to judge preaching (1 Cor. 14:29). “Let the prophetsspeak two or three, and let the other judge.”We are to judge those who preach false gospels, falsechrists, and false spirits (2 Cor. 11:1-4). “But I fear, lest byany means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty,so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that isin Christ. For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus,whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit,which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye havenot accepted, ye might well bear with him.”126