Well, let's go ahead and direct our attention to the message this morning. just by way of preparation, feel free to open to First Timothy chapter one. If you have your Bibles, if you're visiting with us, we have Bibles under the seat in front of you. and so feel free to grab a Bible.
Again, turn to First Timothy, chapter one. I, I would like to begin this morning with a rhetorical question. And the question is this, wouldn't it be great if the influence of false teachers never came our way? Wouldn't that be awesome?
Wouldn't it be awesome if we were guaranteed that, that we would never ever be influenced by false teaching. Wouldn't it be great to know that not one of our brothers or sisters in Christ would ever be influenced by and impacted by the deadly doctrines of the false. But the fact is, however, that some from within our own body, have been influenced by false teachers. Historically, if you were to track with us, there have been some from within our body who have deviated from the gospel.
There have been some, sad to say, from within our body, who have rejected the purity and simplicity of the. Gospel itself for other gospels and so we have experienced people from within our body. Other churches have experienced people from within their body who have been held captive to the teachings of false teachers. And so you see, brothers and sisters, we are not necessarily immune from the deadly influence of false teachers....
