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00:00Beloved, we live in an age of deep confusion where truth is negotiable, doctrine is despised,

00:06and popularity is mistaken for blessing.

00:10In such a time, we must not be surprised when professing Christian groups that once stood

00:15on the truth begin to drift and ultimately fall.

00:20The tragedy is not merely that they collapse, but that they do so slowly, subtly, and deceptively.

00:27What begins as a hunger for revival can turn into a rejection of Scripture.

00:32What starts as a desire for spiritual power can lead to emotional manipulation.

00:38And before long, a group that once claimed to follow Christ ends up denying Him, not in

00:44word but in practice.

00:47Scripture is painfully clear on this.

00:50The Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying

00:55attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, 1 Timothy 4.1.

01:02The fall doesn't come overnight.

01:04It comes when the church stops loving the truth and starts entertaining lies.

01:09This is not about finger pointing, it's about warning.

01:13Because deception doesn't just happen to others, it can happen to us if we are not anchored

01:17in the Word of God.

01:19Let us heed the warning now while there is still time to stand firm.

01:241.

01:25Departure from sound doctrine is always the first step toward deception.

01:28One of the clearest patterns in Scripture is that spiritual deception begins with a departure

01:33from truth, not all at once but by degrees.

01:38Paul warned Timothy, the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but wanting

01:44to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with

01:48their own desires, 2 Timothy 4.3.

01:53The fall of any Christian group begins not with moral failure or heresy, but with a subtle

01:59erosion of doctrinal conviction.

02:02When a ministry or movement begins to loosen its grip on the authority of Scripture, it paves

02:07the way for subjective experience, cultural accommodation, or even mystical revelation to take its place.

02:13What follows is inevitable.

02:16Truth is redefined, sin is minimized, and Christ is no longer central.

02:22No revival, no outpouring, no popularity can replace the centrality of Scripture.

02:28God's Word is sufficient, 2 Timothy 3.16-17, it is inerrant, authoritative, and eternally relevant.

02:37The moment a group begins to question that by adding new visions, downplaying doctrine, or

02:43elevating personality above exegesis, they are already walking the path of deception.

02:50The fall never starts with a loud rebellion, it starts with a quiet compromise.

02:55The church must be anchored to the unchanging Word of God, or it will drift into the storm

03:00of error and be swept away.

03:022.

03:03False teachers rise from within, not just without.

03:07Scripture is not vague on this point.

03:08It is emphatic.

03:09It is emphatic.

03:10The most dangerous threats to the church do not come from outside, but from within.

03:16Paul, addressing the Ephesian elders, warned,

03:19From among your own selves, men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples

03:25after them .

03:28False teachers often begin as insiders, respected, influential, persuasive.

03:34They don't announce their departure from truth, they subtly twist it.

03:39They blend Scripture with error, truth with poison.

03:42They exploit emotional language, spiritual ambition, and the desire for relevance.

03:48And in time, entire groups are led away, not from church attendance, but from sound doctrine.

03:54Jude writes of these deceivers as hidden reefs in your love feasts .

04:00They look the part, they speak the language, they may even preach from the Bible, but their

04:05goal is not to exalt Christ.

04:07It is to exalt themselves.

04:10They creep in unnoticed, Jude 4, and distort the grace of God.

04:16Every Christian group must be vigilant.

04:19Just because a leader quotes Scripture or speaks of Jesus does not mean they are faithful.

04:24We must test everything by the Word, 1 John 4, 1.

04:28A fall begins when we stop discerning and start following charisma over character and personality

04:35over principle.

04:363.

04:38Emotionalism and experience cannot replace truth.

04:41It is a dangerous thing when a Christian group begins to prioritize emotional experiences

04:45above the clear teaching of Scripture.

04:49Yet this is precisely how many movements begin their decline, by shifting from a theology of

04:54truth to a culture of feelings.

04:57God created emotion, but He never intended it to govern our understanding of truth.

05:04Feelings fluctuate, experiences vary, only the Word of God stands forever, Isaiah 48.

05:12When a group becomes obsessed with spiritual highs, visions, prophetic impressions, or manifestations

05:18of power rather than the steady, sanctifying work of the Word, it will soon abandon sound

05:24doctrine.

05:25The Corinthians fell into this error.

05:28They had every spiritual gift imaginable, yet Paul rebuked them for being spiritually immature,

05:331 Corinthians 3, 1.

05:35Why?

05:36Because they had confused the presence of gifts with the approval of God.

05:42Personal experiences are not evidence of faithfulness, truth is.

05:46Jesus warned that many will say, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name?

05:52And He will say, I never knew You, Matthew 7, 22-23.

05:58A group may be full of activity and passion, but still be deceived if they are not grounded

06:03in Scripture.

06:05Emotion must never lead theology.

06:07Experience must never overrule truth.

06:09The Christian life is lived by faith in what God has said, not by chasing what we feel.

06:15For a group that ceases to exalt Christ will soon exalt itself.

06:19The ultimate test of any Christian group is not its popularity, creativity, or momentum,

06:26but its devotion to the glory of Christ.

06:30The Holy Spirit's role is to exalt Christ, John 16, 14.

06:36Any group that stops doing that is no longer functioning as the true church.

06:41When Christ is no longer central, something else will take His place, a leader, a vision,

06:46a program, a movement, and slowly a ministry that began in faith becomes a platform for pride.

06:54What began with Christ is now about performance.

06:57The name above every name is replaced with human names, brands, or personalities.

07:03This was the problem in the church at Corinth.

07:06Some said, I follow Paul, others, I follow Apollos, and others, I follow Cephas .

07:15Paul rebuke them for this division because no Christian group exists to magnify men.

07:21Christ must increase, we must decrease, John 3, 30.

07:26When a group falls, it is often because it becomes more about the people involved than

07:30the person of Christ.

07:33Theology becomes shallow, worship becomes man-centered, preaching becomes soft, and slowly the glory

07:39departs, not in an instant but over time.

07:43The church must fix its eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith .

07:49When He is no longer central, a fall is inevitable.

07:52The true church is marked by perseverance in the truth, not popularity.

07:58In a world obsessed with numbers, size, and visibility, many Christian groups have confused

08:03popularity with faithfulness.

08:06But Scripture is clear.

08:07The path of truth is narrow, and those who walk it are few, Matthew 7, 14.

08:14True believers are marked not by charisma or cultural success, but by perseverance in

08:19the truth.

08:20Jesus said, if you continue in My Word, then you are truly disciples of Mine, John 8, 31.

08:29That's the test.

08:30Not how many follow you, but how firmly you follow Him.

08:34When a group falls, it is often because they pursue the crowd more than they pursue Christ.

08:40They soften their message, compromise their doctrine, and reshape their mission to be more

08:45appealing.

08:47But in doing so, they trade truth for applause, and they lose both.

08:52The church at Sardis had a reputation for being alive, but was spiritually dead .

09:00Christ does not measure success the way man does.

09:04Faithfulness to the Word, perseverance through trials, and loyalty to Christ.

09:09These are the marks of the true church.

09:12Every group must decide, will we pursue faithfulness or fame?

09:16Will we stay the course when it's unpopular?

09:19The true church endures in truth no matter the cost, because Christ is worth it.

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