Required reading
Spiritual Depression by D. M. Lloyd-Jones (available from Amazon) - Read Chapter 13, 'False teaching'.
My notes and thoughts
Today's chapter is an examination of how false teaching causes spiritual depression. Lloyd-Jones uses Galatians as his case study.
Firstly Lloyd-Jones says that false teaching comes in two forms:
(i) Blatant denial of the truth;
(ii) Not so much a denial of the faith but a teaching which suggests something else is required in addition to what we have already believed.
The second form is the one that Lloyd-Jones is dealing with today and was the problem in Galatia. For example people wanted to add something to the apostolic authority, add something to Christ and add something to the doctrine of faith alone.
I thought it was helpful how Lloyd-Jones commented that you cannot judge a message by experience and results: 'Let us be quite clear about that. If you judge only in terms of experience and results you will find that every cult and heresy the world or the Church has ever known will be able to justify itself.' I'm always tempted to judge something by the results it brings. But must always remember that what matters is faithfulness to Scripture.
Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.
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