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“DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR”- Practicing Discernment in a Mis-Information Age (1 John 3:11-24)

“DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR”- Practicing Discernment in a Mis-Information Age (1 John 3:11-24)

Larry Vold

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Valley Bible Church-Crossing

7106 Johnson Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588, USA

Sunday 9:00 AM

Sunday 11:00 AM

Gnosticism: a form or “spirituality” that wasn’t grounded in the person and work of Jesus Christ but in some kind of _________________ knowledge.
Docetism was a system that denied the ______________________ (Jesus is God in human flesh at his birth)
THERE’S A SERIOUS ___________________. (v.1)
There are ___________________ false teachers and religious systems in the world.
Scriptures that warn believers about false teaching and systems: 1 Thess. 5:19-22; Acts 20:28-31; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 Timothy 4:1
Those on the side of truth believe in the _____________________ of Jesus Christ.
THERE’S A CLEAR _______________________ OF WHO IS AND ISN’T ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH. (vv.2-3)
THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL _____________________ TO THOSE WHO LINE UP ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH. (v.4)
We are promised ___________________!
THERE’S A _________________________ CONCERN OVER THE CONTENT WE ACCESS THE MOST. (vv.5-6)
Whatever we access and assimilate the most in our lives is_____________.
Whatever we access and assimilate the most in our lives is _____________.
Summary Implications:

1. Don’t believe _____________________ you hear.
2. Calibrate your reception of a message or messenger on whether the Biblical/historical ___________________ is represented
3. Be _____________________.
4.___________________ when you belong to a community of faith that feeds your soul and equips you to be on mission with Christ.

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GOD SO LOVED
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