Recognizing & Rejecting False Teaching

Recognizing & Rejecting False Teaching – 1 Timothy 1:3-7

1. The forbidding of false teaching – vv3-4a

2. The fruit of false teaching – v4b

3. The goal of biblical teaching – v5

4. The traits of false teachers – vv6-7

-How does the temptation to useless speculation confront the contemporary church today?

-Why is love the proper outcome by which teaching and preaching must be evaluated? How does this contrast with the goal of the false teaching in vv3-4 and with false teaching today?

-How does an impure heart, a seared conscience, and an insincere faith bring forth a failure in Christian love?

-Identify a time when you became involved in "fruitless discussion." What was motivating you and what was the result of that conversation?

-What is your biggest take-away from this passage that will help you recognize and reject false teaching?

Other passages to consider: Mt 7:15-20; 22:36-40; Jn 13:34-35; Acts 17:11; 20:28-32; Eph 1:10; 3:9; 1 Tim 3:1-7; 5:17; Titus 1:5-16.