Do You Listen To False Prophets?

[Michael The Disciple]

In the thread about appropriate Christian music Bro. Eastman said to me:

Originally Posted by BrotherEastman View Post
mike if you wouldn't listen to a false prophet why should you listen to a false disciple?

This was in context about musicians but I thought it would be good for a broader discussion.

Do we listen to people who are false prophets or false teachers? For my two cents worth I would say first it is exceedingly difficult to find a ministry that is fully pure. Almost all are off in some area.

I am aware of only five ministers that teach what I consider the true Apostolic New Testament foundation. Of these I probably disagree somewhat with three of them on a few dress code issues.

So here goes. I think whenever I am listening to someone who teaches foundational error I am listening to a false teacher (to some degree).

The prophet, pastor, or disciple we hold in high regard may be a heretic according to scripture.

I do look around on Youtube to try to find people to listen to on my nights off. Let me explain my mode of operation.

I search by topic. I may put in a search for something on the Oneness message. Someone will come up teaching Oneness. They may teach it at least accurate in a general way. But if I click on some of their other video's I may notice they teach baptism is a "symbol" and not part of salvation.

Or I may listen to someone teaching about the post trib rapture. They may teach it accurately. Then I notice they teach Trinity.

I may pull up a minister who teaches a good message of the resurrection and the guy teaches falsely concerning holiness.

See what I mean? I may agree with someone on a certain topic and disagree with everything else he believes.

Where do you draw the line? Do you follow someones ministry who you think has only truth? Do you listen to people who you know are off in some area?

How do you apply this to musicians? Do you only listen to musicians you feel have no error in their music?