TOPIC: Is there a danger that can give to a true brethen?
2) It can give danger to the Christian leader - Read 2 Corinthians 11:26
3) Proof of danger - Read Acts 20:28, 30
4) Be steadfast against false brethen and false workers - Read 2 Timothy 4:3-4, 2 Peter 2:13, Galatians 4:17
5) There are really false brethen - Read Galatians 2:4, Judas 1:4
A) What are the reasons to identify the true brethen in Christ from the false?
1) They corrupt the good manners of the good Christians - Read 1 Corinthians 15:33
2) So that the resources of doing righteousness should not be wasted - Read Galatians 6:16
3) They might influence so that it should really be avoided - Hebrews 12:15-16, 1 Corinthians 5:11-12
4) So that no real brethen in the Lord should be misled or influenced by them - Read 2 Thessalonians 2:2
5) So that we may be forwarned - Read Acts 20:28, Ecclesiastes 2:15-17 (part of taking care of the flock)
6) We must not be paranoid on the false brethens - Read Philippians 2:3-4
A real brethen in the Lord has spirit of discernment - (Read Malachi 3:18)
B) How to identify the false brethen who are still inside God's true Church?
1) Real Brethen in the Lord has spirit of unity with the Church - Read Romans 8:16
2) They have the same mind and same judgment (who are the majority in the Church, the false ones are not) - Read 1 Corinthians 1:10
3) It came from the Father of spirits - Read Hebrews 12:9
4) Which the false brethen have none of it - Read Judas 1:19
5) Real brethen in the Lord has one understanding - Job 32:8, Daniel 12:9-10
6) False brethen in the Lord have sprit of separating the true brethen - Read Galatians 4:17, 2 John 2:18-19
C) How to interact with the false brethen who are still not separated in the True God's Church?
1) Stay away from them - Read Romans 16:17
2) Dont even dine with them - Read 1 Corinthians 5:11-12
Unable to stay away from them will make your good character be corrupted by them (Read 1 Corinthians 15:33)
