False Teachers: A Call For Discernment
1 Timothy 4:1
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons"
We must never set our doctrinal differences aside. We must love the truth, hold fast to the truth and correct false doctrine with the truth.
Disclaimer:
I have nothing personally against any of these teachers. I do have a responsibility as a born again Christian to contend for the faith (Jude 1:3) and to fight for Biblical truth. When I see or hear someone who claims to be in ministry in the name of Jesus Christ promoting doctrines that are inconsistent with the scriptures, pointing people away from Christ and / or denying what Christ did for us on the cross in any way then I have a responsibility to call that person out and to warn my fellow sisters to make you aware. Then you get to decide whether you should keep listening to that teacher or supporting that ministry.
I have nothing personally against any of these teachers. I do have a responsibility as a born again Christian to contend for the faith (Jude 1:3) and to fight for Biblical truth. When I see or hear someone who claims to be in ministry in the name of Jesus Christ promoting doctrines that are inconsistent with the scriptures, pointing people away from Christ and / or denying what Christ did for us on the cross in any way then I have a responsibility to call that person out and to warn my fellow sisters to make you aware. Then you get to decide whether you should keep listening to that teacher or supporting that ministry.
Michelle Manders:
Location: South Africa
Claiming to have become a born again Christian in February 2019, Michelle Manders immediately (literally within days) established an online ministry leading and teaching others in the name of Jesus Christ.
(The qualifications for Christian leaders are clearly stated in the Bible and include in 1 Timothy 3:6 - "He must not be a recent convert or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.")
In June 2019 I became part of a group that Michelle Manders was leading and spent four months listening to her teachings.
I became increasingly alarmed at the false doctrine that Michelle was teaching to her followers.
This is hardly surprising considering Michelle spent 25 years channeling false spirits and fully admitted to having neither taken the time after her conversion to renew her mind through the word of God nor grow her discernment enough to be able to Biblically test the spirits to whom she was listening, to determine their veracity against the word of God. In her teachings Michelle herself questioned her ability to discern the voice of Holy Spirit from false spirits.
I approached her discreetly in October 2019, hoping to clear up my concerns with her in private, concerns that were fully substantiated with Scripture and stood on the truth, power and authority of God's word.
The two step private approach was exhausted with no resolution. The next Biblical step was to take the issue to the church, which in this case, because Michelle Manders' draws people to her ministry through her online presence, means it is to be taken into the public online realm.
The result was the following video.
All of the scripture that I stand on in this video is available for review and study HERE.
Michelle continues to present herself online as a teacher, counselor, leader and coach in the name of Jesus Christ and has shown no evidence of having stopped teaching false doctrine. She is currently spreading the false "Courts of Heaven" doctrine, which I will be exposing in the coming weeks. Michelle appears to have gone the way of those who drift, either knowingly or unknowingly, from the Word of God, and, thwarting attempts at correction from Christians who care, entrench themselves more deeply into aberrant views and doctrines.
Therefore I continue to include the video here as a resource for those who are researching Michelle Manders.
If you have any questions or concerns about this (or anything) please feel free to email me at clare@claremcnaul.com.
Claiming to have become a born again Christian in February 2019, Michelle Manders immediately (literally within days) established an online ministry leading and teaching others in the name of Jesus Christ.
(The qualifications for Christian leaders are clearly stated in the Bible and include in 1 Timothy 3:6 - "He must not be a recent convert or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.")
In June 2019 I became part of a group that Michelle Manders was leading and spent four months listening to her teachings.
I became increasingly alarmed at the false doctrine that Michelle was teaching to her followers.
This is hardly surprising considering Michelle spent 25 years channeling false spirits and fully admitted to having neither taken the time after her conversion to renew her mind through the word of God nor grow her discernment enough to be able to Biblically test the spirits to whom she was listening, to determine their veracity against the word of God. In her teachings Michelle herself questioned her ability to discern the voice of Holy Spirit from false spirits.
I approached her discreetly in October 2019, hoping to clear up my concerns with her in private, concerns that were fully substantiated with Scripture and stood on the truth, power and authority of God's word.
The two step private approach was exhausted with no resolution. The next Biblical step was to take the issue to the church, which in this case, because Michelle Manders' draws people to her ministry through her online presence, means it is to be taken into the public online realm.
The result was the following video.
All of the scripture that I stand on in this video is available for review and study HERE.
Michelle continues to present herself online as a teacher, counselor, leader and coach in the name of Jesus Christ and has shown no evidence of having stopped teaching false doctrine. She is currently spreading the false "Courts of Heaven" doctrine, which I will be exposing in the coming weeks. Michelle appears to have gone the way of those who drift, either knowingly or unknowingly, from the Word of God, and, thwarting attempts at correction from Christians who care, entrench themselves more deeply into aberrant views and doctrines.
Therefore I continue to include the video here as a resource for those who are researching Michelle Manders.
If you have any questions or concerns about this (or anything) please feel free to email me at clare@claremcnaul.com.
A Warning Against people who are teaching False Doctrines
~ 2 Peter 2:1 ~
"... there are false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who brought them, bringing upon them swift destruction."
The internet has profoundly altered the way people learn, and has leveled the playing field so that literally anyone, whether a novice or a scholarly authority, can start a blog or a social media account and broadcast information and mis-information to massive audiences searching for knowledge.
This has given way to a dangerous and demonic trend: the rapid rise of online Christian ministries, market driven Christian 'retailers', and other various evangelical organizations.
Many of these so called "ministries" are rife with false teachers who are teaching false doctrine, are powered by worldliness offering teachings that are designed to appeal to the masses, garner big followings and bring money into their ministries.
Jesus warns us about worldliness. He doesn't want us to be "loved by the world". He commands us to spread His gospel just the way he has given it to us.
John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."
Many false teachers are, themselves, totally deceived and unwittingly listening to false spirits, and many of the good people who follow false teachers have absolutely no idea that they are actually being lead away from Jesus Christ and taught a false gospel. They are being taught a doctrine of demons.
Out of love and concern for my sisters in Christ who desire to worship Jesus Christ in Spirit and in TRUTH, I biblically, boldly and unashamedly warn against false teachers and expose unbiblical teaching trends in the church.
If you are wondering whether or not a teacher you are following is teaching false doctrine and would like my input feel free to email me at clare@claremcnaul.com. I am happy to help guide you through a biblical process of discernment to determine how he or she holds up to the scrutiny of God's Word, the ONE and ONLY authority.
If that teacher turns out to be a false teacher I will include a warning about them here on this web page.