EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
7/26/2026 6:54 AM
My
Worship Time PT-2
“Intro to ‘The Danger of Following the Wrong Spiritual Teacher’”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Luke 6:39-49
Message of the verses: “39 Now He also spoke a
parable to them: “A person who is blind cannot guide another who
is blind, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 A student
is not above the teacher; but everyone, when he has been fully trained, will be
like his teacher. 41 Why do you look at the speck
that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own
eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me
take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the
log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own
eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your
brother’s eye. 43 For there is no good tree that bears bad
fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree that bears good fruit. 44 For
each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather
figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. 45 The
good person out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is
good; and the evil person out of the evil treasure brings
forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.
The
Parable of the Builders
46 “Now why do you call Me,
‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 Everyone who
comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he
is like: 48 he is like a man building a house,
who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when there was a
flood, the river burst against that house and yet it could not
shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one
who has heard and has not acted accordingly is like a man who
built a house on the ground without a foundation; and the river burst against
it and it immediately collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.”
“God’s attitude toward false teachers stands in sharp
contrast to the inclusiveness and tolerance of error that pervades contemporary
evangelicalism. Scripture denounces them as blind men, mute dogs unable to
bark; dreamers lying down who love to slumber; ignorant (Isa. 56:10); demented
fools (Hos. 9:7); reckless, treacherous men (Zeph. 3:4); ravenous wolves (Matt.
7:15) blind guides of the blind (Matt 15:14; cf. 23:16); hypocrites (Matt
23:13); fools (v. 17); whitewashed tombs full of bones (v. 27); serpents; a
brood of vipers (v. 33); thieves and robbers (John 10:8); savage wolves (Acts
20:29); slaves of their own appetites (Rom. 16:18); hucksters peddling the word
of God (2 Cor. 2:17); false apostles; deceitful workers (2 Cor. 11:13);
servants of Satan (v. 15); purveyors of a different gospel (Gal. 1:6-8); dogs;
evil workers (Phil. 3:2); enemies of the cross of Christ (Phil. 3:18);
conceited and understanding nothing (1 Tim. 6:4); men of depraved minds
deprived of the truth (v. 5); men who have gone astray from the truth (2 Tim.
2:18); captives of the devil (v. 26); deceivers (2 John 7); ungodly persons
(Jude 4); and unreasoning animals (v. 10). I will feel really good if I can
just look up all of these verses in the order that they are in this paragraph,
and I will quote from the reason MacArthur put them here.
ignorant (Isa. 56:10)
10 His watchmen are blind; they are all without
knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.”
demented fools (Hos. 9:7)
“7 ¶ The days of punishment have come; the days of
recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of
the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.”
treacherous men (Zeph. 3:4)
“4 Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her
priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.”
ravenous wolves (Matt. 7:15)
“15 ¶ "Beware of false prophets, who come to
you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
blind guides of the blind (Matt 15:14;
cf. 23:16)
“14 Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if
the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.’”
“16 "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If
anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of
the temple, he is bound by his oath.’”
hypocrites (Matt 23:13)
“ 13 ¶ "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you
neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.”
“fools (v.17)
“17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the or
the temple that has made the gold sacred?
whitewashed tombs full of bones (v. 27)
“27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear
beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.”
a brood of vipers (v. 33)
“33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are
you to escape being sentenced to hell?”
thieves and robbers (John 10:8)
“8 All who came before me are thieves and
robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.”
savage wolves (Acts 20:29)
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“29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves
will come in among you, not sparing the flock;”
slaves of their own appetites (Rom.
16:18)
“18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ,
but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the
hearts of the naive.”
hucksters peddling the word of God (2
Cor. 2:17)
“17 For we are not, like so many, peddlers of
God’s word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of
God we speak in Christ.”
false apostles; deceitful workers (2
Cor. 11:13)
“13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful
workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.”
servants of Satan (v. 15)
“15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also,
disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to
their deeds.”
purveyors of a different gospel (Gal.
1:6-8);
“6 ¶ I am astonished that you are so quickly
deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a
different gospel— 7 not that there is
another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel
of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel
from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to
you, let him be accursed.”
dogs; evil workers (Phil. 3:2)
“2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the
evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.”
enemies of the cross of Christ (Phil.
3:18)
“18 For many, of whom I have often told you and
now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.”
conceited and understanding nothing (1
Tim. 6:4)
“4 he is puffed up with conceit and understands
nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about
words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,”
men of depraved minds deprived of the
truth (v. 5)
“5 and constant friction among people who are
depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means
of gain.”
men who have gone astray from the truth
(2 Tim. 2:18)
“18 who have swerved from the truth, saying that
the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.”
captives of the devil (v. 26)
“26 and they may come to their senses and escape
from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.”
deceivers (2 John 7)
“7 ¶ For many deceivers have gone out into the
world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a
one is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
ungodly persons (Jude 4)
“4 For certain people have crept in unnoticed who
long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the
grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus
Christ.
unreasoning animals (v. 10)
“10 But these people blaspheme all that they do
not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning
animals, understand instinctively.”
“As a
result, the Bible also pronounces severe judgment on them (Deut. 13:5; 18:20;
Jer. 14:15; Gal. 1:8-9; Rev. 2:20-23).”
(Deut. 13:5; 18:20; Jer. 14:15; Gal.
1:8-9; Rev. 2:20-23).
“5 But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams
shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD your
God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house
of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the LORD your God commanded you
to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.”
“20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word
in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of
other gods, that same prophet shall die.’”
“15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the
prophets who prophesy in my name although I did not send them, and who say,
‘Sword and famine shall not come upon this land’: By sword and famine those
prophets shall be consumed.”
“8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should
preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be
accursed. 9 As we have said before, so
now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you
received, let him be accursed.”
“20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate
that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing
my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
21 I gave her time to repent, but she
refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 22
Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery
with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
23 and I will strike her children dead.
And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I
will give to each of you according to your works.”
7/26/2026
10:06 PM
Born: December 24, 1866, Vineland,
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Springs, New York. The biographical account of poetess/hymn-writer Annie
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