 Here is the one thing that a false teacher does not like at all. Ask them to defend their doctrine. Ask them to defend their stance. They don't want to do it. Now most churches, you ain't allowed to question bishop. I tell the people, you can question me about what I'm preaching, all you want. Question me. I walk of it. When we talk about false teachers, false prophets, and so forth, people who are heretics, now to be clear, all of those may not necessarily be the same. A person who gives a false teaching does not mean that they are necessarily a false teacher. A false teacher is not always, but in most cases, is not always a heretic. Now, let me explain. Someone who gives a false teaching may do so just out of ignorance. We all have something that we teach that is false and that we believe that it might be an error. That's just the way it is. None of us are all knowing. And so for that reason, saying that someone has a false teaching does not make them a false teacher. A false teacher is someone who has a pattern of giving false teachings. And in many cases, they do so intentionally and arrogantly. Now, is a false teacher a false prophet? Not necessarily. A false prophet is someone who gives a word, who utters a word. That's what the word profit means to utter, to inform, or to give a revelation. Someone who does so with the belief or with the story that they got this from God. In other words, they are speaking as far as they say on behalf of God. And be clear, if God is the one that said it and they're just merely recounting it and they're letting us know that that is the source, well, then it will always be 100% because they got it from the Lord. However, there is this desire from God to make sure that no one presumptively speaks on his behalf or tells people that they're speaking on his behalf and then give a false revelation. Because what it does is to the unbeliever, it can impugn either the body of Christ or for some people it may even impugn the Lord himself. And so God is very careful to protect his name and his body. Now, then you may have someone who is in a heretic. There are people who are just outright heretics who their only goal is to remote themselves. And you may have that also with false prophets as well as false teachers. But these heretics are so far out of the realm of the norm as it relates to the Bible that they are on a different level. These people are completely lost as well as I would say false prophets. But what's the one thing they do not like? Well, notice this. Ask them to defend their doctrine. Ask them to defend their stance. They don't want to do it. There are a few. There are a few people who I believe have some false teachings and may even be false teachers there. You might find one or two. I can think of maybe I think probably Dr. Michael Brown who I think has a lot of false teachings. But he is at least willing to defend his point, at least with some people. But the overwhelming majority, they will not do it. What's interesting is that from time to time, you'll even hear them trying to tell other people what is a false prophet or a false teacher. The requirements to identify something as false needs to be consistently evolving as evil finds ways to remain concealed. And there's one way that at least I have seen in this present day and age is where my red flags go off is when a prophet does not have the ability to admit that they've never been wrong. Immediately when a prophet says, I've never missed it. That's a red flag for me because we miss it somewhere. I've missed it. I think what could potentially authenticate a real prophet from a fake one is their humility in being honest. Like, you know what? Yeah, I missed it a couple of times, but the Lord is helping me to grow in this prophetic office because no one is born knowing how to prophesy. This is like any other gift. You receive it through humility, but you walk by faith. Now, that just does not fit the definition of what a prophet is because a prophet will get it right every time. Again, if they're speaking for God, they're hearing from God. One of two things, either God lied or they lied on God, meaning they said that God said something, and if God said it, then it's not true. Then we can't trust the God they're listening to. Well, we know that can't be the case. And so the only conclusion is that they lied. They lied and said that they heard from the Lord. And if it didn't come to pass or if it's not true, if it's not accurate, if it's not specific, if it's not measurable, well, then that person should be shun, should be marked, should be avoided, and should be totally disregarded as someone who is speaking because there is no, we get it right most of the time, trial and error, we'll get better at it. No, you don't grow into it. You're not taught how to be a prophet, not trained how to. If you are hearing from the Lord, as you say, well, then you just simply speak it. It's not up to you to worry about how accurate it is because it's coming from the Lord, well, then it is accurate. And so if you're wrong, well, then it's not God, it's you. You have given us ample reason to distrust you at least until you repent, you've sat down and you have grown and you've changed from what you used to promote. You know, being a false prophet is not necessarily about being accurate or inaccurate, but it is definitely about being prideful or being humble. Do you all remember what Paul's issue was, the apostle Paul, the Paul who wrote a good portion of the New Testament? One, Paul was always accurate without question, but more than that, also Paul was someone who struggled with pride. Paul was a person who, that was an issue with him. And so you even see that in his writing, but he struggled with that. And so that's not necessarily a hallmark of a false prophet, but a false prophet, as he says incorrectly, has to be accurate. A prophet has to be accurate. If you're not accurate and you are uttering or informing, then guess what you are? You are a false prophet. The Bible says that, you know, you guys mentioned is that you will know them by their fruits. It's interesting. It doesn't say you'll know them by their prophecies. So it's possible to still hit your prophecies accurately and miss because of the lack of fruit. And it's interesting because Jesus compares false prophets to people who wear sheep's clothing. That means they blend in with the sheep. So it's usually not the shepherd. So that's why when the person comes in and begins to say things like, you know, oh, you're a pastor and you're a false prophet. First of all, you know, not every pastor is a prophet. And so that's why I think, like with me, when they come at me and they say things like, you're a false prophet, I could be maybe a false teacher, but I'm not a prophet. So you can't label me as a false prophet. And false prophets, they wear the sheep. They dress as sheep, not as shepherds. And that means that they love to blend in with the sheep. Now, what he just said makes absolutely no sense and holds no biblical water whatsoever. If a person is a false prophet or a false teacher, a heretic, the Bible does not say that that person is either a pastor or a lay person. No, it doesn't say that it's a sheep for the most part and not a shepherd. It makes that statement because I believe he's a pastor. But no, as a matter of fact, many false prophets that we see today are shepherding some flock. Now they're shepherding off a cliff, in many cases, biblically speaking. But what he just said makes no sense. And that's kind of the issue that we have is that when we ask you a question, when we want you to, hey, help us to make sense of that, you all don't do a very good job of explaining yourselves to us. Now, remember, Peter says that we should always sanctify Christ in our heart and always be prepared to make a defense or an answer to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and respect. But what he says, having a good conscience so that when you are slandered, those who revalue your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame, for it is better to suffer for doing good if that should be God's will than doing evil. But notice the point in verse 16, having a good conscience so that when you are slandered, those who revalue your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. So if you feel like you are being slandered, if you're being called a false prophet, a false teacher or anything like that, well, then the reason for your defense in that is that you give a defense. You give an answer of what it is that you're saying. That's the whole point. If you give a scriptural defense, then someone will say, you know what, I can see where you're coming from. I disagree. But you guys tend to not even want to give a scriptural defense. You would do one of two things. One, you will act as though you don't care about what the person is saying. Well, get to that in a second because you do. But then also, people who are in your inner circle, you might kind of rally around them and defend them. I say that because in a recent livestream that I was talking about and interestingly enough, one of the people who are in this little Zoom call, they have to have the four of them, two of the people there, Vlad Savchuk and Mike Signorelli, put a comment in. The comment wasn't in defense of the scripture. The comment was in defense of one of their friends. If you are the actual true Vlad Savchuk, I would love to have you come on and defend Isaiah. The same thing, the same issue that I have with Isaiah. I have with you the same issue that I've said to Pocani. I would love for you to, I'll send you the link now. We can have this conversation. Mike, listen, you all keep listening. Y'all keep vouching for him. Mike, Vlad, stop vouching for him. Vouch for the scriptures. I'll send you the link. You all can, we can have this conversation. I promise you, it won't be a contentious conversation. Ask Alexander Pocani. It's not going to be a contentious conversation. Therein lies the issue. We're not called to defend our friends. We're called to defend the scriptures to give a defense of the hopelessness, which is the Bible, the Word of God. And we're not saying that and therein lies our problem. Right. And that's why I think it's funny because we get called false prophets all the time. And it's something that's funny to me every time I read it because it's like, I know the level of humility, transparency, accountability that we carry even in our group. So here he is defending their group. And there are others that are also kind of in their circle that, two things. One, they will never criticize someone in their inner circle or close to their inner circle if they do or say something that we know is ungodly. For example, we've talked before about this person, Daniel Adams, who have had these fraudulent healings that he and Catherine Crick have healed the same person on different occasions and no one calls them out. That they have a period with other known heretics and no one calls them out. And it's almost as though we're going to kind of keep this kind of self-contained. It's all about us and nobody else. And therein lies the problem. If you will not even call out your inner circle, but also you will defend your inner circle. One of the things that kind of caught my eye, because if you speak about certain things, YouTube will let you know if that particular person or someone close by or something related happens, a video goes up, then for whatever reason, YouTube will let you know. And so it's not that people going after you guys and looking for information. YouTube will just put it there. And so I noticed a post that was put up by them, two of them in particular, that was basically defending their position in an attempt to make it seem as though they're above this, that they don't care about it. As a matter of fact, ignore the person that has something critical to say about you or your ministry. Mike Signorelli said that live your life in such a way that people lose credibility trying to discredit you. He also posted, he says, let me tell you a secret. Critical people reveal their lack of experience when they criticize. The more you actually do something, the more empathetic you become to those who are trying also be aware of social media critics. Then he goes on to say, the only thing a critic knows is the sadistic pleasure of agreement and affirmation from someone else not doing the work of a ministry. So he's impugning people who may have something critical to say about them. Now, they can do the same thing. They can be critical of someone else, whether in a mean fashion or even just a genuine concern. It's okay for them to do so, because it is so with people like Alan Parr and others. It's okay for them to do so, but if someone does it to them, well, then that person doesn't have the spirit. They're critical. They don't have the work, the fruit, and so forth, which we'll also talk about in just a second as well. But did what he say line up with the Bible? What's missing and glaringly so is a scripture. It sounds good to tell people to live your life in such a way to where they lose credibility, those folks who are criticizing you. But again, that's not what the scripture says. And then in another post, he says, do not feel the need to always explain yourself. Some people are committed to misunderstanding you. They build their platforms on distorting your words and actions. If you respond, you equip them with more material for manipulation. Instead, silence them with more success. Again, that sounds good. You can make a t-shirt out of that. You can put it on a plaque, but it's not biblical. The Bible literally says to answer them. Now, is it possible to answer every last critic? No, you can't do that, but at least put it out there where you stand, why you stand, and even sit down with people who you absolutely know of and they know of you because the people that I'm speaking of, I have reached out to all of them. I have tried to reach out to them. I did it in a cordial fashion, but after some point in time, and then you continue to espouse certain heresies or bad teachings or just outright false prophecies, well then, we're not to be quiet and silent just so that you can feel comfortable and feel more emboldened. Meanwhile, the actual flop is being harmed. That's not our call either. As a matter of fact, for my defense, and even for them if they happen to see this, which they will, Paul tells us always be ready to preach the Word. He says, I charge you, chapter 4, verse 1 of 2 Timothy. I charge you in the presence of God in Christ. He says, preach the Word. And look what he says, be ready in season and out of season. That means all the time, be ready, especially if you're a pastor. Reprove. This word, reprove, simply means that you're going to have to refute somebody. So if someone is giving a erroneous teaching, you refute that person. If they feel like what they're saying is right and what I'm saying or someone on my side is saying is wrong, then you refute that person. He says also, rebuke. So if someone is doing something in error, rebuke them. I had no problem being rebuke, but to say certain things as though you're trying to ignore us when really you're not because you make these little comments and these posts and so forth, referencing us either individually, directly or indirectly, come out and do what the scriptures say and let us know where you stand on the scriptures. He says, and exhort with complete patience and teaching. In other words, it's not a one-time thing. Once I say it, that's good enough. He says, no, do it with all-long suffering with complete patience because that's just not how it works. We don't get something through our thick heads the first time. And so if I need you to tell me multiple times or you at least put it out there, well, then amen. Maybe eventually through the Spirit, I'll get that or vice versa. But if we don't have this dialogue, it'll never happen. We'll just keep talking back and forth. And so at least in this case, myself specifically and others, we've tried to get a dialogue to sit down with you and talk with you, either contacting you directly or through back channels to people that you also have acquaintance with, someone that I have acquaintance with. But still, the answer is no. The question's got to be, why then? Why are you not willing to at least not defend yourself but defend the scriptures? But you guys seem to be quick to defend yourselves. He says, for the time is coming when people will not endure sound doctrine or sound teaching but have itching ears and they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions. I think that's what's happening right now. Now you may disagree. I think that is the case. And so if I'm wrong, simply sit down and have a conversation with me or someone like me. Hey, bro, I know you're mad in your fields. I understand that. Because you were slander. You wake up, you wake up obsessed with me, bro. And you can feel that way. I told you that. I ain't about feeling. Yeah, it is your feeling, bro. You can feel whatever you feel. I'm not arguing about that. I'm not going to argue. If you believe I'm a false teacher, that's cool. I'm not going to argue with you. You can believe what you want to believe. Now in this back and forth between Marcus Rogers and in this case, Seiko Woods, notice what Marcus Rogers, as well as people, by the way, these people also associate with him with the exception of Geno Jennings. These people associate with him and they don't rebuke him. As a matter of fact, they have lift him. They affirm him. But notice what he doesn't do. Nor will they. They don't come out to defend the writings of the Bible, the gospel, the teachings. They don't defend that. They won't come out and defend their doctrine, but they will come out in droves and defend themselves or each other. Marcus Rogers will not come down and sit down with myself or anyone else, but the moment that he feels as though someone is slandering his name as he says, well, then he's Johnny on the spot. Well, here's a scripture for him as well or anyone else. The Bible says this is Jesus saying in Matthew 511, Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account? Rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Now, why would I read that? Well, if they are persecuting you or saying vile things or slandering you for his sake on his account, then amen, that's what you want. And you would not even go out of your way to, hey, these people are calling me this, calling me that. Well, they're Pharisees. They're religious people. They're gummy bear Christians. They're all these different names. Well, no, that's not what he did. As a matter of fact, even when confronted with the devil, what did he do? He gave him the word. Paul just said, Peter also said that we are to answer and we are to defend the gospel, not ourselves. And people have asked me, well, hey, Korea, why have you not reached out to a Geno Jennings? And I have. And I have. Geno Jennings has no interest whatsoever in debating me. I think that's a good thing on his part. Because he has everything to lose to talk to someone like myself, to talk to someone like a Justin Peters, to talk to someone like, you name it, you name anyone out there who is trying to point out the errors of their doctrine. He has everything to lose, nothing to gain. You know, I don't debate everybody. And the reason why I don't debate everybody, a lot of these men don't want to be right. So I'm just not interested in everybody. I don't want little tadpoles and, you know, little microcosic things in water that you can't even see. I want whales so I can harpoon them. Them that's affecting the masses of people. Are you getting what I'm telling you? I want kings and queens and big false prophets so I can scale you. Hey man, you little pulpit parasites need a magnifying glass to just see your level of falseness. I ain't thinking about you. Now he states that he would like to only debate or speak to whales. Well, let's just be clear. The next whale that he debates will be the first whale he debates. He's debated Rossifarians. He's debated hip-hop artists. He's debated sexuals, defending homosexuality. He's debated the nation of Islam and so forth. But he will not debate. He's even debated people who are newer or weaker or even as they profess immature in the ministry, but he's not debated as far as I can tell someone who was seasoned and he will not do so out of the confines of his own church with his own height man. That what the Bible says is we're supposed to do so to anyone who gives an answer. It doesn't have to be in a certain particular format or whatever, but make it known that what I'm saying is standing by the scriptures an answer to this date at this point in time. They have not. They don't wish to. And that, guys, is a hallmark. One cheat, not all of them, but is one good way to notice or to point out a person who might actually be a genuine honest to goodness, false prophet, false teacher, heretic. They do not want to defend their doctrine. Why? Because their doctrine wouldn't stand up against sound doctrine. Amen.