Doctrines of Demons Session 01 with Ron Matsen

What are these “doctrines of demons” Paul warns us about? What can we do in this age of deception?

What does the Bible have to say about the End Times? Matthew’s Gospel gives us the response of Jesus to this question. “Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’ And Jesus answered and said to them: ‘Take heed that no one deceives you.’”[1]

The Apostle Paul expands on this by stating, “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons.”[2]

A doctrine is defined as “the codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system.”[3] Simply put, a doctrine is the formalized expression of a foundational belief.

What are these “doctrines of demons” Paul warns us about? Satan often relies on deception through disinformation. Misinformation is defined as accidental untruth, where disinformation is the intentional misrepresentation of the truth. Therefore, doctrines of demons are creeds that offer counterfeit truths.

Paul expressed his fear for the wayward church in Corinth by saying, “But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted—you may well put up with it!”[4] Here Paul lists three types of false doctrines that the church might accept: 1. Another Jesus 2. A different spirit 3. A different gospel.

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https://www.khouse.org/articles/2014/1171/