Before being asked to do this paper, I had heard of Heresy but really did not know what it meant. Maybe part of what I thought was saying God’s name in a way to curse or swear. Searching and learning about Heresy, I read that it’s actually a false teaching. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry, or CARM, calls it “a deviation from the truth.” I’ve learned that there are many different types of heresies. Heresy is a teaching, or teachings, that is not of the Bible. With this definition, its not hard for me to see that there are many heresies in the world, and from what my dad has told me there are many heresies in many churches around the world. Most all are man made teachings that have been created for a long time for many different …show more content…
Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;” 2 Peter 2: 1-22There have always been false teachers who teach differently from what the Bible says. They are very common in the world today. In the United States there are thousands of churches with preachers who do not …show more content…
Heresy can prevent people who have never heard of God to believe the Bible and its true meaning. Heresy is basically lying about God. There are many different kinds of heresies such as: Adoptionism, Albigenses, Apollnarianism, Arianism, Docetism, Donatism, Gnosticism, Kenosis, Marcionism, Modalism, Monarchianism, Monophysitism, Nestorianism, Patripassionism, Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism, Socinianism, Subordination, and Tritheism. People who believe Docetism believe that while Jesus was on earth he was divine but only seemed to be human. This is not true Jesus was born of a virgin Mary on this earth and was human. Semi-Pelagianism believes that both man and God cooperate to achieve man’s salvation. Another heresy is that man must work for his salvation. This heresy is very popular in todays culture. The Bible clearly says that if you alone believe in him you will receive salvation. All of these heresies are not true and are not in the Bible. Heresies like these are ruining Christianity in the world today. In Christianity the Bible is the only thing Christians should have to rely on. Some preachers twist the Bible in their sermons and say what they choose to. But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you,