2 John 1:10-11
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
One of my great concerns throughout the years are preachers who are soft in their dealing with compromise or people who are obvious heretics. In the book of Jude, we are commanded to earnestly contend for the faith. Throughout the Pauline epistles, we are shown the danger of compromise and how it always affects others. God’s Word is clear on how to deal with people who compromised or don't believe like us.
First, you are never to let them come to your church to speak. When someone does not believe doctrinally like us, we are to receive him not into your house. The house is talking about your personal home and the church house. Just because someone can help you in one area doesn't mean you should let them speak in your pulpit. They may help you in one area but hurt you in many different areas because they are doctrinally wrong. NEVER should a preacher allow someone who has compromised or is doctrinally wrong in their pulpit to preach.
Second, never speak good about those who are compromisers or doctrinally wrong. To bid someone God speed is to talk good about them. Just because someone is a good person in society does not make them a good person with God. Any person who has compromised the faith or is not doctrinally right is NOT a good person because false doctrine always hurts the cause of the faith if commended.
Third, never endorse their cause or ministry. To bid someone God speed is to endorse their ministry. Never endorse someone who doesn't believe the King James Bible, is worldly, or whose doctrine, especially the doctrine of salvation, is wrong. Just because they believe like us in one area does not mean we should endorse that one area of their ministry. When you endorse someone’s ministry in one area, many will take the whole of their ministry and think it is good, and fall away from the faith.
Fourth, withdraw yourself from those who have left the faith. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 commands us to withdraw ourselves from any brother who walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. You are not to go to their conferences, read their books, or spend time with them.
My friend, just because someone has a good personality does not make them a good person. Just because someone sounds smart does not make them right. Most compromisers and people who are doctrinally wrong get people to follow them, not because they are divisive or unfriendly, but because they have great personalities, are very nice people, and sound very smart. This is how they work themselves into our lives, but we must beware of them.
Doctrine is the key to which we must determine whether or not we associate with someone or promote them and their ministries. Remember, when direction is wrong, doctrine will soon go wrong. The best time to withdraw yourself from someone is when they change their direction because their directional change will result in doctrinal change. Everyone who has gone doctrinally wrong went directionally wrong first. Beware of direction changes and withdraw at that point, and you will never get caught up in bad doctrine.
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