TOXIC TEACHING
On January 1, 1992, the Chicago Tribune reported the death of thirty church-goers in the remote town of El Charquillo in the San Luis Potosi desert, about 300 miles north of Mexico City, Mexico. The victims included the preacher and his family. The unfortunate congregants suffocated from toxic fumes emitted by a butane gas lamp which lit the tiny building. Three men survived this tragedy because they had left earlier when they had felt ill. Others may have escaped as well but were told by the preacher not to leave. People were choking, coughing, vomiting, and fainting. In response, the preacher told them that these were not bad feelings, but was the drawing nigh of God — Christ was manifesting himself to the congregation. This “message of death” pictures the fate of those who listen with trust to false teachers. The message makes sense — in a way. But when judged against the whole of the Word of God, there is reason…
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