Beware of the "Evil Workers"...

I was listening to Kay Arthur this week, going through a study in Philippians... she did one session on this verse:

Philippians 3:2
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision....

Paul is refering not to those outside of the church, but actually to "evil workers" within the church! Those who have "crept in" as Jude describes them. Evil workers? In the Church??? You say, "how can this be?" Unfortunately, it is rampant in the church today. There are many. These are people who profess Jesus Christ as Lord, but in their hearts they do not believe. Secretly they introduce destructive heresies into the church and cause others to stumble.

The order of the day is DISCERNMENT, and the only way to be able to discern is to know what the Word of God (the Bible) says for yourself. I'm not advocating that we be suspicious of every person in the church, but we must be aware of the fact that not everyone who professes Christ is truly a brother or sister in the Lord. Our best defense against this covert type of attack is to be armed with TRUTH. (Ephesians 6:10-17)

Here's a link to the lesson in Philippians if you are interested...

http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/Precept/archives.asp?bcd=6/25/2007