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demons”, and in type they are referred to as “food sacrificed to idols”.

I Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from
the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons...

Revelation 2:20
"But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who
calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants
astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed
to idols.”

I very much enjoy coming to understand things in the scriptures that have been
previously hidden to me. This brother had some good insights, and for a brief time
I even posted some of his writings on my website. However, along with the truth he
was proclaiming, I began to notice some things that disturbed me. I began to notice
a wrong emphasis on the role of the Law of God, and expressions asserting that the
saints of God need to keep the Law.

This is a matter that the saints often stumble in, and even the early saints were
disturbed by this teaching. At one point Paul confronted Peter for being hypocritical
regarding this topic, and we have his following words:

Galatians 2:11-13
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because
he stood condemned. For prior to the coming of certain men from
James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began
to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the party of the
circumcision. The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the
result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.

In this one scripture we have mention of three of the early apostles who became
entangled with this snare of Satan. Cephas (Peter), James, and Barnabas are all
mentioned. If these apostles could fall for this deceit, then know with a certainty that
the saints today are similarly susceptible. Paul’s epistle to the Galatian believers was
written because the entire church was being troubled by the presence of Judaisers
(Messianic Jews who taught the keeping of the Law) who had come into their midst
and they were leading the saints away from a walk of faith, back to a bondage to the
Law.

I have recently received a book that a brother purchased for me that he encouraged
me to read. The book deals with the pagan origins of many of the church’s traditions
and customs today, and as far as the author sticks to relating the history of such