Articles on Other Religious Topics Deception Within the Church by Chris Barhorst Many Christians are aware that groups like Jehovah's Witnesses , Mormons , etc. are laced with error to the point of being classified as cults. But few realize the potential danger of erroneous teachings within the body of Christ . The purpose of this article is to discuss Satan's method and purpose of penetrating the body of Christ with false doctrine. False teaching runs right alongside true doctrine. This creates a deception more difficult to detect, because it is so close to sound doctrine.
Nobody manufactures a counterfeit dollar bill and designs it like a baseball card.
The counterfeit dollar must be able to come alongside the genuine dollar and appear to be a true bill. So one can see that para describes the method that deception is smuggled into the Christian church. The next part of this word is the greek word eis . The final part of this word is the greek word ago . This is the end result of false doctrine, individuals being led astray.