Much of this pertains by nature to women, who might be more open and less willing to hear the negatives.
But I’ve been hearing about men also falling into this category also. Often we are drawn to the popular or mega Leaders, and the Pragmatic Logic of success draws us into it.
A bad tree bearing bad fruit does not help you, ever. It is EITHER good, OR bad. A false teacher cannot help you. Even if they don’t preach evil and bad all day long, and they do not, they mix the good doctrine with the evil doctrine, if you nibble from the bad tree it yields unhealthiness. You can eat a fig, or a thorn. You can eat a grape, or a bramble.
Don’t eat the thorns.
It can be hard to resist. As we search for the Truth or the Good.
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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