In light of the times in which we live -
This is a resource for you and those you care about.

Watch out if a spiritual leader or organization asks you to:

1. "Follow one human leader"
Jesus said, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6).
Any other leader who says, "Follow
me" takes a position only Jesus deserves. John the Baptist said of Jesus,
John 3:30  He must increase, but I must decrease. True spiritual leaders point you to Jesus.
Acts 17:11  These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
 

2. "Dilute the Bible"
When someone adds to God's Word, subtracts from it, insists on another book
or teacher in order to "understand" it, alarm bells should go off.
2 Tim 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Tim 3:17  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
 "If anyone adds anything to them,
Rev 22:18  For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto
him the plagues that are written in this book:
Rev 22:19  And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and
out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

3. "Desert (leave) your family"
The family was the first institution God created. He has never changed His directions for spouses:
Mark 10:9  What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
      For sons and daughters:
Eph 6:1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Eph 6:2  Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Eph 6:3  That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Eph 6:4  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Jesus calls us to always put Him first, but to respect the family as He taught.

4. "Forget the church"
God entrusted His truth to the Church. He did not leave us the option of some new thing for some new time or place. Jesus said,
"I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Matt. 16:18 KJV).

5. "Believe new revelations"
God has spoken in His Word, the Bible, and He warns against adding anything
to it (see # 2). "New truth from God" is not from God.

6. "Don't use your mind"
"Believe it because we believe it" is the appeal of a spiritual counterfeit. Rather than asking us to follow Him mindlessly, Jesus
commands us to "...Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all thy mind" (Matt. 22:37).

7. "Keep our secret"
God's "mysteries" are "open secrets" in the Bible. God's truth is not hiding somewhere for a few spiritually "enlightened" ones to stumble on and hoard.
John 1:17  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
John 1:18  No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
 

8. "Earn your place in Heaven"
Spiritual counterfeits will ask you to "do good things" to earn their "heaven". God says eternal life is "not by works" (Eph. 2:9),
John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.