Many Christians are uncritically embracing Gnosticism.

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Overview

Christians of the early church saw Gnosticism, a religious movement that took root in the second century A.D., as a threat to the historic Old Testament and Jesus’ teaching. Gnosticism is making a comeback in our day through the so-called Gospel of Judas and The Da Vinci Code, which draws on extra-biblical documents as the base for its story line. Why did the early church reject the gnostic gospels, and what are the major doctrinal differences between the gnostic gospels and the biblical canon? Why aren’t the gnostic gospels relevant for today? Why are we so susceptible to gnostic ideas?

Table of Contents

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: The gnostic gospels were rejected by the early church for good reason.

—Teaching point two: Gnostic writings contradict biblical doctrine.

—Teaching point three: We are special, not because of our knowledge of self, but because we are created by God.

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