We are coming to a close in our series 'Categorizing the Cults'. Why did I do such a Bible study?
It is much better to teach and equip people about falsehoods before they encounter them and have a chance to be deceived. If you were expecting to be attacked by a bear at some time, would you wait until the bear attacked before you learnt a bit more about bears? Or would you want to learn beforehand about the best way to avoid bear attacks?
The truth is this world is crawling with false religions, cults and the 'traditions of men, after the rudiments of the world'. Your people will run into them at some point, and often this will be as they are trying to win them - as a Jehovah's Witness knocks on their door or a Muslim hands them a booklet attempting to undermine the Bible.
Also, once they are equipped with a little knowledge about the cult (an organisation that has a peculiar personality, book and extra-biblical claims) they can then go on the offensive themselves and witness. Just last Saturday we were on the offensive with two young Muslims who approached us while we were witnessing, and they found their arguments falling flat in the face of truth.
