Lately I’ve been told I’m a heretic 🤣

I’ve been told I’m leading people astray.
That I need to “rightly divide the word.”
That I’m preaching deception.

So let’s slow down and look at what Scripture actually says… and what I’m actually teaching.

Because sometimes the accusations reveal more about the lens we’re reading through than the words themselves.

FIRST — WHAT DOES “RIGHTLY DIVIDE” EVEN MEAN?

The phrase comes from one verse.

2 Timothy 2:15

“Study to show yourself approved unto God… rightly dividing the word of truth.”

But the Greek phrase there is:

orthotomounta ton logon

Orthos = straight
Temno = to cut or make a path

The phrase literally means:

“to cut a straight path.”

It’s the image of clearing a road so people can walk it.

Not slicing Scripture into doctrinal camps.
Not dividing believers from one another.

It means making the path to truth clear.

Ironically, the verse most often used to divide people… is actually about clearing the way so people can see.

SECOND — WHAT IS THE “WORD”?

Many assume “word” means the Bible.

But the verse says:

the Word of Truth.

And Scripture itself tells us who the Word is.

John 1:1

“In the beginning was the Logos.”

Logos does not mean “book.”

Logos means:

Reason 
Living expression 
Divine intelligence 
The living voice of God

Jesus did not say:

“The scriptures are the Word.”

He said the Scriptures point to Him.

John 5:39–40

“You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. Yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.”

The book points.
The Logos gives life.

THIRD — WHAT DID JESUS ACTUALLY TEACH?

Jesus’ message was remarkably simple.

Repent.

The Greek word is metanoia.

Meta = change
Nous = mind

Repentance means:

a change of perception.

A transformation of consciousness.

And what were we to turn toward?

“The Kingdom of God.”

Luke 17:21

“The kingdom of God is within you.”

Not in a building.
Not in an institution.

Within.

FOURTH — WHY DID JESUS TEACH IN PARABLES?

Jesus himself explained it.

Matthew 13:11

“To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.”

Mysteries.

The Greek word is mysterion.

Hidden truths revealed through understanding.

This is why Jesus constantly said:

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Not everyone hears the same thing in the same words.

FIFTH — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC

Exoteric teaching is the outer meaning.

Esoteric teaching is the inner meaning.

Both appear throughout Scripture.

Paul even tells us this directly.

Galatians 4:24

“These things are taken figuratively.”

The Greek word is allegoreo.

Allegory.
Symbolic meaning.

The early believers understood that Scripture has layers.

SO WHAT AM I ACTUALLY TEACHING?

I teach exactly what Jesus taught:

Enter the secret place. 
Seek the kingdom within. 
Know the Father. 
Love one another. 
Awaken to the life of Christ within you.

WHAT AM I NOT TEACHING?

I’m not telling people to abandon Jesus.

I’m telling people to actually listen to Him.

THE IRONY OF THE ACCUSATIONS

Jesus himself was accused of heresy.

He was accused of blasphemy.

He was accused of leading people astray.

Why?

Because He challenged the interpretations of the religious authorities of His day.

SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY:

“You’re a heretic.”

I don’t take offense.

Because the real question isn’t:

“Does this match my doctrine?”

The real question is:

Does it sound like Jesus?

And if it leads people back to the secret place…
back to the living Logos…
back to love…

then maybe the path is being cleared.


Truth does not fear examination.
The Logos is not threatened by questions.
And the Kingdom has never been locked behind doctrine.
It has always been waiting… within.