Bad doctrine = Bad results; Horrible doctrine = Horrible results

According to this article posted today, https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article215329540.html a father stabbed his own ten month old baby because he thought he was "possessed" and "talked about having 666 on him".

When she (his wife, the baby's mother) returned, Hidalgo was sitting on the couch, reading a Bible and watching a “video of religious music and sermons,” according to the Deseret News.

This is why churches must watch out in what they teach. There are so many out there who are already unstable in so many ways, and adding bad doctrine into an unstable mind? Will not help matters at all.

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." - 1 Timothy 3:1-7

Perilous times no doubt have already arrived. Bad doctrine taught in so-called churches are not helping to strengthen or resolve matters. Perhaps this man even ran to books, movies, wrong bible verses, etc. containing bad doctrine to resolve the inconsistencies he no doubt noticed in his life as he heard wrong teaching week after week.

When he killed his own baby, he said he did it because he thought his baby was "possessed". How would he even have assumptions of this in the first place? Through pentacostalism? And the wrong doctrine that comes with that?

He also "talked about having 666 on him". Did this father read Revelation 13:18 and misapply that? "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."

Did that man think he was wise in what he was doing? Godly? Doing "God's will?" Bad doctrine leads to bad behavior, but horrible doctrine, leads to things like this. This is why churches must beware in whom they teach, and what they teach.

They must be able to have "sound doctrine" (Titus 1:9) and be able to "perfect that which is lacking" (1 Thess 3:10) in people who are actually saved to begin with. Don't give the atheists and unbelievers more ammo than what they already have.