I agree 100% and it really puzzles me to hear some lift up false teachers who preach such blasphemies with words of, "No preacher is without some errors in their preaching.", or, "No teacher is 100% biblically correct.", as if to say a person put in this position by God, or who THINKS they have, has no obligation to speak the truth in ALL things that come from God's word. Now, granted, some may have their own ideas or interpretations about minor doctrines that, after further study and maturity in the faith, they realize these ideas need to be changed and that's fine and acceptable. But when we're talking about the very Gospel of our salvation or the nature of God, the deity of Jesus Christ, the new birth of the Holy Spirit, then I do not see how false and deceptive teaching can be excused by that same reason.
If people preach a false and accursed Gospel, then EVERYTHING else they teach is suspect as well. If they can't get the basics right then they should not be trusted to get the minors right either. That's why I always look at a ministry's statement of faith. Like the one I cited from Copeland's website, right at the start, they got the Gospel wrong - and it was not a minor mistake - they blew it. How, then, can whatever else they say be believed? From their teachings on the Gospel, I knew that the further I read of Copeland's ministry the further he would prove his errors. It is like he hit this huge bump in the road - the Gospel - and he never got back on the path again.
Now, there are people who read what we say and call it a "damnable critical spirit" and how typical is that -- the same thing the Devil would have said, and HAS said, if anyone questioned what he told Eve that eventful day. For some reason, just as you said, some people are afraid of being judged for judging! But we are commanded to test all things, try the spirits to see if they are from God. What fools people become when they forsake that eminent advice! No one should fall prey to false teachers, but sadly they do and they share in the blame for not following Scripture. Those who are so busy condemning others who judge and test the things God says we should also share in that blame.
EXACTLY.....
Preach it, sister.
Romans 9:30-33 30 What shall we say, then? That Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have attained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith; 31 but that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33 as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:6-8 6 For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
7 So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, “The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
8 and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
Scandalon by Michael Card