To impetuously accept and allow teaching of any doctrine such as the pre-resurrection of the OTW is a transgression. Can God continue to “wink” at such indiscretions which are imprudent and tempt God to judge?
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent:
This type of false teaching is in violation of the ninth commandment:
Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Usually, the reader of Exodus 20:16 understands that they should not speak ill of their neighbor. As deep as this scripture is, it includes misrepresenting the truth to all neighbors however you can. To willingly preach a false doctrine is inexcusable and a sin. A preacher or teacher becomes a false prophet if they willingly misrepresent the Gospel of Christ to any saint or godless person. To preach a doctrine as truth without proper study is an act of blind assumption and the commitment of the sin of emulation. It is possible for a teacher to be complacent about a false doctrine due to blind assumption.
These preachers and teachers do not take their service seriously and are not honoring God. It is more convenient for them to listen and use a man-made doctrine than to work and prepare the truth at the feet of Jesus Christ. Jesus teaches that we should communicate simply and without verbose rhetoric. According to Jesus, we are to avoid gossip, innuendo, and false words among one another. Do not preach or teach false doctrines that can harm the foundation of your faith.
Matthew 5:37 But let your communication be, yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Hebrews 11:1 tells us we are to teach subjects that have undeniable truth and substance;
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
The Doctrine of the OTW is NOT evidence of things not seen, because this doctrine has no substance. When there are questions that challenge any doctrine, some questions become unanswerable. When asked these unanswerable questions teachers should simply say: “We don’t know”. That answer would leave those being taught with no place to turn, and they would have to learn to wait for God for an answer. As a consequence the believer must accept the non-answer as the answer.
Some teachers cannot, however, wait for answers from the Lord. For their answers, they look to other avenues of learning or tradition. These teachers then preach these false doctrines as truth leaving their congregations blindly believing whatever their teacher has taught them as truth.
To avoid judgement, the same teachers may then refer to a scapegoat text used for thousands of years and by thousands of teachers. This text is used for any questions that remain unanswered and they explain any doctrine they cannot articulate with rhetoric. Whenever there is a question, simply quote the following verse to explain the answer: Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong to the LORD, but the things which are revealed belong to us and our children for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.
There is an answer to the unexplainable…God knows the truth of it and he has chosen to keep it secret…refusing to share his hidden things with anyone; therefore, we too blindly accept the reasoning of the man of God instead of our own logic or scripture.
The Saints Arose 