2 Peter 2
The description of the false teachers is clear enough to help you detect them and vivid enough to make you want to avoid them.
It's not enough to reject their false teachings - you must also avoid their way of life and the hypocrisy behind it.
Their tool is deception - so you must know God's Word and exercise discernment when you hear their impressive language and their alluring promises.
They fellowship with you only to find out what they can get from you, and then they will leave you in worse shape than when they found you.
They are deceptive and destructive – so beware!
Their purpose is personal pleasure and financial gain, and their destiny is judgment.
Like Balaam, they caused others to sin by using religion for personal gain.
They're not God's sheep – they're pigs and dogs in sheep's clothing.
And eventually they'll go back to their natural habits.
True sheep keep themselves clean because they follow the shepherd
2 Peter 3
When false teachers cannot accomplish their devious purposes with lies, they start to scoff and ridicule the Word of God.
They want you to forget that the very Word they deride is in control of God's universe.
God created everything by His Word, and His Word holds it together.
His Word caused the flood, and His Word will one day bring a judgment of fire to the ungodly world.
Whoever robs you of God's Word - robs you of your future!
People who have no future hope have no motivation for life today.
No wonder Peter closes with 'Beloved, be diligent!' and 'Beloved, beware!'
We live in dangerous days, my friend.
But the opportunities have never been greater.
God is patiently waiting for the lost to trust Christ, but He needs you to share the Gospel with them.
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