The Word God Said - False Teachers, The Way To Destruction - 2 Peter 2:1-3   pt.1

Father I want to thank you so much for your goodness

thank you Lord as you have guided us to this

point it's so amazing to see through these years

how each week each letter each book that you

have guided us to share and to talk about is

so strategic and helping us as your people be

prepared not only to know you completely, Lord

Jesus, and to grow in true faith into the mature

manhood, but to really help us to see what's

happening around us. So we are asking in your

providence, again, to guide us in this truth.

I pray that your word speaks louder than anything

that any of us could say. and that it would really

hit hard and hit home to the heart that we may

boldly proclaim the truth without apology, and

that we would stand firm in the faith, holding

fast to the doctrine, and to speak boldly. against

those who speak falsely against you. Lord, we

do praise you and thank you in Jesus' name. Amen.

False teachers, the way to destruction is the

message of part one. We're going to be dealing

with the first three verses of chapter two, but

we're going to start off in chapter one, verse

16, and read through chapter two, verse three.

There's a reason why, because of the word but.

The word but is in the original, and it's taking

us back to what Peter had said previously. All

right? So let's pay attention to that, and then

we'll get in. It says, He received honor and

glory from God the Father. The voice was born

to him by the majestic glory. This is my beloved

Son with whom I am well pleased. We ourselves

heard this very voice born from heaven. For we

were with him on the holy mountain. And we have

the prophetic word more fully confirmed. to which

you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp

shining in a dark place, until the day dawns

and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing

this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture

comes from someone's own interpretation, and

no prophecy was ever produced by the will of

man, but men spoke from God as they were carried

along by... the Holy Spirit, but false prophets

also rose among the people, just as there will

be false teachers among you who will secretly

bring in destructive heresies, even denying the

master who bought them, bringing upon themselves

swift destruction, and many will follow their

sensuality. And because of them, the way of truth

will be blasphemed, and in their greed they will

exploit you, with false words their condemnation

from long ago is not idle and their destruction

is not asleep and i will tell you the rest of

chapter two just gives you examples of how god

destroyed and as we get through chapter two it's

really a clear concise condemnation and judgment

upon those who are false teachers and so we will

get through that But not today, it'll be next

week. So let's deal with the first principle.

It's a question, really. What do we do concerning

false teachers? Because many times we read about

or someone talks about false teachers, but they

never really say, well, what do you do with them?

We are commanded to beware and watchful of false

teachers, Matthew 7, 15. We are to warn the family

of God. of false teachers acts 20 29 we are to

expose false teachers ephesians 5 11 we are to

avoid false teachers romans 16 17 and we are

to rebuke false teachers first timothy 5 20.

this is not only for the preacher this is for

every believer who comes across a person who

speaks falsely against christ in his scripture

against god So in Romans 16, 17 through 18, it

says, I appeal to you brothers to watch out for

those who cause divisions and create obstacles

contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught.

Do you hear that? Romans 16, 17. I appeal to

you brothers to watch out for those who cause

divisions and create obstacles contrary to the

doctrine that you have been taught. Avoid them.

For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ,

but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery,

they deceive the hearts of the naive. I'll say

it this way, as my son Nicholas said when he

was much younger. Dad, not everything that's

Christian is Christian. Colossians 2 .8. See

to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy

and empty deceit according to human tradition,

according to the elemental spirits of the world,

and not according to Christ. And there is the

key there. So we know what Peter is saying here.

But false prophets, that literally just means

false prophets. Pseudo -prophetes is the term.

arose among the people. So even in the Old Testament,

there were those who claimed to be prophets of

God, messengers of God, speaking for God, that

rose among the people. We know because we've

seen it in the Old Testament, or we read it in

the Old Testament, not seen it. Read it in the

Old Testament. As a matter of fact, those group

of people and their families ended up being swallowed

by the earth. So, one who speaks on behalf of

God as if he is speaking for God. Just as there

will be false teachers among you. Interesting

term. Literally, false teachers just means false

teachers. There is no other term. And I will

show you that term in a minute. Among you. So

there will be false teachers among us. And we

see that all the time. And young people want

genuine faith. That's what they want. They want

genuine Christianity. And they're like, why are

there so many divisions? Because Jesus said there

will be. And so does Peter. There will be false

teachers among you who will secretly bring in,

who will introduce secretly and craftily, is

the term here, destructive heresies. A lot of

times we think about this word destructive heresy.

Destructive is destruction by discord or contention.

That's literally what destruction means. But

what's interesting is this word heresies. This

word heresies is translated as opinion meant

to bring ruin. So I want you to hear that. And

heresy is opinion. Not a clear understanding

of biblical doctrine. It is an opinion of biblical

doctrine. And so there is no such thing. God

doesn't care about your opinion. I know you've

heard me say that before. God cares about his

truth. And there is definitive truth. One of,

I think, the most difficult things is this idea

that is going around within the church that the

primary stay primary, but the secondary are secondary.

Let me make it clear. All things concerning God

are primary. We just need to end up being taught

by him and growing in the truth so that we understand

the secondaries. And that's important. All things

concerning God is primary. If you say one thing

wrong about God, God will judge you. That's why

we as preachers are held to a very, High standard.

We will give an account for everything we say

to you. And that's one of the reasons when I

screw up or I mess up, I apologize. I ask for

forgiveness. Like trans -positiation. It's trans

-substantiation. How I can forget that in a moment,

it has to be diabetes. That's all I can think

of. Oh, it's so funny. That was so true. You

guys know. Even denying the master who bought

them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

We would say swift destruction is when? Remember,

a lifetime for a human is not very long in the

grand scheme of eternity. It comes swiftly. And

many will follow, will comply, will yield with,

or yield to. There's sensuality. Now many would

think this word, sensuality, is just something

that deals with lust. Actually, the list is quite

long concerning sensuality. So let me give it

to you. Unbridled lust, excessive licentiousness,

lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness,

and insolence. That's what sensuality is. So

to put it in a nutshell, sensuality is all wickedness.

That's what sensuality is. They will cause many

to comply with and yield to their wickedness.

And because of them, the way of truth will be

blasphemed. Is not the gospel in our day blasphemed?

I mean, we can leave some of that up to purpose

-driven church and purpose -driven life, can

we not? Along with all these other ideas of what

they think the gospel is. And in their greed,

in their desire for more and covetousness, they

will exploit you. They will use you for gain.

I want you to pay attention to that. It's all

those nice little TV preachers that we pay attention

to. They keep begging you for money. Right? Be

careful. Look what it says here. They will exploit

you with false words, with molded or formed.

In other words, they will say the words in such

a way that it's deceptive. They aren't genuine

words. And the word words is logos. Their condemnation,

their penal judgment from long ago is not idle,

is not inactive, and is not in delay. And their

destruction is not asleep. It doesn't linger.

So what is a false teacher? Pseudo -dikastelas

is the word here. Pseudo -dikastelas. The word

Pseudo means a lying, deceitful, or false teacher.

One who purposes to lie, deceive, and speak falsely

about God and his word. So let me give you the

first extreme. The charismatics. And I know that

there are several charismatic churches around

here. But I had to think of, how would I present

the one extreme and the other extreme for us

to be able to narrow down the reality of biblical

truth? And that's the only way I can think of

is through the Assemblies of God, the AOG. This

is their Statements of Fundamental Truths. Number

two, and you can go to their website, Assemblies

of God denomination, their website. The one true

God has revealed himself as the eternal self

-existent I am, the creator of heaven and earth

and the redeemer of mankind. He has further revealed

himself as embodying the principles of relationship.

And association as father, hear that word, association.

As father, son, and the Holy Spirit. The adorable

Godhead, subheading. Terms defined to terms,

trinity, and persons as related to the Godhead

while not found in the Scripture are words in

harmony with the Scripture whereby we may convey

to others our immediate understanding of the

doctrine of Christ. Respecting the being of God

as distinguished from God's many and Lord's many,

we therefore may speak with propriety. of the

Lord, our God, who is one Lord, as a trinity

or as one being of three persons, and still be

absolutely scriptural. Number two, the distinction

and relationship of the Godhead. Christ taught

a distinction of persons in the Godhead, which

he expressed in specific terms of relationship.

Do you hear that? Not that Christ expressed specific

terms of the Godhead, but that Jesus only spoke

concerning the Father as relationship. Not as

the person, just as relationship. As Father,

Son, and Holy Spirit, but that this distinction

and relationship as to its mode, there's the

key word, is inscrutable. and incomprehensible

because it's unexplained. Do you hear the word

mode there? See, what AOG is not telling you

is they preach and teach modalism under the guise

of Trinitarian language as to its mode, secretly

and craftily. Biblical view, Westminster Shorter

Catechism. There is three persons in the Godhead,

the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the

Holy Spirit. And these three are one God, the

same substance, equal in power and glory. Not

just relationship. That's question and answer

number five. Matthew 3, 16 and 17. And when Jesus

was baptized, Immediately he went up from the

water, and behold, the heavens were opened to

him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending

like a dove and coming to rest on him. And behold,

a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved

Son, with whom I am well pleased. You see the

triune God in one place. The Father, the Spirit,

and the Son. Number five concerning AOG's doctrinal

beliefs. The salvation of man. Pay attention

to this. This is remarkable. This should be offensive

in reality. The conditions of salvation. Salvation

is received through repentance toward God and

faith toward Jesus Christ. Forget about Ephesians

2. It's through faith. Forget about the reality

of the work of the Holy Spirit. Wherever the

wind blows, no one knows where the wind comes

from, but it comes and goes as He pleases. We

read that in John 3. Forget about that. It's

actually, you're saved through repentance now.

All you've got to do is repent. Let me continue.

Salvation is received. In addition, by the washing

of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

being justified by grace through faith, there

it is, craftily, men become heirs of God according

to the hope of eternal life. Isn't that nice?

It's got that nice little bit of reformed in

there. You know, justified by faith alone. Just

enough. But remember, you're saved because of

repentance, not because of Christ. Ephesians

Ephesians 2:8

2, verse 8 and 9. For by grace you have been

saved through faith. And this is not of your

own doing. It is a gift of God, not a result

of works, so that no one may boast. Pretty simple,

isn't it? How are we saved? By grace through

faith. Repentance isn't even mentioned. So they're

using what Jesus said in Mark, repent and believe

the gospel. Repentance is a totally different

work of God. The baptism of the Holy Spirit.

This is where they really jump off the rails.

They're in a totally different direction at this

point. All believers are entitled to and should

ardently expect and earnestly seek the promise

of the Father. You're entitled to Him. You're

entitled to the Holy Spirit. Isn't that interesting?

Not only are you entitled to the Holy Spirit,

you are ardently to expect Him. So you repent

and get saved. You then, by faith, are put in

the family of God, but you don't have the Holy

Spirit yet. Who is the seal guaranteeing your

inheritance? Because you haven't spoken tongues

yet. I haven't gotten there yet. But in reality,

they're saying you should ardently expect one

day for him to show up. And boom, there he is.

Baptismal, here's the rest of it. Earnestly seek

the promise of the Father, the baptism in the

Holy Spirit, and fire. I don't know about you,

but I've been to several charismatic churches.

I've never seen fire pop up on somebody's head.

I have. According to the command of our Lord

Jesus. Now they're saying that the baptism of

the Holy Spirit is a command. You must be. baptized

in the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues. You must.

Or what happens if you never speak in tongues?

You're in deep trouble. Fire never happened on

you. This was the normal experience of all the

early Christian churches. With it, it. Do you

hear that? The reason why they use the term it

is because they don't look at the Holy Spirit

as a person. They don't call him he. He's a force,

a means to an end. With it comes the endowment

of power. Very interesting words. If you guys

are like words, sometimes I mess up on my words.

I don't speak good English. It's okay. Endowment

is a very interesting word. Not endowment. An

endowment of power. For life and service. In

other words, when it comes, it endues you with

power to live the Christian life and to serve

him. The bestowment of the gifts and their uses

in the work of ministry. This experience is distinct

from the subsequent. and subsequent to the experience

of the new birth. What? Since when is my experience

concerning my service to Christ separated from

my new birth? Because of my new birth, I do serve

Him. With the baptism of the Holy Spirit, come

such experiences. What do you hear now? It's

all about experiences. It's not about truth here.

It has nothing to do with what God says salvation

is or your justification or your sanctification.

We haven't got there yet. It's all about your

experience. Here's four experiences. By experiencing

the Holy Spirit, you'll have an overflowing fullness

of the Spirit. A deepened reverence for God,

an intensified consecration to God, and a dedication

to His work, and a more active love for Christ,

for His Word, and for the lost. That's the work

of the Holy Spirit. That's what they say. If

it enters you, That's what you're going to get.

Interesting. Number eight. The initial physical

evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. That's

subheading. The baptism of believers in the Holy

Spirit is witnessed by the initial physical sign

of speaking with other tongues as the Spirit

gives them utterance. The speaking in tongues

in this instance is the same in essence as the

gift of tongues, but is different in purpose

and use. Really? That makes me feel good. Biblical

view number one. Corinthians 12, 12 -13. For

just as the body is one and has many members,

and all the members of the body, though many,

are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one

spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews

or Greeks, slave or free, and all were made to

drink of the one spirit. Where's tongues in that?

Doesn't exist. What's this mean? Being baptized,

being put into Christ by the Holy Spirit guarantees

that we are in the family of God, guaranteed

the inheritance, and all that he has promised

in and through it. I will not leave you as orphans,

Jesus said. So what happens to all those who

never speak in tongues? Are they left as orphans?

Something to think about. Number nine, sanctification.

Interesting. This is interesting. Sanctification

is an act of separation from that which is evil

and of dedication unto God. The scripture teaches...

The scriptures teach a life of holiness without

which no man shall see the Lord. By the power

of the Holy Spirit, we are able to obey the commands.

Be ye holy, for I am holy. I agree with that

statement. Of course, you know, they have a little

bit in here. A little bit of nice, good doctrine.

And then all of a sudden... This is where sanctification

is realized in the believer by recognizing his

identification with Christ in his death and resurrection.

Do you hear that? You are sanctified when you

realize you're sanctified. And when you realize

you're sanctified, you recognize your identity

in Jesus. That's when I'm sanctified. My identification

with Christ in his death and resurrection and

by faith reckoning daily upon the fact of that

union. In other words, I am only sanctified if

I daily recognize my identity in Jesus. And by

offering every faculty continually to the dominion

of the Holy Spirit. In other words, my sanctification

is solely dependent upon my work alone. Biblical

worldview. Biblical view. Westminster Shorter

Catechism. Sanctification is the work of God's

free grace whereby we are renewed in the whole

man after the image of God and are enabled more

and more to die to sin and live unto righteousness.

By the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 1 .30. This kind

of blows the whole thing out of, because the

reality is, Christ is our sanctification. Look

what it says, 1 Corinthians 1 .30. And because

of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who became to

us wisdom from God, righteousness, sanctification,

and redemption. Now, I'm doing really good. Holy

smokes. The other end of the spectrum. So that's

one end. I chose AOG because it's the most popular

charismatic denomination in all of religion.

Now, I don't know about you, just going through

AOG and reading just those. What do they have

biblically in common with biblical truth? Why

do we call them sisters and brothers in Christ

when in reality they live and walk in deception?

And if they are saved, they need to leave those

churches. Do I believe that there are saved brothers

and sisters in those churches? I do. But why

do they attend? The same reason why there are

possibly, possibly, brothers and sisters who

go to Catholic church who attend. Because they

love the experience. If your experience in the

church determines your biblical stance on truth,

you are in sin. Experience never overrides sound

doctrine. Eastern and Greek Orthodox churches.

It's the same thing. So if you hear about a Greek

Orthodox, I just learned this. If you hear about

a Greek Orthodox church, they're an Eastern Orthodox

church. It's the same exact thing. This comes

from their writings and their decree, which I'll

share with you in a minute. The Mysterion of

the Holy Eucharist. Communion. We believe that

our Lord Jesus Christ is present in and there's

a bunch of other information in there which I

was like that's just wording. I'm just getting

rid of that. But truly and truly so that after

the consecration of bread and wine the bread

is changed transubstantiated transformed, transformed

into the very true body of the Lord. And the

wine is transformed and transubstantiated into

the very true blood of the Lord. That's cannibalism.

I don't know about you. That's just weird. But

the Catholic Church does the same thing. So what

you'll hear in Eastern Orthodoxy is the true

church. And you cannot go to heaven unless you

are part of the Eastern Orthodox Church. To get

into the Eastern Orthodox Church, you must be

baptized into the Eastern Orthodox Church, and

you must partake properly in the Eucharist. Or

you're not in. All other churches are damned.

And they can't stand Protestant churches, let

alone of R .C. Sproul. I read a documentation

of their, and it was all filled with R .C. Sproul

comments. That's because it's true. So they didn't

use it. They tried to speak against what he was

saying. We also believe that after the consecration

of bread and wine, it is no longer the bread

and wine itself that remains, but the very body

and blood of the Lord under the form and image

of bread and wine. Wow! This is under Christendom.

We also believe that this most pure body, and

blood of the Lord is dispensed and enters the

mouths and the wombs of those who partake, both

the pious and the wicked. Only those who are

pious and worthy receive remission of sins. Quote,

unquote. This is all quotes. They receive remissions

of sins and eternal life. That's a false gospel.

They are liars. While those who are ungodly and

unworthy receive condemnation and eternal judgment.

Well, interesting. Now I understand why they

use the word mysterion. The mysterion of repentance.

You'll like this. And we know exactly what, let

me read this. I've got to read this. 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2. Chapter 11. Let me make this very

clear so you understand biblically that what

I'm speaking to you is true. Okay? Okay? The

Lord's Supper is a proclamation of his death

and a proclamation, a continued proclamation

until he returns. So what we're saying is Christ

died for our sins, was buried. And he will return

again because he is resurrected. And Jesus says

to do this in remembrance of me. The word remembrance

is very clear in the Greek for those Greek scholars

within the Eastern Orthodox Greek Church. It's

very clear. They just skip over that. Because

it doesn't fit the traditions of men. And let

me make this very clear. From the time of Christ

to his, all the way to 1100, there was only one

church. It was called the church. Ekklesia, the

body of Christ. That's it, the bride. That's

all there was. And there happened to be a great

schism in 1100 where the church divided. into

the Eastern Church and the Western Church. The

Eastern Church became the Eastern Orthodox Church

or Greek Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church.

And the Western Church became the Roman Orthodox

Church, which eventually became the Roman Catholic

Church. And from the Roman Catholic Church, thank

God for the Reformation, there became... Throughout

the years, divisions, God pulled the wheat out

in the Reformation. So let me read to you. Communion.

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered

to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when

he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had

given thanks, he broke it. And said, this is

my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance

of me. So when he says this is my body for you,

what he's showing them is my body's been broken

for you. Not that the bread is literally his

body. So when Jesus says, unless you eat my body

and drink my blood, you have no part of me, he's

using it in a figurative term. It's interesting.

How figurative orthodoxies are concerning Eastern

and Catholic. Really figurative when it comes

to a lot of different things, especially when

they want to control you and dominate you and

tell you what you can and cannot do. Except for

when you take the Eucharist. It's literal. You're

just putting Jesus on a plate and going it down.

That's literally what they're saying. It's in

remembrance of me. In the same way, also, he

took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is

the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often

as you drink it in remembrance of me. The new

covenant. For as often as you eat the bread and

drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death

until he comes. Come, Lord Jesus. The mysterion

of repentance. Another mystery. The church states

that after one baptism for the remissions of

sin, well, I thought you just said that the only

way I get remission of sin is if I eat the Eucharist.

How can I be forgiven of my sin if I haven't

taken Eucharist yet? Now I'm in baptism for the

remission of sin, but not for the Eucharist now.

And the confession of sins through the sacrament

of repentance. is considered God's highest gift

to men. Tradition subheading. While the Bible

is treasured as a valuable written record of

God's revelation, it does not contain wholly

that revelation. When I read that, I was about

to have a seizure. I'm like, what? What? What?

Oh, that makes sense. You know why? Because the

priest is also inspired as the word is. So every

time a priest comes up and speaks, he's also

being inspired by the Holy Spirit to give you

his truth. Remember we talked about the opinion.

The Bible is viewed as only one expression of

God's revelation in the ongoing life of his people.

Scripture is part of the treasure of faith, which

is known as tradition. What's the other part?

Why the Orthodox kiss and venerate holy icons.

Here's the other part. So you got to do the Eucharist,

you got to do baptism, and you got to kiss a

bunch of pictures and pray to the pictures. Yeah.

Orthodox Christians kiss icons and bow before

them because Christ entered the world and made

himself a part of it. And that world he entered

is good and holy. It was originally until sin

entered and corrupted everything. For the ways

of sin is death. For all have sinned and fallen

short of the glory of God. If the world he entered

is good and holy, Then you're good and holy until

you screw it all up. I wonder when that is. In

this way, icons serve as windows into heaven,

showing us the glory of Christ. We kiss icons

to express our love. They serve as windows into

the sacred realm of heaven, into the kingdom

of God. The persons betrayed on these wooden

icons are in a spiritual way present with us.

I remember a prophet that Saul conjured up. Do

you remember? Samuel? He gets the witch. Brings

Samuel back. Samuel goes, what are you doing?

So do not be alarmed. I'm a little scared. Not

really. If you see Orthodox Christians crossing

themselves in front of the icons and kissing

them, that's called idolatry. Romans chapter

Romans 1 · chapter mention

1. I told you I'm going to give you Bible verses

for everything. Romans 1. You've got to love

it so far, right? For although they knew God,

they did not honor him as God and give thanks

to him, but they became futile in their thinking,

and their foolish hearts were darkened, claiming

to be wise. They became fools, and they exchanged

the glory of the immortal God for images resembling

mortal men, and birds, and animals, and creeping

things. Confession of Doctrine by Desithius.

The Decree 13. We believe that a person is justified

not simply by faith alone, but by faith urged

on by love, that is, by faith, through faith,

and works. Let us recognize as completely unholy

the idea that faith replacing works requires

justification in Christ. For faith in this sense

could be appropriate for everyone. And there

would be no unsaved. Which is obviously false.

No. Because what they're doing with this idea

of justification is they're disregarding penal

substitutionary atonement. So let me make this

very clear for you. Atonement. To be justified.

Atonement is offered to the world. It is applied

only to the believer. I can give you many examples

of that. Especially in the New and Old Testament

concerning when they would take an animal and

they would sacrifice the animal but they would

take the animal into the house and the animal

would stay in the house for the week and then

they would take the animal out of the house to

sacrifice it for the family that the animal was

in. Does that mean it was for you? If you didn't

live in the house, no. And there would be no

unsaved, obviously. On the contrary, we believe

that it is not this specter of faith alone, but

that faith, that the faith that is in us through

works justifies us in Christ. We honor deeds

not only as evidence confirming our calling,

but also as fruits that make our faith active

and can, according to the divine promise, deliver

to everyone a well -deserved reward, good or

bad, depending on what he has done with his body.

That's just two of the extremes. Let me read

to you Galatians 2 .16 so that you clearly understand.

Biblically, what the Bible says concerning justification.

You guys ready? For we ourselves, this is Paul

speaking to the Galatians who are Jews, we ourselves

are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners. Yet,

we know that a person is not justified by works

of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ.

Could we get any more clear than that? In order

to be justified by faith in Christ and not by

works of the law, because by works of the law

no one will be justified, Mr. Priest of the Eastern

Orthodox Church. You can't get more clear than

what I just read to you. It is very clear. So

why do I share these two examples here? What

do you notice about these two examples? Who's

preeminent in these two examples? Is Jesus? Who

is man? Man's the preeminent. What's interesting

about these two examples, depending on... Where

you're at, whether you are in the evangelical

extreme or you are in the orthodox extreme, the

doctrines are almost the same, aren't they? Jesus

worded it a little differently. So let me read

to you 1 Peter again. 2 Peter 2. But false prophets

also arose among the people, just as there will

be false teachers among you, who will secretly

bring in, introduce secretly and craftily, The

opinions meant to bring ruin and destruction

by discord and contention, even denying the master

who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift

destruction. And many will follow, will comply

with, will yield to their unbridled lust, excessive

licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness,

shamelessness, and insolence. And because of

them, the way of truth is blasphemed. And in

their greed, in their desire for more and covetousness,

they will use you for gain and mold and form,

not being genuine words. Their condemnation,

their penal judgment from long ago is not inactive

or in delay and their destruction is not lingering.

So I'm going to share this with you. Not everything

that calls itself Christian is Christian. And

we have to, with boldness and confidence, speak

the truth about Christ. Not in an attitude of

condemnation toward toward those who are lost

and deceived. But to those who speak as though

they speak truth. And you know what we're supposed

to do for them. I gave you all the Bible verses.

What are you supposed to do? But like Chuck says,

do it with love. But do it. We live in some evil

days. And these heresies have been in existence

since the church started. If there were false

prophets in the Old Testament, there are false

teachers today. Be very careful. Weigh everything

that I preach and everything that I say in accordance

with the scriptures. Weigh it all. Anything you

hear someone speak, you weigh it. I love Votibachum,

but I weigh everything he used to say. Same thing

with John MacArthur. I weigh everything he used

to say. R .C. Sproul, I weigh everything he used

to say. It's my responsibility as a believer.

As a workman approved by God. So, that's just

a little bit. We'll finish chapter 2 next week.

Okay? Father, I want to thank you so much for

your goodness and faithfulness. Thank you, Lord,

for your word. Thank you, Holy Spirit, that you

guide us in all truth and that your word, Lord

Jesus, is inerrant and infallible, the word of

God. And thank you through divine preservation,

you have given us translation so that we may

know confidently that the Bibles that we read

are your word. and in reflection of the actual

real codex that you have given us. We praise

you and thank you for your goodness and your

faithfulness to be honored and glorified forever.

In Jesus' name, amen.