Beware of False Teachings | Pr Matthew Chang

You're listening to a message to go from X Church. We hope this message

will light up your day. Today. We're continuing on the series on Second

Peter. We're gonna be looking at chapter two. So it just a very

quick recap on the Book of Second Peter. And again it's a very powerful

book, not an easy book to go through. The more I go through

it, the more scary, the more scary I am as well, because

it's Peter's warning also what they call encouragement to the church at large about you

know, finishing the race, about knowing the call of God for each and

of our lives. And also to be very very careful because the enemy is

at the doorsteps with many false prophets, false teachers, and what he leaves

behind for you, you and I and for the generations of believers. It's

the foundation, the teachings, the truths that we must play on, that

we must stand on. You know, if anyone comes and teaches you another

thing, try to add on to it, you know, things they are

not supposed to be added, trying to come with you with a different authority,

with presumption, with exploitation. These are the things that you must discern

and you must resist as well. You know, it's very very important,

okay, Um, And I know with the Rastama I talked about. You

know, you know about Peter's witness, He's known when he recollects his past,

he knows that Jesus is the son of God, not just based on

what he said, but he witnessed Okay, Jesus himself being being anointed,

and the transfiguration. Okay, Moses and Elijah appearing side beside. He remember

when I talked about it. Okay, Moses, Elijah was there, but

Jesus is greater than Moses and Elijah. Hey, Moses sense the word.

Elijah represents the prophet, but Jesus comes to fulfill every word and every prophecy.

And secondly, we have the scripture. Okay, if you want to

understand that how the Christianity is different from any other religion, Jesus is one.

The second thing is that we have that is utterly, you know,

so divine compared to every other religion, is that we have the divine scripture.

It's not just any writing, it is divine. Okay. Tell me

give me any other religion that prophesize and itself fulfills. You get me in

right prophesience and self fulfills. That is how you can test any religion,

any scripture. You must prophesize and there must be a fulfillment. The scripture

tests itself, the scripture fulfills itself, and Jesus fulfills all of that as

well. Okay. But I'm not going to go through all of that,

okay. But we're going to proceed into second Peter, and it continues in

the same theme, okay, about guarding against false teaching. And the way

I'm going to go through it is that I'm going to give you a broad

overview about this entire chapter. Some of it is some parts of it are

repeating a bit, and so I will instead of going line by line some

of these parts, I will I will group it up and then cover it.

Okay. And this part is talking about false teachers, okay. And

if you look at the Bible, if you I'm looking at the n KGV

version, they are about four subheadings okay. The subheadings talks about destructive doctrines

okay, doctrines referring to teachings okay, and then it talks about the doom

of false teachers. Okay. So it's funny. And it's the first thing

that The second thing that Peter goes into it is that you know, hey,

we know, we clearly know that these people are teaching wrong things.

But why is it then nothing is happening to them? Why if God not

dealing with them? And Peter goes on in this a few paragraphs here talks

about God, don't worry about it. It doesn't mean that nothing is happening

to them. That they can do whatever they want means they God approves them.

It doesn't mean that it's going to come. And he points to the

scripture examples or what happened to these men who come falsely in the name of

God and teaches wrong things? Okay, and then he talks about the depravity

of false teachers. The depravaty means what the depravaty means, the corruption okay,

the corrupt state or these people means that, Okay, this is what's

going to happen to them. Now, I'm going to tell you to cut

the apple in her half and see what's inside the apple. Okay, all

looks shiny, but when you cut or when you bite into it, and

you see all the worm and rot inside, I'm going to show you the

rot that is happening inside the depravity of these teachers. And lastly, he

goes into the deceptions of the false teachers and what they do. Okay,

what's the cosmetic they put on the outside? Why people, why it's so

rotten inside? But the way they addressed that, the way they are package

makes people want to choose that apple and that fruit among all other things when

the gospel is represented, But why they still choose to follow. And he

will and Peter will outline what are some of the things they actually do to

deceive many people. Okay, So let's go through the first part first.

Okay, destructive doctrines are going to read here from verse one to verse three.

Okay, now it says here, but there will also false prophets among

the people, Okay, even as there will be false teachers among you who

will secretly bringing destructive, destructive heresies, even okay, denying the Lord who

bought denying the Lord who bought them can underline their part, denying the Lord

who bought them and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their

destructive ways. Okay, underline that many Okay, many will follow their destructive

ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed by coverectiousness.

Underline that one covereciousness there will exploit you, okay, with acceptive words for

a long time. Their judgment has not been either, and their destruction does

not slumber. Well, okay, now this is uh no, quite long.

When I really, I guess scared because I teach people as well.

It's heavy. It's the fundamental that four teachers and preachers. Okay, so

I am scared. Okay, So now, first of all, why do

we need to learn about false teachers? Why is it important to learn about

false teachers? Okay, He's like, hey, where the title is not

heaven rules, tell me about my promises to tell me about blessings. Tell

me how I can be successful you know in life. I wish, I

mean, I mean, I wish I could, you know, pick and

choose. But there's a reason why this is included in the scripture. There's

a reason why, you know, the last letter that Peter Wrights is not

about hey, good promises and everything else, but it's about warnings. And

this is a reason why. It's because firstly, must know the enemy is

at work enemy is at work. Okay, you must understand that the times

that we are living in are difficult, even more influential, and even more

influential towards yourself and your family. Second thing is that we need to know

about this so that you can discern false teachers and false teachings. A lot

of people they come to church, and myself included as well, we get

very complaisent. You know, we get very complacent. No, as long

as we never really examine our understanding, our knowledge web we do a lot

of times we do things and say things of ignorance. And I have kids

as well, and a lot of times my kids that but I didn't mean

it. I understand that as well. Sometimes they do they don't mean it,

but they cost a lot of damage. But we are not called to

be always kids running around doing damage because of ignorance. You get me in

right, And you must understand where you become an adult and you become a

believer. When you are powerful committee you have an influence. Okay, So

good intentions are not enough, I understand not. Okay, if your person

is walking towards the edge of a of a cleverer, you gotta tell them,

you know, something is, something's wrong. You cannot eat nooky man.

You can just say that as long as my heart is right at the

right place, as long as my intentions are good, he'll be fine.

I'll be fine. No, good intentions cannot substitute truth. You know,

people, Okay, good intentions cannot substituteue. I know sometimes my kids don't

like it when I correct them because that's not what I mean. I know

there's not what you mean, but I still need to teach you what is

right. But the world has gone in the ways. You know, we

don't want we don't want this truth. You know why. Truth is difficult

because it forces you to examine yourself and recover. But when it becomes uncommunity,

people struggle. They don't like to struggle because struggle gets you into sometimes

depressive states, gets you into you know, cost you something, cost you

maybe a season of your life. But you need that, you know why,

because so that you really discover something in your life, you can recover,

you can stand up, and you now fix yourself on the right path.

Yeah, I mean right. It's not about shooting many arrows whatever,

you know, it's about aiming at the right place. You know, you

gotta learn to be able to aim at the right place. And lastly,

okay, you need to know about these false teachers. It's not to hey

point out, Hey, you are force teaching. You're false teaching. For

teaching. I can tell you there are sometimes I believe in things. There

are no minor differences with people. I don't go out and say, hey,

you are wrong, and you are wrong. I don't go around into

churches and your pastor's life. Hey, you are force teaching. I have

differences. I tell you to be honest, I tell you I have okay,

and I but I can call six with people. I learned to pick

my battles as well. You get me in right, and I do it

very well. I had to learn to do it very, very honorably.

I won't do it in front of people. I won't dishonor them. I

would just say, hey, what do you think of this? And stuff

like that, and sometimes I know that this is not the right time to

just to pick up with them. You get me right, as long as

the thing. Sometimes it's about traditions, some of the practices. Sometimes it's

not my job to convert them. You can understand what I'm saying you know,

it's not my job to convert them because sometimes to the people have been

brought up with a lot of background. There has been very deep sea then

and deep rooted. If I go and put the if I'm if I'm gonna,

I'm gonna dig it up. I had to make sure I had to

plant it back. You know, are you willing to do that? You

know, you really do that. It's God had God called you to do

that. You're gonna be my soul. You gotta do every single thing with

a bit of a fear of the Lord as well. It's not that,

hey, we're not we're not scared of the truth. But everything, everything

you must know, it must seek the Lord. It's not just about why

it's right. It's the Lord's timing and the Lord's present in your heart.

Okay, that's very, very very important. Okay. So when I know

that there are organizations, they are also preach the truth. But sometimes I

disagree, Okay, I would not say that Bannon or disagree in the way

sometimes times that we approach churches and brothers and sisters in crimes as well.

You cannot be disrespectful, Okay, don't laud yourself becautures better just because you're

more illuminated and higher and stuff like that as well. Don't don't do that,

Okay, pursue Okay. Now, first, Peter knows a lot.

But the thing that he asked us in chapter one to pursue above all is

what love. The divine nature of God is love. Remember, Okay,

Everything leads to love. Okay. Now, so I mentioned about why it's

important. Now a few things. How do we know that? Now?

How to discern false teachers? Okay, So let's go through a few from

my slight here making your life easier. Okay. So the first thing they

speak what you want to hear. Ah. The first thing that is so

good about them, they are very good marketing. You know, marketing are

one of the best advisors that I've heard about marketing in you know, in

in in the corporate right. If you want to summarize, know what your

customer wants. And the second thing, know what they fear. Okay,

when your market and never say, hey, this oven has no this grill

this time. No, no, don't say all these features. Just tell

them what they really want to hear. If you buy this oven, it

will give you more time to spend with your family, because that's what they

really want. They don't want to feature. They don't want to spend more

time with your family. Why are you telling them? You are giving them

a vision of them being a successful mom. That's what they want. Ah,

you're like, oh, I never knew you there? Makes sense or

not? Why do you think a lot of this banking? And they don't

tell you the feature all week at three point five, but they tell you

they show a picture of you. I don't know, go fishing with your

dad. You know you're traveling, spending time with your family. No what

they're telling you, we provide security and the future for you. That's what

deep down. They don't just want your face need, they want deep down

what you really need. You get me in right and what are you afraid

of? Don't be spending the whole time eating unhealthy food because you take too

long. You don't you don't want to do a cookma, so you end

up or doing grab and stuff like that. So they know your fear as

well, so deep down your knee. And the thing is, the teachers

they understand human psychology as well. We are all we're in a sense and

we are all corporate quite predictable. Gay we have very common fears, common

needs. I'm not going to go through that, okay, but they know

or what what what you need and what you feel, and they appeal to

what you want to hear. What do everybody want to hear? Sometimes they

want to hear they hey, they have a future, they have a hope.

Give you a classic example, you know in the book of Jeremiah.

Jeremiah, what's battling a lot against all these false prophets and false teachers?

Why why were there's so many false prophets and false teachers during that time of

Jeremiah. Because the people were invaded and they allowed them were exact from Babylon.

So the city of Jerusalem, Israel has been ranked sectoratey. So very

hardly any people stay inside Israel. So they were staying in the fringes,

and some of them went to a lot then went to Babylon, including you

know Daniel nihimaya of them. Okay, okay, Now, so the people

who were in Babylon and stay in the fringes, they were always hoping that

they will stay alive, they will not get executed. They've been attacked by

neighboring neighbors. So they started. Because of that, a lot of false

teachers comes and started to prophesy false teachings saying that hey, you know,

if you do do this and do that. No, there was even a

part if I come to remember, I think it's Jeremiah chapter not Ezekiel Ezekiel

Thirtain. I'm not going to go through that. It was Easyki were talking

about this false women who were actually making these bracelets for men. Okay,

if easy cult the thing, you can go and really quite amazing false bands

and then a head coverings for people so that they can believe that they will

be spared and their God and then they will not die. They were making

money off it as well. See they're smart at all because they know that

people were people were getting killed everywhere, so they want to know that they

will be safe, and so they pray off their insecurity. They pray off

their sense or need to survive as well. So what do the people need

at the time. They need hope, they need promises, and they will

do anything to grant favor, to grant to grant passage for it as well.

And so it's so these profits were then these false teachers and prosper They

know what the people want, and they will teach you and they will say

the things to you that you want to hear. For example, like what

hey, if they know that if you talk about say it's going to change

your lifestyle, what do people and what's the first thing that people want?

They of course don't want to change lifestyle. There's the hardest thing. If

I tell you if you're staying in all, staying not right with your boyfriend

and girlfriend. Who touch subject? But hey can save money for rental?

You know, I tell you that's my daughter. I said that I will

pay for your rental. You know, be able to tell me. You

know, I know it's touchy subject that, but it's true. Things like

that. You know, hey, I can save rental economy. I know.

But oh, I'm not saying that your your situation will be the same.

I'm not teaching parody. You know everybody's situation. Some things will cost

more for different people, a different life one. But the truth is the

truth. Nothing is the truth is irreplaceable. One you get me in right,

but it's inconvenient. But another person said, it's okay as long as

the two of you have good hearts. Intending in the future to get married.

That's okay, Sea, Which one sounds nicer? That one sounds like

a lot nicer. But still love, isn't it still covered with love?

You know? Still covered with grace? You know what a pastor you well,

you make me choose so hard. If you're a friend, you probably

will get away with it. But if you're a parent, how would you

say it? If I would say, if this guy, I fin you

know? If this means like I believe that for any guy or girl who

you know before they're married, they want to know before they're married they should

treat you with honor before you marry you. If they can treat you with

honor, I can trust that they will honor you after marriage. You can't

mean right. You must be it cannot be a different one. You can.

The fact that you can honor now, the fact that you have integrity

now means I can trust you with the fact that you can and you have

moral fluidity at this moment, I'm worried because you would be morally fluid next

time when you get married. You can't mean right. So pre marriage is

as important as marriage as well. It's what sets you up for that as

well. Oh okay, and I don't want to go into that, but

it's very I think you see the many teaching is that can that is very

difficult for people to hear as well. Sometimes we say that, hey,

if you're working, I think you're working a bit too much. It's good

that you are, I know, but why are you really working for to

prove that you're successful? I can get that bafore or I used to start

business. I really want to prove people that I, as a young working

the pastor and I start business, I can be successful. I mean ministry

that at touched, I want to be successful as well. Every sumone that

I speak I want to be successful as well. There is a desire to

be there. I want to be liked by people, to be honest,

if I preach right now, I want to be liked by you. I

wish that when I go out here, you will come to me and say

that, past you preach a very good message. I tell you, if

you say that to me, I probably can sleep on a very soft people

tonight down. That's what I want. Yeah, I mean I feels good.

I kid you know it feels good. You probably know the pastor and

if you're a soft lending there. It's so nice, but it's true.

But is there what I need to hear? You know, it's only the

Lord who does these things to us to grow us. Okay, But they

will speak what you want to hear, things that will each your ear that

you don't have any. They won't highlight your sins, they won't highlight your

unforgiveness, the small things that you know there is hinting at something wrong in

your life. You don't pay to go a doctor to tell you what you

want to hear. True now, But that's why we don't want to go

to doctor right now. Sometimes when we grow older, you see parents or

all the folks that they don't want to go to the sea doctor. You

know why because they just don't want to hear it. They don't want to

deal with it. Because you pay people to tell you the truth. Why

should I pay people who tell me the truth? There should pay me?

Why? It's hard, isn't it? It's hard? So they will tell

you what you want to hear. Okay, the next one Okay, they

will disguise themselves. Okay, they will disguise themselves wolves, same ship clothings

Okay, wolves ship clothings. What do I mean by then? Okay?

They I think that's one. I was watching a pastor preaching. I took

summarized this so well. They said that a lot of teachers and believers will

use the same words and terms as you and I. Okay, they will

use the same words and terms as you and I, but they have a

different dictionary. You know what I mean by that? They used the same

word, but they have different meaning. Ah, so when you look into

your Bible you will find this word. This is according to what we understand.

They will say the same word, but if you look at the dictionary,

interpretition different one and so they have a different dictionary. It can say

the same word, but we have different dictionaries. Turn to a neighbor,

said, I hope we have the same ditionary. Cool or not? How

many of you are? You go to your you're toughel or now? What

was the English at triple one nine? Or last time? My triple one

nine? And now I was I was so happy I got a in my

in my district for one or the two twist for a triple one. I'm

so happy, you know. But then when I went came to kas everybody

has its like it's like everybody there's nothing right, you know, It's like,

oh, you know, you cannot go in God for this test,

I having, you know, a different dictionary one h most of the time

we use Cambridge Oxford one. Right, don't go and use you know,

your own version. There's you know, I really really lost teaching one and

A. But it's true they have lost teaching. They use the same the

same jungle, but I have completely different meaning. Okay. And and the

thing is that they will disguise themselves even you know, Peter was saying,

they will feast with you, they would eat with you, they would drink

with you, they were dressed like you. They won't have any difference.

They will have your same friends as you, and something like that. But

then the teachings, the implications, the things they are implied are very subtle,

very subtle. And the thing is a lot of times they themselves are

not aware. They themselves are no aware. They say this, you know

wolves, how when they hear the house of another wolf, it's like the

wolf comes into the congregation and then the one just it starts with one wolf

to how and then the rest of the wolf. How. They don't even

realize that a wolf. Then they start to how who then and they start

to when the how? That's where the black boys, that's where complaint and

grudges, you know, all this envy starts to start up. They don't

realize that they are wolf, you know. A suddenly when they hear another

wolf, how, Oh it's great. Crazier ships are suddenly to how they

why it's the ship housing because they are wolf. They don't realize it,

but they start to how area that's true. That's why. That's how.

You must be able to understand this. So don't follow just the crowd.

The crowd will betray you. People are und saying no, don't always follow

the crowd. The crowd will betray you. Okay, be very very scared

of that. Now, next one, let's go to the next one.

What's the next one. They will deny crists, Ah, Peter said it.

Okay. They would say Jesus, What do you mean by denying Christ?

Okay? They would say, Jesus exists. Jesus. You know it's

true and everything. But if you go a bit deeper, you know,

what is the thing that you have to test about them? About Jesus Christ?

Just a name or use the same name. Good. Really, some

people use the same name. I have totally different meaning. One okay,

three to four major one the tree, most important one. Jesus came in

the flesh. Okay, Jesus must come in the flesh. Jesus come in

the flat through a virgimber Okay, came in the flesh through a vergimberth.

Jesus died on the cross, died, not suffer, only died, Okay,

suffer and died completely died. Okay. Some people not believe that he

didn't die. Somehow survive. I don't know how they think about there.

Okay, die, third one rose again, and if a fourth one,

he will return again. Four things. Treat of four things cardinal cardinal cardinal

means are supreme, highest. Cannot deviate from that one and all. Anyone

changes any of these four. You have to really start to step one back

awayready, another way, start to head off the door. Already, be

very very careful. Okay, this one. You should know the next one.

There will be popular. There will be popular. Okay. The Bible

says here in verse two, and many will follow. He didn't say a

few will follow. Many. There will be popular Okay. The thing is

because it's so powerful, it's so antireing, and they will make the way

very broad for people. He came in right just to say the narrow the

road is. Then the path is narrow, but they will make it very

broad, inclusive of anything easier. Because it's so broad, it's easy for

everybody to come in, and many will want to come. Okay, I'm

not going to go through all that, okay, so it will be very

popular. The next one they will covered. I was reading this, um,

this, doing a bill of research, and then was reading this,

Okay, this is not scripture, by the way, I want to paraphise

paraphrases. Then they were saying that they were doing a lot of manuscripts of

the early church fathers, not the Apostles second generation. And after Peter and

the Apostles moved already during the first second century, the churches were still battling

with a lot of false teachers and false teachings. So they were writings you

know that they wrote, Okay, including scripture. They stay out to the

different churches and not one or part of it. It's called the didache.

If you want to look at the idea. Okay, the didache so writings

of funding fathers. Okay, they're right, and then to these churches to

guide them on how a church should be should be run some of the things,

and one of it is to how to how to spot an apostate,

how to spot a lyne Feller. And I'm not going to go through all

of it, but finding it interesting. And they say that, you know,

if you've found someone a man of God, Soco claims to be a

man of God, you should welcome him. Okay, welcome him. You're

going to stay with you, and they stay with you Finally interesting. I

don't know why they say that, but I say, if the person stays

with you more than three days, the person needs a liar. I was

like, whoa, what'st like? Interesting? Why three days? You know?

But I guess it means that they are you know, really no,

not really just you know, not taking, but they are trying to have

other intentions are greater than really, like why are you staying longer than this

one? Or Another thing is that they should be paying or they should offer

to work. They give me right, they should be paying and should be

offering to work. Okay. Means that even the Bible is consistent as well.

Every worker is deserve their wages as well, and you stay, it's

a part you should offer to do, to pay or to contribute as well.

It's the right thing to do. And when the same way for us

when we are hosting someone as well, we should give them their wages as

well. You give me a person speaker comes and speak, we should attend

to them because they are deserving as well. Okay, so it's both ways

we should do the same thing. And then the third one, it's quite

funny, very interesting. He says. If a person comes and teaches you

and halfway through and say that I feel that some of you here have ten

thousands in your bank, and you know God has given has caught you for

a seasons or season or generosity. That person is apostate who they're was like

so strong, you know. Okay, right now, let's close our eyes

right now. Anyone who hit ten thousand and want to bank you to my

account right now, here's my touch and go very dangerous, very very dangerous.

Okay, very very scary. Sometimes I tell you, ah, I

think we have to be very careful to re examine. Sometimes I'm not saying

this is just for teachers that Okay, I think for ourself as well.

He's really for ourselves as well. Just not going just look at them when

you come to church. Why are you're really looking for the message? Just

bless me If it's not something that feeds into my world but requires me to

step out, let's not for me. Yeah right, it's not blessing me

directly. Oh you know, I want pastor to promise me to pray for

me, a prayer for me, a promise that I will really get it.

Tell me something I must do it. Nobody's gonna do that. You

can't demand it from God, want to know, because you are still entangled

to start in your what fleshly desires, you know, and God has to

deal with that if with every one of us. It's not just the pastors

and the preachers or those wire every one of us, you know, every

one of us have can't Sometimes we talk to church church people are hey to

our nice nice because you want to make a connection, because this person is

influential. Maybe this person has a business. Maybe this person would give me

stop tips. Maybe this person would give me proble or no stuff. We

are all very corrupted. We are all very corrupted. There's the truth.

You know, there's the truth. You know. Oh, maybe I want

to get on because I want to be included that the inner circle. Don't

don't say as that I tell you, children even do that. You know,

children't even know that. You go to school, even Victory Academy.

We have people, we have groups that does there as well. It's just

the way the human natures are wired. You are are so self seeking,

you know so, so we've got to be very very watchful about that.

They will cover, they will exploit you. Okay, now next one there

will be presumptuous, stubborn and bold to speak evil. Wow, now this

one might get mean to be a trouble. No, I don't get share

to trouble and not say this that now, Okay, what that means I

will later explain a bit, because there is a verse in second puter that

talks more about it. What it means is that MM because these people to

validate their their claims and their teachings, right, they will become bolder and

bolder. Have you heard like kids talk to one another before sometimes when they

try to compare who's better. My daddy can do this, my daddy can

do them, My Dada. Suddenly I started to say, my daddy,

Hey, my daddy very strong, can carry hundred kilo, can carry hundre

kilo. O can carry hundred kilo. Yeah, my daddy has deadly for

car before, you know, So somehow they will one another become bolder and

bolder. You know. Oh, my daddy has climbed the north Pole and

all up scaled the North Pole before and all. Oh, my daddy has

one hundred millions before and all like all these things. You know, my

daddy acted with Tom Cruise before. You know, Oh, God, I

think you're not become bolder and bolder one and all cost Are you sure?

Did you say that? Because no, no, I just want to up

one up the fellow. You know, you know why because they're what are

they doing. They're not just saying because there is this battlefield, They're trying

to one up another, you know. And that's where swearing happens. You

know. You know that last time when people that's why God said that you

should not take the name of the Lord in vain and people last time they

didn't know how to make promises or get the trust of someone. They will

swear and make a covernome based on or my father's grave, on the household

of my heart on then some of the day on this angel, they're injured,

this God. They got in eventually on God's name, you know,

yeahmen, right, and then they don't fulfill it enough, so they're taking

God's name in vain because they were trying to upliave themselves as establishing their authority,

their power and their claim as well. When teachers, when when we

get caught up in that, we get entangled in that, we become what

very presumptuous speaking speaking things that are there are not true. Presumptious means are

to speak out of your limit. Give me speaking out of your limit,

out of your circle? What is appropriate? Gaming? Right, you don't

know who you are. You suddenly lost your sense of awareness. And sometimes

you speak good things, and a lot of times when you speak bad things,

when you get angry with someone, when you don't like someone, or

something like that. When you speak presumptuously, you know, your heartbears witness.

Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but you already started the room.

Maybe more because that person is responding, you start to speak more. Because

that person responding, you speak more. You speak more more and more I

presumptuous. You suddenly open up the flood gates because you see that person responding,

because you want that person on your side. Scary, isn't it the

sin of presumption you get stubborn. Stubborn means you don't want to change,

you know, And it says self will you know this similar connotation self will

don't care about any what God says, don't care about what that person says.

You are stuck in your ways and you are bold to speak evil.

Now, speaking is evil. It's not just for against Christians and the teachers

and the pastors or the preachers. It's not just for the good sign I

hate to say it, but the Bible teachers that we also don't be very

careful to speak about the works of the enemy as well. Don't simply say

it, and I have scripture to back it up. Who how you know

a pastor? Please, if I teach anything wrong, such as scriptures,

I will be very hublicorter, but I will always refer back to scripture.

You must resist the devil, but don't simply go beyond your limits, because

it is not you who put the devil in chains. It is Jesus it's

always under the authority of Jesus. But when there are false teachers who work,

I do this, I do that. I don't want to go into

much. Be very careful. They got allow you to do that because I

said that in JUDEA, in the Book of Jude, I think it's a

book will be very specifically, Okay, in the Book of June. Okay,

that's something. So then I'm not teaching wrong things. Now, Okay,

do you only go one chapter on the very easy one? Do you

only go with one chapter on the Okay? If you read that um verse

twelve, see verse twelve, no verse eight. Okay, Jude, chapter

one, verse eight. Are we there? Ah, let's go through this.

This is Jude that are talking about false teachers. Okay. Likewise,

all these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, similar patterner reject and speak

evil of dignitaries. Again, the same word that Peter uses, dignitaries.

Now who does this dignitary refer to? Okay? In verse nine, suddenly

Jude talks about Michael the art Angel. Okay, why he talk about the

art angel? Yet the Michael the art Angel in contending with the devil,

when he disputed about the body of Moses. Say, yeah, Michael,

the Angel was disputing in in discussion, in dispute with Satan himself about the

body of Moses. Are they're not bringing against him him is the devil?

Huh? A reviling accusation? Oh, Michael himself, they're not bringing to

Satan a reviling accusation in all, Hey, don't just any angel Angel Michael

or No, he did not say any reviling accusation. But what did he

say? Say the Lord rebuild you? What they Michael do? He knows

his boundaries. He is saying, is that, Hey, these people are

false prophets? Are they don't know their boundary? Compared to even Angel Michael

himself, he even knows the boundary. You know. You get me right

when you deal with your enemy, No, your boundaries, be very very

careful. If someone is wrong or so offending, you are, no your

boundaries. When you step out of your boundary, you get in trouble simple

est in your life, in your workplace, in dealing with life. Someone

may be wrong, but no your boundary. No, every battle you must

fight like Who'm I'm a freedom fighter or you're a revolutionary? You know you

get me right sometimes my children. Sometimes I know I'm wrong, or maybe

I don't get discovered I'm wrong my children. I can't the case by God,

but my children must know there boundary true or not? Will you let

your own children speak to you like that to correct you our boundary? No,

there is a place. So even when we deal with the enemy,

no boundary, you're not. You're not because you are afraid of them,

because you fear God. How do you do scare of him? He said,

the Lord? Because he goes back to the Lord. He's the Lord.

So when you stay in there, you stay in God's protection and boundary.

Understand not. It's a very very important life and principle for you.

And this is what script chure people. You don't believe me underlying that you

maybe you go and go and study on your own. Okay, Now if

you go back to a second puter again. Okay, we go back to

go back to the scripture and we'll cover that that that that that the power

will come out in a second puter again, I promise you. Okay,

So we go through some of the things that the false teachers will do presumptuous.

Okay, let's go to the next paragraph. This one will be much

faster. Okay, let's talk about the fate. Okay, what will happen

to them? They keep teaching all these things, they're doing all what they

want, but they are doomed. Okay. In verse four, so Peter

says here, for if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but

cast them to hell and deliver them into the chains of darkness to be reserved

for judgment, and did not spare the ancient world, but save Noah,

one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on

the world of the ungodly and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,

condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who after will

leave ungodly and delivered righteous Lord, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of

the wicked, for that righteous man dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul

from there today by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds, then the Lord knows

how to deliver the godlyier of temptation underlying that, and to reserve the unjust

underpunishment for the day or judgment, and especially those who walk to the flesh

in the last of uncleanness and despise authority. Then they are presumptious. Presumptuous

self will depart. They are not afraid to speak of evil of dignitaries,

the same as you read in Jude, same exactly. Okay, some people

will interpret it as ignitaries are the angels. I would I lean on the

side that your scripture should interpret scripture. You give me right. You should

not interpret on your own what you think. I should think that scripture should

interpret scripture. And I think that both Jude and Peter are referring to the

same thing. So the dignitaries is a very good name they are giving to

you know, the kingdom, you know down below they okay, they are

giving that name. Okay. It means that these people are not just saying

bad things about Nah, you know, Peter not saying about the enemy as

well. Whereas angels who are greater in power and might, oh, Peter

is also talking about the same thing. Angels are greater in power and might,

do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the lot. The angels

are not even doing what you're doing. You dare to do all these tile

things oh, so we have two scriptures, two parts there are supporting one

another. Correct, Peter speaks it speaks it as well, said, no,

don't simply bring up reviving accusations. Very carefully against your own people and

against the enemy, as weel sometimes the enemies. Everything is the enemies.

What did I do? What did I do? What did I do?

You? You did it yourself? You cheated yourself? You know? So

this so what what we when we look through this passage? Or what do

we learn? Okay? Very quickly, so Peter draws to three examples.

Okay, so three examples about what happens to these people. So the first

one we know is the angels. Now, some people will have dispute as

what is this fallen thing or this sin this angels did some there's one commentary

who will say it is these angels refer to the angels that fail together with

Satan. You know, one third of the angels of the angels of the

heavens fail. There is one interpretation. To be honest, there's no specific

Some people will say that these angels refer to the angels in Genesis chapter six.

How many of you have heard of about the Book of Enoch before ah.

Okay, the Book of Eno is not included in the Bible because there

are some disputes about it. But the Book if Enoch has been quoted in

some parts of the scripture because there are some things. So the Book of

Enoch will give a bit more explanation about Genesis chapter six. But Genesis chapter

six is something that people are very fascinated because it's like a lot of mythology

or you know, something unique, how the human race became, Like,

you know, were the giants? You know, the giants were called anarchins

and Nephelims, you know all these other things. Now, so there's this

part they were talker, and now the angels know they left their abode and

they came down. They soul the women of the earth, and they took

them as wives and both children as well. So it could be referring to

this angel as well. I don't know, to be honest, taste that

I presented to you, does it matter which one you believe? I don't

think it really matters that big implication. But the idea is that God punishes

even the angels. That's all you need to know. You don't have to

drag any further that. Okay. The idea is that God even don't just

punish these people. God will punish even the heavenly angels as well. God

will bring them into judgment in heaven and on earth. Heaven rules man,

Heaven definitely rules. Uh huh. God will punish the angels, not just

humans. Again, God punish. And then the second uh instance was talking

about what the no one. God not only punish the angel God, what

we God is willing to wipe out their entire earth and spare people the whole

earth, you know, not just the teacher. God's willing to go as

far as the whole earth, you're know. But other people say that this

is a stumbling Oh how can God, there is all loving you know,

where we'll destroy these people. You must understand that that God does not destroy

until the cup of iniquity is full. Okay, there's this there's this sense

about what way we read about the Bible. When God or passes judgment or

any whether Sodom or Lot or any country is there's is probably being called the

cup of iniquity. Okay, God, this long bearing and suffering. We

look at God's act as if like it's just one moment you did wrong,

pum slapt one your henrity. But God has has has sustained in perseverance and

long suffering, even towards the sinners, so that they may come to repentance

and his knowledge of his living kindness. We shorten that hundreds and thousands of

years into one moment, not understanding. Because of that, we short change

his grace and his love for people to repent. You know, gave me

right. But yet even when he was about to bring the flood, he

prepared and ark for people. But how many people responded to the preaching of

Noah, no one except that gave me right. Even then, Gods,

you provided an ar even then. So God is patience and long suffering.

Okay. And the third one Sodom and Gomorrah. So we not here.

If you were uh, if you hurt my teaching on Sodom Abraham, Abraham,

you would learn about Lord as well. The way I painted Lord,

it was like, oh, that such a bad person, isn't it.

You're so evil? You know, he'd always only see Egypt. Okay,

but here they say that he's a good person. You know, he was

a righteous man. Yes he is. He is a righteous man in the

wrong place. Unfortunately he is a righteous man. Indeed, but I didn't

get to finish the session. It gets actually quite dark, I said,

it's quite dark. Um, he was there. He when you know,

the Angel the Lord came and you know he hosted them. You know he

even protected them and even when they were you know, trying to uh demand

that the angel the messengers of God to come out and then do nonsense to

them, right, Lord tried to say, hey, don't do anything to

them. Say my daughter was like, what this guy, what kind of

a father is? He knows? But it's true. I didn't know it's

anybos true. But he feared the Lord. The one thing you can say,

he feared a lot so much. They don't want a daughter, They

say they want to the enoter that they got blinded and song, so Lord

really want despite his despite he feared the lot. Think he was heartbroken.

And God can use a man's a person's wrong choice. Okay, God,

a wrong personal tried to under his what sovereign real to do good out of

it as well. You made the wrong choice, but it's okay. I

can turn what you did wrong into a blessing as well, or into something

of my message as well. Given God will not always say say hey,

you did wrong, or your checkmate it already wherever you go. It's not

pleasing, but I can use that right. So if you made a wrong

choice in your life, acknowledge it. You can't start over, but start

where you are because God's will, God's Court's power rules over your circumstances.

He gave me right to make it work for you at that time. You

gave me right. So this is very important. You know, we all

made mistakes. Well, I made mistakes before. I was like, oh

no, it's not about starting over, He's starting. It's about recovering where

you are and learning to sink God begin where you are right now. Oh

that's very very important. Okay everybody, Okay, so far, take a

deep breath. I'm catching out with myself as well. Okay, So we've

got learned three lessons here. Okay, so let's move on, okay to

the next part, to the almost closing in ready now we talk about the

depravity of false teachers from verse twelfth on words. Okay, so we know

the teachers, the false teachers, they are doomed. God's going to bring

a judgment on them. He bring it he brought it on the angels.

He brought it on the world. He brought up my city as evil as

that. Oh, by the way, I mush shut. Yeah, talk

about Sodom and Gomorra are right? Um, the world is embracing LGBTQ plus

plus plus okay, a lot of pronounced. Ah, you must know your

scripture. Okay. People want to be inclusive. People want to make the

door wide. Okay, people say that, you know, you want to

make the door. People want to make the door white. Make it easy.

There's not the way of the Lord. You gotta stick the scripture.

It's not about being inclusive. Your good will, to your your good intention

to lert people can never substitute a truth. Wrong is wrong because it will

save you. If not, you will be getting entangled in this nonsense.

It is a deceit of the world. Okay. Does that mean that we

hate them? No? I know, Oh sorry, I know people.

I know. I have friends okay who are from the community, and that's

one time talking to them. Then they say, hey, what do you

do? Oh, I work for the Actually I'm a pastor. Over the

moment I said that, they were like, oh, I'm just a believer.

In a pastor some more and I was like, oh, I say

yeah, I said, how about you? Oh he think her I'm a

prod gee you know it's like okay, okay, yeah. And I was

like okay, okay. It's like then it's like, oh, what do

you think of us? Now? As I look at him, I said,

I think of you the same as everybody else. Everybody over, every

one of us are sinful and need Jesus. And that's the truth. You

are no different than I, not because we are equal. We all have

sinn You've seen, I've seen all have seen it, and we need to

repent. I'm not better than you because I have seen. The way I

look at that homosexual is is I look at the way if I've cheated my

wife, if I've stolen money, you have cursed God. If I not

love my neighbor, and all the same. We are all sinners and our

debt is among us. That is the way you should tell them. You

get me in right, You're not looking them at lower less. We all

need God. You can't mean right. And because of that, I love

you as a sinner, as someone who needs Christ as well. That's the

love that we need to give to them. But where did they come to

know the lot? You really pray that. That's why I say, oh,

he said that the person is looking into other religions, and say,

yeah, I understand. You know it's it's a journey. It's a journey

at the end of the day that you really need to know what is truth.

That's why I say what is truth? Is it based on what you

feel? Or is there a one God who says what is right and wrong?

You got me in right, Okay. It's very quiet, not easy,

not in an easy life. But you gotta love them, you gotta.

I still talk to them. I don't in this way. I send

them home and stuff like that as well. I don't. I don't.

I don't act weird. You must love them, You must talk to them,

engage them, but look at them. Have a proper theology about how

to treat these people. Don't don't be don't be caught up in the cultural

world. You know, or they're there they are entangl or trying to manipulate

you. Okay, have a proper theology about it. Okay, Verse twelve,

depravity of false teachers. But these like natural brute beasts made to be

caught and destroyed, speak evil or things they do not understand, and will

utterly perish in their own corruption, and will receive the wages of unrighteousness.

And those who county pleasure to carouse in the daytime. Carouse means to be

but to be most specific, what it means is that reveling. Reveling means

are to really soak in and to enjoy in your works. Means if you

cheated some money while you're like, oh, I keep thinking about playing in

your mind, Well why did I do? Now asked? You know,

like laughing and enjoying, celebrating in it, It's called reveling. And give

me a right. Oh, if you know what I did, I gotta

tell you about it. You know, there's called reveling. You find pleasure,

you know, and enjoyment in it. Okay, So these people were

county pleasure to carouse in the daytime, in broad and daylight, in the

public. You know how these people are doing that? And they are spots

and blemishes, carousing in their own deceptions while they feast with you. I

told you before, they are among us, while they feast with you,

having eyes full of adultry. And that cannot seize from sin, enticing and

stable souls. They have a hard trained in competious practices and accursed children.

Therefore sacond the right way and gone straight following the way. Obey them.

The son of Bure who loved the wages of unrighteousness, but he was rebuked

for his iniquity, a dumb donkey spank speaking with a man's voice. Restraint

in the madness of the prophet. These are whales without water, clouds carried

by tempers, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. Wow.

Okay, so let me summarize this very quickly. What it means is

that these people they think themselves wise and teach us but the truth, and

they think themselves to be free. They think they are free. That's why

we tell you to live freely. Don't worry from mine. Jesus has died

for us. Scenes are ready. You can live, how to do whatever

you want. These people preach a message that that really is very liberating.

Can do whatever you want. Don't follow Peter, you can't do like no,

restrain yourself, speaking certainly means and stuffing like no, no, no.

They are trying to tell you freedom. Peter, saying, these people

claim to be free, but they are actually the word is slaves, slaves

to what, slaves to their own deception. First of all, they are

slaves to their own deception. Means they cannot even see past their own lives.

They didn't lie to them to you first, their lie to themselves.

They lie to themselves. They can tell you all these wrong things, and

they lie to themselves that there are no consequences. And after a while they're

talking so much that they believe it is the truth. So some of these

people are four teachers. Are you look at them? They actually really believe

what their preach. That's the scary partner, true or not they actually really

believed God, They're so inid, really so deep into it ready, and

if you yourself are not careful, you will really be convinced of what you

really heard true or not. Very scary. So it's a warning for us

ourselves, not about them. Again, I say, don't always look at

them, look at yourself. Some of the things that you hold on to,

why did you do what? Why did you hold on to? Like?

That is because they are lived in a we call it cognitive descendance,

in a or in an echo chamber. You only listen to what you want

to hear. You're stuck. You are slaves to it. Okay, because

of all they they are stuck. They are slaves with their own deceptions.

Secondly, they are slaves because their eyes keep lasting after adult tree. They

are slaves. Their eyes cannot look at anything else, anything there is God.

Their eyes keep lasting. They say, the words keep lasting in all

means that anything just chasing after the last sexual adult sexual adult tree, things

of the world keep chasing, and your eyes keep chasing. Okay. They

cannot cease from sin. They are slaves because they are they cannot see cease

from sin. Their desire is to gratify themselves and their flesh. They're only

their pleasures about what makes me feel good. I feel good. What I

feel good is what I pursue. Wow, Okay, they are they can

they cannot there. They are slaves. But because they fine joy it and

enticing unstable souls. When they go and talk to people, they are very

careful. They know that I can talk to you, but you know,

but I cannot talk to you. I'm not I'm not sorry, Okay,

I don't want to be reckreful. I'm not talking about anyone. Okay,

please, it's just in the moment, Okay. They will talk to certain

people. You know why, because when they walk around they will survey.

They know who they can talk to. They feel the conversation. They feel

you, Hey, why i've been talking about these pubrics. We've been talking

a lot about money or stuff like that. Are so if I brought you

subject, you might respond. If you respond, then we can engage more.

They know, they have a scent on what you do. They know

how you think. They know where you've been from, and we can they

know where they can take you to the last time, when I was in

marketplace and other people, so people who will come up to me, they

will gauge me. One say, hey, no, we have a new

recruits and stuff like that, and somebody CEOs and high profile will talk and

they were gauge on, oh hey, I saw your work very very good.

Hey, no, you remind me of my younger self. You know,

Hey, one day we should go and you know, hang out and

stuff like that. You know, and they will gauge you and after work,

before long you neuralized that they will start to do business proposals with you.

I should do two things with you as because they know they will say

they are you a full potential thing. But sometimes people just want you for

your resources. Be very very careful. I got one guy who came up

to me. You know, he's trying to get me to have a vision

for my life. Literally, I want to give you a vision for your

life. Way of somebody laughing away. No, literally, I want to

have a vision for your life. Oh, this is like something like a

church we don't come up with with, you know, someone like it's like,

what this fellow. You could attend any church I want? I have

a vision for your life. What high level talking man? This fellow?

And then he said, hey, these are the books I read, and

he gave me a few books. I want a book. What's about this

weird guy? You know? And it includes an audio recording. So it's

about projecting wealth into your life. You're all laughing ready, It's about linguistics

and projecting wealth into your life. How many of you heard here before?

Huh No, don't go into it, pleasa, please don't go into it,

okay, whatever, I teach a peace warning sensor. So literally,

like you know, it's not about having it's not about like you no,

you know, just working hard. It's about desiring your inner self, your

values, believes must fully go into it. And I know some some companies

that either sell however productor they want you to have a vision and a goal

because when you bought into it, you will give your dedication and your energy.

They can't tell you spend less time with your family, but they will

tell you have a vision. Ah, true or not true or not.

I can't tell you to spend time with your left, with your wife.

You call that sounds very unethical, but I can tell you what is your

vision? Ah. That's all they do because they're not contending with your family,

They're contending with your belief system. What is what? What do you

believe makes you successful? Yeah? I mean right, it is your belief

everybody is made of a belief. Then your value, then your behavior.

Ah. So what they're contending with them So this is fell the gaming pro

checting this wealth. And then you know then the things that they take it

to the next level. You cannot just desire. You need to meditate on

it, so you actually put on the thing. Now. I was like

listening to a say it's talk about imagine you are as a beach five million.

How would you feel? Imagine your wife has a beautiful holiday, how

would you feel. So they came in. They tried to get you to

dream and associate that feeling and eventually let its sinking and put me into your

value, your belief in your vision. And when you get that, ah,

that's when you say I should spend that time with my wife, with

my church, with my children and everything, because it's embedded as your vision

and your values. Ready, m hmm. It's very powerful. You know.

Be very careful with the people you hang out with. Okay, so

I kind of passing back the thing. Sorry, don't be very careful.

Don't we even touch this thing? Okay, don't even touch don't even go

on here. Okay, don't we even go on year? These start things

know your name it. Don't even just pass it back? Trust me,

Tell someone about it. Okay, tell someone, tell them about it.

Please, don't don't tell them so that they can keep a watch over you.

Okay. Someone passing through some of these things, please please, okay,

someone say you know you've been so lazy. I want to give you

please if you want to help them, help in the right way, not

this way. Okay, so the last one the deception of horse teachers,

then it's pretty I will just read these passages and were closed verse eighteen four.

When they speak great swelling words of emptiness, they allert through the last

of the flesh through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who

live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves or

corruption. For by whom a person is overcome, by him, he is

brought into bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world

through the knowledge of the Lord and save your Jesus Christ, they are again

the world and tangled. That's the key word. If all these things,

you will underline this word. The word is what they are entangled. They've

been saved, but now they get caught in the world. That's the summary

of this whole passage. Okay, and tangled in the world. The later

end, it's worse for them than the beginning. For if we have been

better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known it,

to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened

to them according to the true proverb a dog returning to his own vomit,

and a soul having washed to her own wallowing in the Maya means that they

know the way, but the pronouncement for them is that it's worse for them

because they know the way, but they are going back to their all.

For myself, it's a worse condition, Okaye, soul. They are aligned

to themselves and they are doom. Is there. We hope you've been blessed

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