𝟐P𝐞 𝟐:𝟏-𝟐 𝐊J𝐕 𝐁u𝐭 𝐭h𝐞r𝐞 𝐰e𝐫e f𝐚l𝐬e p𝐫o𝐩h𝐞t𝐬 𝐚l𝐬o a𝐦o𝐧g t𝐡e p𝐞o𝐩l𝐞, e𝐯e𝐧 𝐚s t𝐡e𝐫e s𝐡a𝐥l b𝐞 𝐟a𝐥s𝐞 𝐭e𝐚c𝐡e𝐫s a𝐦o𝐧g y𝐨u, 𝐰h𝐨 𝐩r𝐢v𝐢l𝐲 𝐬h𝐚l𝐥 𝐛r𝐢n𝐠 𝐢n d𝐚m𝐧a𝐛l𝐞 𝐡e𝐫e𝐬i𝐞s, 𝐞v𝐞n d𝐞n𝐲i𝐧g t𝐡e L𝐨r𝐝 𝐭h𝐚t b𝐨u𝐠h𝐭 𝐭h𝐞m, 𝐚n𝐝 𝐛r𝐢n𝐠 𝐮p𝐨n t𝐡e𝐦s𝐞l𝐯e𝐬 𝐬w𝐢f𝐭 𝐝e𝐬t𝐫u𝐜t𝐢o𝐧. A𝐧d m𝐚n𝐲 𝐬h𝐚l𝐥 𝐟o𝐥l𝐨w t𝐡e𝐢r p𝐞r𝐧i𝐜i𝐨u𝐬 𝐰a𝐲s; 𝐛y r𝐞a𝐬o𝐧 𝐨f w𝐡o𝐦 𝐭h𝐞 𝐰a𝐲 𝐨f t𝐫u𝐭h s𝐡a𝐥l b𝐞 𝐞v𝐢l s𝐩o𝐤e𝐧 𝐨f.
Today’s Devotional…
Many people know that false teachers exist, but they don’t know how to identify them; however, the scriptures are clear on who they are – they are those who will “deny the Lord” who bought them.
You may say “Oh my pastor does not deny the Lord”. Well, denying the Lord who bought all mankind does not necessarily mean saying so audibly, but refusing to acknowledge the fact that Jesus took away the sin of the world – that is how “He bought them”
False teachers are worse than false prophets because they plant lies in the hearts of men that will grow and possibly be passed on to other generations.
And for many centuries now, the false teachers have been very smoothly teaching that although Jesus claimed to have taken away the sin of the world yet, all men are still sinners needing to work out their own salvation.
But contrary to what you would expect, our opening scripture says many shall follow their pernicious ways. This is because false teachings are so strategically presented that they “make sense”
So, if a large crowd of followers or longevity are your bases for determining what truth is, then it will be difficult for you to escape the influence of false teachers. You need discernment.
May God give you the spirit of discernment to be able to identify and reject false teachers and their teachings, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen
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