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"The Presence of Pretenders"

2 Peter 2:10-16

verses 17-22 Character and Judgment of False Teachers

1John3:24-4:6, Deuteronomy 18:20-22, Jeremiah 23:25-28, Matthew 7:15, 24:24, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:7, 2 Peter 1:3, 1John4:7-12 We need to be wary of false prohpets and false leaders. The truth is in the knowledge of God. The knowledge comes directly from the Bible. We need to pray for those that are preverting or chagning the God's word to suit them. We must speak the truth in love and show love to all.

V.18: Located halfway between Pergamos and Sardis, this city had been under Roman rule for nearly three centuries (c. 190 b.c.). Since the city was situated in a long valley that spanned 40 miles to Pergamos, it had no natural defenses and had a long history of being destroyed and rebuilt. Originally…

The Bible is replete with examples of people who try and deceive God's people. Here the Apostle John encourages his church to do something to discern whether the spirit, prophet or confession of a person is true-Test the Spirit.

1. Let Jesus put you on the right road in life (vs. 13-14). 2. Let Jesus warn you about false prophets (vs. 15-20). 3. Let Jesus give you a real relationship with God (vs. 21-23). 4. Let Jesus help you build your life on a firm foundation (vs. 24-29).

Prophecy abounds today! We want to hear from God but is it all true? In love for the saints John warns against false prophets, and gives clear tests to discern whether their message is from God or from the antichrist.

Here's how... 1. God urges us to test for the truth (vs. 1). 2. God gives us good tools to test for the truth (vs. 2-3; 5-6). 3. God gives us His abundant affection (vs. 1, 4). 4. God confirms that we are conquerors (vs. 4a). 5. God stresses the strength of His Spirit in us (vs. 4b).

Catch Pastor Ryan Frank as he talks on how to gauge whether a teaching is false or not.

Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf prefers to make his own phone calls and maintain a personal touch with state officials. His representative said the governor had to send an email to government agencies after several people hung up on him when he called. Receptionists who did not believe that the call was…

Lexham English Bible Galatians 1:6-10 6 I am astonished that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel, 7 not that there is a different gospel, except there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ. What…

Intro: Continuation of previous section on religious leaders Ch. 9:39-41 The sheepfold – a stone enclosure used by shepherds to protect the flock from danger. It included a single opening where the shepherd would lay across literally becoming the gate or door to the sheep. The warning from Jesus vs.1…

Eureka! was the cry of the ‘49er’ who found pay dirt in the California gold fields. It’s a Greek word—meaning “I have found it!” It summed up every treasure hunter’s dream and expressed the thrill of striking it big. For James Marshall (the first to discover the precious metal in 1848) and the 49ers…

Both the Old and New Testaments are filled with promises of the Second Coming. There are 1,845 references to it in the Old Testament. Of the 260 chapters in the New Testament, there are 318 references to the Second Coming—that’s one in every 30 verses. Twenty-three of the 27 New Testament books refer…

A must-read book for every Christian is John MacArthur’s Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World. It’s an expose on the culture of the church in 21st-century America. The essence of the book is that the church in America has surrendered to the ‘god of pragmatism’. Now some of you…

2 Peter 2:1-9 Stephen Caswell © 2004 Counterfeit Bills The United States Treasury Department has a special group of men whose job it is to track down counterfeiters. Naturally, these men need to know a counterfeit bill when they see it. How do they learn to identify fake bills? Oddly enough, they are…

To you our Lord, Father Son and Holy Spirit, may the words of my mouth and the mediation of all our hearts be acceptable - Amen. Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. These are the words that the Prophet Jeremiah was given from God to speak to a people that…

FALSE PROPHETS & APOSTLES 2 Corinthians 11:3-4; 11:13-15 I. A DISTINCTION BETWEEN GENUINE AND FALSE APOSTLES A. False apostles have a wrong message v. 4 1. a substitute Jesus-- a rival (Greek word allos meaning another of the same kind) The word anti-christ comes from this idea: anti (in place of) Christ.…

Acts 13:4-12 - 4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus. 5When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper. 6When they had gone through the whole island…