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That’s what Peter means when he says, ‘the way of truth will be maligned’. Instead of following the Lord who is the only way to salvation, they separate themselves from the only true source of salvation. In other words, instead of following the Lord as they should, they follow what they think is right. Peter says many will follow their immoral ways. They secretly come in with their own agendas and they go out of their way to convince others that what they are teaching is right or they go out of their way to convince others that what everyone else believes is wrong.īut they can’t back up what they believe using the Scriptures without either twisting them or taking the text out of context and so this causes division and they now have their own following.

The real damage they cause is seen in the many people who follow them. And they deny Him by twisting God’s word to suit their own agendas and their own beliefs, 2 Peter 2:20. I believe that these false teachers were once true Christians but over a period of time, they started to deny the very person who bought them with His blood. We know that our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit because we were bought with a price, 1 Corinthians 6:20. All Christians were bought by the precious blood of Christ, Acts 20:28. I would like to suggest that they were, that’s why Peter uses the phrase ‘bought them’. Were these false teachers whom Peter had in mind, true Christians at one point in their lives?

Peter says these false teachers will cause others to deny Jesus, the very person who bought them and we know that this was already a problem for the early church, 2 John 7. When Christians fight each other, everybody loses, Galatians 5:15.Īnd so, one sign of a false teacher is someone who tries to bring in their own agendas and causes division within the church because they want to push their own doctrinal ideas. Peter says, be careful, some people will come into our assemblies and try to teach their own doctrine and cause division in the Lord’s church because of that doctrine.

Just try and disagree with their thinking and watch what happens and sadly, churches start arguing over matters of opinion, churches start splitting because people have different goals. Look at the damage which is being caused. Not only will you hear it but you will see it. And if we listen closely to what they say, we will begin to hear their agenda the more time we spend with them. They may have an appearance like any other Christian, they will be polite and sound godly and even come across as if they know the Scriptures but they will have an agenda that we’re not aware of. In other words, some people will come into our assemblies with their own secret agendas. He says they have their own destructive heresies.

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He’s talking about those who know full well what they are doing and are purposely trying to mislead others and he says if we want to know what a false teacher is like, look at the damage they cause. When Peter uses the term false prophet not only here but throughout the rest of this chapter, he’s implying that they are more than someone who is teaching out of ignorance, someone who is sincerely mistaken, like Apollos Acts 18. Just as there were false prophets in Old Testament times we should expect false teachers in our day. In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.” 2 Peter 2:1-3 False Teachers And Their Destruction Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them-bringing swift destruction on themselves. Introduction “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.