The Second Epistle of Peter June 20, 2010 Sermon Lesson 7 2 Peter 2:1-3
PREPARING TO DEAL WITH FALSE TEACHERS
We the Church must deal with false teachers. Recognizing their existence They will be present within the Church (1) They will bring in destructive heresies (1) They will deny the Master who bought them (1) Recognizing their effects They will successfully lead people into sensuality (2) They will cause the way of truth to be blasphemed (2) They will greedily exploit people with false words (3) Recognizing their end They will bring swift destruction upon themselves (1) They will live under condemnation (3)
Prophecy Transition from Chapter 1-2 (chiasm) A. New Testament apostles (1:16-18) B. Old Testament prophets (1:19-21) B. Old Testament false prophets (2:1a) A. New Testament false teachers (2:1b-3) (M. Green, p. 103-104)
Characteristics of false prophets/teachers (Bauckham, Jude/2 Peter, p. 238)) 1. They lack divine authority 2. They promise the people peace when God threatens judgment 3. They will certainly be judged by God
Applications: 1. Be discerning enough to recognize false teachers 2. Recognize the connection between orthodoxy and orthopraxy 3. Recognize tendencies toward the errors of false teaching in ourselves In orthodoxy In orthopraxy
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False Teachers The Second Epistle of Peter Killeen Bible Church
