Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. (Mat 7:15-17)A false prophet is not a true prophet, though he may claim to know the voice of God and God's new covenant regarding the cross. It would be great if the false prophets wore a bright sign that they were indeed false prophets, but they never do! They come disguised to the Christian via TV, radio, in books, magazines, to our doors, etc. as a sheep, that is, as a Christian teacher. They are aggressive, ravenous wolves deceitfully dressed like a sheep outwardly, but inwardly they are much different -- dangerous hungry vicious wolves.
They want to be taught the word. Too many of the sheep are not alert to counterfeit Christian leaders -- false prophets. Therefore, the devil is devouring them (1 Pet. 5:8) through these ferocious wolves in sheep's clothing who appear harmless and helpful!
False prophets are not servants of God, though they claim to be. They are servants of the devil. They can be zealous and highly religious as they slip in among the sheep often unnoticed because of their outward appearance -- their sheeps clothing! Jezebel of Thyatira is just one example of a false prophet (Rev. 2:20,21), Joseph Smith Jr was another and Charles Taze Russell yet another.
And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve. (2 Cor 11:14,15)That means the spiritual wolves are disguised blind religious leaders of their blind following (Mt. 15:14). After initial salvation, can a Christian become spiritually blind? YES, absolutely yes! In fact, the lukewarm Laodiceans who were told to repent were "blind" (Rev. 3:16,17).
They are thornbushes and thistles, not grape vines and fig trees yielding nutritional food!
Do you remember what Jesus said in Matthew 7:15-17 about how we can know the spiritual wolves? Their bad fruit exposes them as non-Christians, while they try to disguise their identity. So what does that mean? The main fruit of a teacher is his teachings. The spiritual wolves are false teachers, proclaiming a message unlike the biblical one, adversely affecting their listeners!They are serving the sheep spiritual poison mixed in with some truth! The tasty ear-tickling poison they offer will overshadow the bits of truth they speak out while they sicken and kill the non alert sheep who eat it by believing their teachings from demons.
That shows why God's eternal truth is exalted to the zenith of importance, that is, it affects our behavior, ambitions and life's goals. That also reveals how the devil destroys through lies.
Furthermore, sound doctrine (truth) leads to holy and fruitful living in the fear of God. That in turn will benefit others. False teaching about salvation, forgiveness of sins, the Christian life, etc. results in the opposite effect. Such is the bad fruit of the savage wolves, who appear on the surface to be righteous followers of Jesus!
The people who believe and follow the lying teachings of the spiritual wolves (the ones who swallow their poisonous teachings) will not only parrot the same demonic message they were programmed with, but also live unholy because of it. They claim to be Christians, but are shown to be counterfeits by their beliefs and behavior.
Baptist Charles Stanley
is a prime example, as is Calvinist John MacArthur.
The best known Protestant leaders of our day praised Pope John Paul after his death.
They think their imaginary grace blocks God from seeing their sins and has even already forgiven their future sins before they were committed! Therefore, OSAS proponents commit adultery, suicide, get drunk, steal, lie and disown Jesus, yet think they are safe to do all those detestable things just like in Jeremiah's day!
Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe"--safe to do all these detestable things? (Jer 7:9,10)So, as the Catholics often LIE about praying "TO" Mary, the eternal security teachers deny they teach a license to sin through their imputed righteousness doctrine. Instead, the Catholics say they ask Mary to intercede for them and the OSAS proponents falsely claim to be teaching holiness and righteousness with their false salvation security in sin -- sins such as listed in 1 Cor. 6:9,10; Rev. 21:8; Eph. 5:5-7; etc. There are no Christian adulterers, Christian drunkards, Christian thieves, etc. now, nor have there ever been!
Such is unheard of among the deceived evangelicals of today and the multitudes of idolatrous Catholics worldwide confessing their sins to their priest, worshiping the communion wafer as God, and who passively accept the poison that Mary is co-redeemer with Christ! Shocking ignorance prevails among professing Christians because of spiritual wolves! The remorseful truth is, very few professing Christians are genuine and even fewer are true spiritual leaders!
Deception in the church is rampant. It is not being loving and merciful to remain silent to the harm and destruction of the unwary sheep!
We Christians must courageously fight the good fight of the faith and take hold of eternal life (1 Tim. 6:12). Do it for yourself and the SOULS of those you love the most.Warn others of the respected and honored spiritual wolves so rampant throughout the world in our day -- from the pope to Purpose Driven Rick Warren to Joseph Prince to In Touch Ministries, etc. Warn the righteous and unrighteous for their sake and your own, that is, so their blood won't be on your hands (Ezek. 3:18-21 cf. Acts 18:6; 20:26). Be good soldiers of Christ Jesus.
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