Warnings...

Read 2 Peter 2

Scripture warns us about things. Warns us about the choices we make, deciding if we're going to live and honor Him with our lives. Warns us about falling back into sinful patterns of behavior. And warns us about the consequences to ourselves and others when we disobey the warnings of God. But probably the most important warning that's repeated in Scripture is all the warnings against false teachers.

2 Peter 2 speaks about the false prophets of the past as well as the false teachings of the present for the believers in Peter's day. Peter warns of their secretely introduced heresies and their destructive ways that many will follow. Question - why do so many follow these false teachings?

I believe it's because we simply don't know the word of God. Peter offers examples in 2 Peter 2:4-11 (examples like the angels who sinned and were cast into hell; the ancient world of the ungodly brought into the flood during the days of Noah; the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah turned into ashes as an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; the deliverance of Lot who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked).

These examples are intended to teach and help us not get caught up with the "many" who follow false teachings. Listen, false teachers exist. When they teach will you know they are teaching what is false? Or will you know the truth of God because you're in the word of God?

When in doubt always remember our foundation is in the truth of who God is and He tells us all about Himself and what He expects from us in the Bible. Let's learn from Him and always be prepared to know the truth and live it out.