Portrait of a False Prophet 2 Peter 2:10b-22

Portrait of a False Prophet Second Peter (2:10b-22) Portrait of a False Prophet

Pastor to US Presidents

Pastor to The President Today

CHARACTER… Arrogant & Disrespectful Driven by Passion, not Truth Blasphemous & Ignorant Shameless Driven by Lust Driven by Greed

CHARACTER… Fraudulent & Useless Prey on the Most Vulnerable

2 Peter 2:10b-22 Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord…

2 Peter 2:14a They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin…

2 Peter 2:14b …They have hearts trained in greed…

2 Peter 2:15-16 Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

2 Peter 2:17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm…

2 Peter 2:14 … They entice unsteady souls…

2 Peter 2:18 For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error…

2 Peter 2:12 But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed

2 Peter 2:14 They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

2 Peter 2:20-22 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first…

2 Peter 2:20-22 …For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them:…

2 Peter 2:20-22 …"The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire."

Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance,..

Hebrews 6:4-6 …since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt

What Do We Do? WE Must Train Ourselves to Be Discerning in Who We Listen to As Spiritual Authorities… We Need To Constantly Examine Ourselves in the Area of Perseverance

JC Ryle Beware of Trusting Teachers of Religion Beware of Trusting Teachers Simply Because they Are Zealous Don’t Make a Pope Out of Your Pastor Arm Yourselves With Scripture