Do you believe there are false teachers in our day? How can we be sure? How can we resist their teachings? Verse 3 tells us their greed…tell lies…to get your money. Do you doubt that there are such individuals in our day? God has judged. God will judge. God rescues godly people. Thank Him right now. False teachers scoff, they use deception, they give false promises, yes, but they also live under God’s curse, we read. V. 19 – speaks of getting all tangled up by sin. Visualize the fisherman: a fish line on his reel, all tangled up and totally worthless. Enslaved by sin. How sad. How terrible.
Warning are often stated in these New Testament writings, aren’t they? We are to be alert, prepared, and equipped to fight against all evil. The Lord’s Prayer includes the words, “deliver us from evil”. So be it, Lord. Amen.
Donald E. Pardun
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