But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 2 Peter 2:1-3

The Apostle Peter is warning us there will be many false prophets who will bring in many “damnable heresies”. If you spent any amount of time on Social media, you witness this first hand, many “Christians” spend a majority of their time arguing over doctrine rather than sharing the gospel with unbelievers. Now many people will say what is the big deal, what is the harm? But notice the warning from the Apostle Peter “bringing upon themselves swift destruction”

Doctrine matters! Yes what you believe about The Lord Jesus Christ matters, you shouldn’t take any of your beliefs lightly. Do you know what your Church’s Statement of Faith believes? There are many Christians today who deny the real Jesus Christ of the Bible, they deny his Deity, they deny the Triunity of God, they deny the authority of scripture. As Peter states “even denying The Lord that bought them”. If you don’t know the real Jesus Christ of the Bible, you have rejected Christ

Many false teachers and false religions will hide their true beliefs about Christ in their doctrine. There are many following these teachers that don’t realize they are preaching a false gospel, so what does your Church believe? Many will claim ignorance, I just didn’t know, is there really an excuse? Do you read your Bible daily? Do you pray without ceasing? Are you being taught by the Holy Spirit? Don’t blindly trust a religious leader unless you know what they believe

Jesus warned us multiple times “Beware of false prophets” (Matthew 7:15) “Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people” (Matthew 24:11) Satan will continually try to scatter the sheep by sending in wolves into the Church. If you are not grounded in scripture and led by the Holy Spirit, it’s easy to false for a false prophet, you must verify their doctrine is Biblical

The Apostle Paul also warned “Now the Spirit explicitly says in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1) Notice these false teachings in the Church today are doctrines of demons, they are taught to mislead the elect , to ultimately deny the Deity of Christ , which many “Christians” actually do without knowing

A quick way to figure out many false teachers is to follow the money trial, as Peter says here “and through covetousness or greed” False prophets are driven by the flesh not the Spirit, everything they do is to elevate themselves and not Christ , as Jesus said “They will be known by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16) Amen!