the admonition: watch for false prophets 2 peter 2:1-5 matthew 7:15-17 acts 20:30 1 timothy 4:1-3

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Welcome!Sunday

Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM

5:30 PM

Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

Bibles and copies of sermons are available

Please silence your cell phones

Psalm 66:4

“All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You;

They will sing praises to Your name” Hymns Invitation

Red Songbook - - -Supplemental - - -

False Prophets

The Admonition:Watch for False Prophets2 Peter 2:1-5Matthew 7:15-17Acts 20:301 Timothy 4:1-3

Jeremiah’s False Prophet Problems

Hananiah (Jeremiah 28:1-17)

Pashur (Jeremiah 20:1-6)

Zedekiah & Ahab (Jeremiah 29:21-23)

Shemaiah (Jeremiah 29:24-32)

Jeremiah’s False Prophet Problems

Preached a false peaceLied in God's nameAssaulted the righteous teacherCommitted adulterySet himself up as a priestSet rulers to control the prophets

False Prophets Today:• Claiming to speak for God• Despising those who speak truth• Self-Seeking• Self-Promoting• Creating a new organization

False Prophets Today:In the world

Gurus and spiritual advisorsFalse sciences and histories

False Prophets Today:In the worldIn the denominations

Television programs and newsRadio sermons

False Prophets Today:In the worldIn the denominationsIn the church

Liberal super-churchesFeel good preaching

False Prophets Today:In the worldIn the denominationsIn the churchAmong “conservative” brethren

“Mostly” sound preachingReputations

False Prophets Today:Being mindful of the admonition:

Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

Colossians 2:18

False Prophets Today:Being mindful of the means to avoidance:

and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.

Colossians 2:19

Don’t lose your head!