For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 2 Timothy 3:6-9
As we continue the Apostle Paul’s prophetic vision of the last days, the great falling away of the Church to apostasy, the rejection of the truth, the rejection of the Word of God, the rejection of the Holy Spirit, the rejection of Jesus Christ as Lord. As we are seeing today, most of Christianity has become carnally minded and corrupted.
But the question you might ask, is how did we get to this point? Why are so many deceived by false religion? As The Lord Jesus warned “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect” (Matthew 24:24) The Lord warned that even the elect will be deceived
This is what the Apostle Paul is teaching us here, these false teachers “creep into houses” and they deceive the spiritually weak and vulnerable. You need to understand these false teachers know what they are doing, they are wolves preying on the sheep. They know exactly what you want to hear, they know exactly how to seduce you with false doctrines This is why you need to know the Word of God, you need to be filled with the Holy Spirit, you need to be in relation with Christ, otherwise you are going to be deceived
The Apostle Paul goes on to call these deceivers “men of corrupt or depraved minds” The Greek word means “to destroy” These are not harmless preachers just conveying false doctrine, they are depraved demons looking to destroy your soul. They have been given over to Satan, there is no truth in them. As the Apostle Paul stated “God gave them over to a reprobate mind” (Romans 1:28) They are totally incapable of preaching the truth, so not only stay away from these wolves but rebuke them in Jesus name!
However if you are Born Again, if you are grounded in the Word of God, you should know them by their fruits (Matthew 7:16) As the Apostle Paul states here “for their folly or madness will be manifest or obvious to all” If you know the Word of God, then the deception by these wolves will be obvious to you, however as Gods states “My people perish from lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6) Many are deceived because they don’t know the truth, they don’t have the Holy Spirit, they don’t read the scriptures, they don’t truly know The Lord Jesus Christ, Amen
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