Mat 5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them,
saying…
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits…
Beware.
Our Savior is
telling us to BEWARE.
Whenever we hear
that word- beware we know it is a cautionary word. We are to be on our
guard. We are NOT to adhere to every
single prophet which comes along. There
are going to be prophets and if we are easily sway, and NOT cautious, we will
be seduced by them and we will LOSE our eternal life because we chose NOT to
BEWARE.
Yes, the false
prophets will get their punishment for deceiving people, but those deceived
people will be punished as well by allowing themselves to be deceived.
EVE and ADAM were
deceived- were they punished? YES!
They weren't simply
allowed to say hey, it's the serpents fault, punish the serpent, it's not my
fault.
They were punished
even though they were deceived.
All who are deceived
will be punished, they won't be able to use the excuse of deception as a get
out of eternal death free card.
We are accountable
for allowing ourselves to be deceived.
And it's not like we
haven't been warned, our SAVIOR is warning us.
BEWARE.
In some movies we
see warning signs saying BEWARE, and then we hear ominous music playing to get
the point across that to us. The characters in that movie better be cautious or
else.
When you see a
BEWARE of Dog sign you are instantly on
guard against a dog coming at you. You will NOT enter an area with that sign
without taking the risk of being attacked. If you enter that area it's your own
fault if something happens.
Our Savior wants us
to BEWARE of FALSE PROPHETS. He even
goes as far to tell us that they will appear to us as sheep but they are really
wolves. These false prophets are not going
to look like the wolves they really are. They will appear like soft cuddly
puppies, only to viciously go for our throats the moment we are hugging and
snuggling them. So if these sheep like
wolves are going to confront us there has to be a way for us NOT to be deceived
by them.
We will KNOW them by
their FRUITS.
Their FRUITS.
Isa_8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they
speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
They HAVE to speak
the SAVIOR'S word and no other!
What they produce
from their preaching, from their prophecies, has to ALL be according to the LAW
and to the TESTIMONY, or else it is DECEPTION!
We will know them by
their fruits--
More on that
tomorrow by the GRACE of GOD.
All in HIS LOVE.
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