Beware

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.