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Bible Study 2 Peter

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tzalam2

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1: 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.
2: And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3: And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise
whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Can you tell the difference, easily, between damnable heresies, and life-giving truth from Jesus?
Are you able to do so?

False: pseudodidaskalos
a spurious (imitation, specious) teacher (lecturer, professor, teacher, perhaps??) propagator of erroneous Christian doctrine
Privily: pareisago
To bring in sideways, (lit., "to bring in beside"), "to introduce secretly
Haven’t some pastors,priests, and men and women in the pulpits brought in false teachers
in alongside someone we trust? What does that do?
Damnable: apoleia
destruction, loosing away, of persons, signifying their spiritual and eternal perdition; of those who wrest the Scriptures, pernicious ways, waste, ruin, die
Heresies: hairesis
Good grief! LOOK at the meaning of this word, heresies: It’s what’s been forced to listeners in congregations for a couple of YEARS, now, in MOST churches!
Hairesis means: "an opinion," especially a self-willed (Lucifer does a lot of self-opinions, to deceive people) opinion, which is substituted for submission to the power of truth,
Follow: exakoloutheo
to follow OUT, out to the end
away from the safety of the whole truth, many will follow these false teachers and preachers, out, away from the KJV Bible, out, into spiritual wilderness and darkness. Utter darkness. Hopelessness.

Pernicious: apoleia destroy, Destroyer, destruction, destructive
the adversaries of the Lord's people; "sects of perdition"
Highly injurious; deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful. Half-truths can be more pernicious than outright falsehoods
Apoleia is also used in describing THE BEAST: the destroyer, said of the Beast, the final head of the revived Roman Empire,

Reason: dia
because of; "by, by means of," when followed by the genitive case, is instrumental

THE WAY OF TRUTH
WAY: hodos, a course of conduct
a way (i.e. manner) of thinking,
feeling, deciding
highway, a traveled way, road,
journey, custom

TRUTH: aletheia: Truth, God’s Holy Truth and Words;
truly, truth, verity;in fact, certainly;
Without God’s light in your heart and mind, there is
no known truth. Truth is evil spoken of by people who
do not feel comfortable confronting their own sinful, fallen
nature, a condition present in every human being.

Evil: blasphemeo "to blaspheme, rail at or revile; rail at;
of those who speak contemptuously of God or of sacred things
"rail at," 2_Pet_2:10; Jude_1:8,10; "railing," 2_Pet_2:12; "slanderously reported," Rom_3:8; "be evil spoken of," Rom_14:16; 1_Cor_10:30; 2_Pet_2:2; "speak evil of," Titus_3:2; 1_Pet_4:4; "being defamed," 1_Cor_4:13. The verb (in the present participial form) is translated "blasphemers" in Acts_19:37; in Mark_2:7, "blasphemeth,"

What lies in wait, for the blasphemers: whose judgment
now of a long time lingereth not,
and their damnation slumbereth not.

You still have this moment in time, this blessing of life, of the ability to
Think, reason, and choose, you still have a chance, before your fate is sealed
Forever in eternal torment and damnation.
Reject the devil! He hates you, he wants to destroy your mind, and your life.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Submit yourselves unto God. http://www.gotquestions.org/Gospel-presentations.html

False teachers will make merchandise of you: emporeuomai primarily signifies "to travel," especially for business; then, "to make a gain of, make merchandise of," 2_Pet_2:3.

Through COVETOUSNESS:
pleonexia EXTORTION, FRAUDULENCE,"covetousness," lit., "a desire to have more" (pleon, "more," echo, "to have"), always in a bad sense, is used in a general way in Mark_7:22 (plural, lit., "covetings," i.e., various ways in which "covetousness" shows itself); Rom_1:29; Eph_5:3; 1_Thess_2:5. Elsewhere it is used,
(a) of material possessions, Luke_12:15; 2_Pet_2:3; 2_Cor_9:5 lit., "as (a matter of) extortion" i.e., a gift which betrays the giver's unwillingness to bestow what is due;
(b) of sensuality, Eph_4:19, "greediness;" Col_3:5 (where it is called "idolatry"); 2_Pet_2:14 see EXTORTION.
Note: Cp. the corresponding verb pleonekteo, "to gain, take advantage of wrong." See ADVANTAGE, DEFRAUD, GAIN, WRONG.
See also : pleonexia in other topics

Slumbereth: to delay, negatively, of the destruction awaiting false teachers.
NOT: In no way; to no degree. Used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition
 
I'd like to hear from some of you.
I know some of you don't like me, but, I sure
do miss talking to born again Christians. That's why
I joined this forum.
 
Can you tell the difference, easily, between damnable heresies, and life-giving truth from Jesus?
Are you able to do so?

With God's help, I think we can.

Phil 4:13
13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
(NIV)
 
The more transformed one becomes through the Word of God, the easier it is to discern false doctrines and false brethren. The more one is conformed to this world, the more likely one will be to fall into the trap of deception and lies of the enemy, and become part of the many that follow pernicious ways.
 
tzalam2 said:
I'd like to hear from some of you.
I know some of you don't like me, but, I sure
do miss talking to born again Christians. That's why
I joined this forum.

I don't believe that there are those here that 'don't like you'. If I felt as if those that disagree with my opinions or statements concerning my beliefs held them against me 'personally', I too would fee that 'no body' liked me either. Don't take it personal and it will be much easier to communicate with others here. As far as I'm concerned you are as welcome here as anyone else brother, (or sis).
 
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