We have studied 2 Peter 2:1-3 in the last session. This session is about the deceiving lustful preachers and about false Christians who follow them. Even though deceiving preachers pose themselves as the beloved of God, God explains it very clearly that they will not escape punishment from God. Along with them, the fake Christians will also perish. God teaches it with a few examples in this passage. Let us go through the verses and study the word of God. "Verse 3 says that their judgment lingers not for a long time and their damnation slumber not." So, their judgment will not be delayed for a long time. The whole chapter says that judgment will be carried out, and unrighteous people will be punished. "4 says, For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;." The incident of the punishment to angels, who have sinned, is cited as an example here. When Lucifer and some angels rebelled, God cursed them, and they became Satan and devils. Revelation 12:7-10 say that they were cast out of heaven, not to enter there anymore, since Satan has plotted to crucify Jesus. Some of them are cast into chains in darkness in hell; we see them in Matthew 8:29 and in 25:41. "5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;" We find the history of Noah and the destruction of all the unrighteous people by drowning them in the water in Genesis 6:1 to 8:22. It is mentioned that only eight people in the family of Noah were saved and all others were killed. Probably Noah was mentioned as the eighth person that was saved. He was righteous and preached to people the way to escape, but none was converted except his family. It is mentioned that judgment will surely come upon ungodly people unexpectedly, in the same way as it happened here. "6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;" God tells two points in this verse. The first is, burning down of the ungodly city Sodom and Gomorrah, mainly for homosexual sin. Their sins and its details are in many places, especially in Genesis 19:1-25. The second is, such punishment will be given to those who will do such sin, which is homosexuality. At present we see that homosexuality and ungodliness is rampant throughout the whole world, including USA. "7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:" God delivered just Lot, and will deliver all those who are vexed with the filthy lives of their surrounding people. "8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)" What were their unlawful deeds? It was and it is sin; in this context it is the perversion linked with gender, homosexuality, trans gender abomination, and woke culture; and they are the delight of the leftists. "9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:" God will make you escape from their violent attacks and persuasion, if you want to escape. If you escape sins, you are automatically escaped from the judgment in the lake of fire.  

10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities." In this context "despise government" is referred to spiritual government of God, but not to the world government. God wants Christians to be subjected to the local governments and not to rebel against them. Those who are not born again of the holy Spirit, desire to live in the flesh; that is, they desire lust even to live in perverse uncleanness. They do not regard godliness and they despise "dignities" that refers to the status of the Spiritual glories in heaven. "11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord." Angels have much power and might. Any single angel has more power than Satan. In Revelation 20:1-3 says, a single angel come down from heaven, laid hold of Satan and bound him with a chain and shut him up in the bottomless pit for a thousand years. Even with such power, they will not do anything, if God does not tell them to do something. "12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;" Jude 1:8-10 say the same thing that these ungodly people speak evil against dignities, whereas Michael the archangel just said that the Lord rebuke thee, when contending with the devil about the body of Moses. So, Jude refers these men as brute beasts, who will also be destroyed for their sins. 

"13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;" In this context, the reward is punishment for unrighteousness. Preachers deceive you and exploit you. Apostle Jude also wrote the same thing in verses 12&13, saying, that they are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: they are clouds without water; trees without fruits, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of their own shame; and they deserve darkness forever. "14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:" These preachers are sinners and they are not godly, and it is easy to spot them. But, since most of our believers are unstable souls and sinners themselves with the desire to remain as sinners, they have good fellowship and friendship with false preachers. God curses them all. They are compared to old testament prophet Balaam. "15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;" Balaam was a true prophet from the old testament, yet he had desire for money. Now a days, more than 95% of the modern-day prophets are money hungry wolves; they are counterfeits; but Christians admire them as prophets, or rather as foretellers or enchanters. Even though none of their prophesies come to pass; their fake prophesies are accepted, week after weak, month after month, and year after year; all because Christians are also fake, and they do not follow Christ. The story of prophet Balaam is in the book of Numbers 22 to 25, in the old testament. The incident is that Israel pitched in the plains of Moab on their way to Canaan, which was on the side of Jordan by Jericho. And people of Moab were sore afraid of the children of Israel because they were so many. At that time, Balak was the king of the Moabites and Balaam was a prophet of God and he was living beyond the border city of Moab. He was known as a prophet of God; and if he curses people, they will be destroyed by God, and if he blesses people, they will be prospered by God. So, king Balak thought that if he could curse Israel through Prophet Balaam, these people will be cursed of God and then Moab could defeat these people and chase them away. With this plan, he sent messengers to Balaam, promising him big gifts to curse this people. They came to prophet Balaam and told the message of King Balak. In Numbers 22:12, "God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed." So, prophet Balaam refused to go with them. King Balak bargained with him with more gifts and so on. So, prophet Balaam went to God again and attempted to pursue God to give him permission to curse them. Even though God got angry with him, God gave him permission with a condition. The whole incident is in the book of Numbers 22, 23, &24. Please read the story. The takeaway lesson from this story is that if you are in touch with God, if God tells you 'no' to something, do not try to twist the arm of God to your favor. If you do, the anger of God will be kindled upon you. But Balaam, because of his desire for money, he tried to influence God. By doing so, he went astray from the right way of God, and God rebuked him by his donkey. "16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet." A great prophet has committed iniquity and was rebuked by his donkey. So, the donkey was better than the prophet. It is a shame for any prophet.

The next three verses are very easy to understand, even though they are in a figure of speech. These are about present-day preachers. They are supposed to tell the truth of God, but they will never tell the truth, and always they twist the word of God. "17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever." In olden days we dig wells to bring water, but these preachers are wells, but they have no water, no truth. They are clouds, but instead of giving us rain, it destroys us as a twister tempest. So, they will not escape the punishment of God. "18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error." They speak things puffed up with wind, they are not of truth but of lies and of boastful exaggerated words. They will attract you with enticing words as you are important and desirable. Mostly, because you also desire that, and you are also not a good Christian. But if you are truly a good Christian and of God, you will escape from their trap. "19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. These preachers will tell you that you are already saved and pretend that they are also saved. The truth is that you both are not saved. "Romans 6:16 says, Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?" It says that if you do sin, you are the servant of sin and you will be punished with eternal death. Most preachers and Christians are in such a predicament. We know many such famous preachers in our time, who are passed away as well as who are now living. We honor them and talk about them highly as soul winners for God. Last week Dr Charles Stanley passed away. Billy Graham, David Wilkerson, Kenneth Hagan, T L Osborn, Catherin Cullman, Oliver B Green, Luis Palau, David Yonggi Cho, Reinhard Bonnke, Ernest Angley, Oral Roberts, R C Sproul, and so many other theologians, who passed away have claimed themselves as true servants of God and say that they saved thousands or even millions of souls for God. But if we look at their doctrines and compare them to the doctrine of Jesus Christ, we will find that they preached opposite to the doctrine of Jesus Christ; and so, they have compromised the truth of God for their fame and money. But as sure as they were famous, they were all false preachers; none of them lived the life of Jesus Christ nor preached the message that Jesus Christ preached; they were all very successful fakes; and they were of another Jesus as in 2 Corinthians 11:1-4, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, they have beguiled trusting Christians. How about famous preachers who are yet living? John MacArthur, John Piper, Paul Washer, Rick Warren, James Dobson, Joel Osteen, Francis Chan, Andrew Wamack, T D Jakes, Joyce Meyer, Tony Evans, Chuck Swindoll, John Hagee, David Jeremiah, (Kenneth Copland, Fred Price, sorry, slipped these two names in the video) and so many others, even though they are enticing powerful convincing speakers, they preach opposite to what Jesus Christ has preached, and live opposite to the life that Jesus Christ lived. But they are very successful in convincing Christians that they are of Christ. But they are of another Jesus and of anti-Christ. The above three verses tell us about these preachers. Let us see verse 19 one more time. "While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage." Christians who follow them are also as the same as they are. But if you want to be righteous, follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, and then you will escape these wolves. If you want to be perfect, follow the life of Jesus Christ and you will be with him for ever and ever.

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