PUTTING A FACE ON THE LION (4 OF 6)
Scripture: 2 Peter 2:10-22
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Title: Putting a Face on the Lion (4 of 6)
Series: 2 Peter
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 2 Peter 2:9-22
Years ago, when we were still worshipping across the street, there were some issues taking place behind the scenes. We had a few who were grumbling and complaining about pretty much everything which can be par for the course in ministry. I have found that there is usually one person who is the epicenter for the rumblings. There is typically a small group that serves as the contamination point for the poison that slowly spread and affects the others.
When it was going on one of the older men in the congregation dropped by and asked things were going. We said we were just praying the Lord would shut the mouth of the lion. They looked at us with a mischievous grin on his face and said, "I can put a face on that lion!"
Here in the last half of chapter 2 that is exactly what Peter does. In the first part of this chapter, he reveals the presence of false teachers and outlines the danger they present. Now he attaches a face or faces to the threat as he describes in greater detail the character of these pseudo preachers and teachers.
He wants to give the church enough detail so that she will be able to recognize the counterfeits when she encounters them no matter what time she may be living in.
I know part of the challenge in teaching certain books or passages, like this one, is it becomes easy to sit back and think that it has little or nothing to do with me. It's nice to know so I can recognize Christian forgeries, but it doesn't specifically apply to me because I am not a false preacher or teacher. Afterall, I don't teach, nor do I preach.
You would be right. I would encourage you to remember that in sketching these false teachers he is also sketching what a counterfeit Christian looks like. He describes a hypocrite, a person who claims to be one thing but whose actions and life demonstrate they are anything but what they claim to be.
As we loo ...
Series: 2 Peter
Author: Robert Dawson
Text: 2 Peter 2:9-22
Years ago, when we were still worshipping across the street, there were some issues taking place behind the scenes. We had a few who were grumbling and complaining about pretty much everything which can be par for the course in ministry. I have found that there is usually one person who is the epicenter for the rumblings. There is typically a small group that serves as the contamination point for the poison that slowly spread and affects the others.
When it was going on one of the older men in the congregation dropped by and asked things were going. We said we were just praying the Lord would shut the mouth of the lion. They looked at us with a mischievous grin on his face and said, "I can put a face on that lion!"
Here in the last half of chapter 2 that is exactly what Peter does. In the first part of this chapter, he reveals the presence of false teachers and outlines the danger they present. Now he attaches a face or faces to the threat as he describes in greater detail the character of these pseudo preachers and teachers.
He wants to give the church enough detail so that she will be able to recognize the counterfeits when she encounters them no matter what time she may be living in.
I know part of the challenge in teaching certain books or passages, like this one, is it becomes easy to sit back and think that it has little or nothing to do with me. It's nice to know so I can recognize Christian forgeries, but it doesn't specifically apply to me because I am not a false preacher or teacher. Afterall, I don't teach, nor do I preach.
You would be right. I would encourage you to remember that in sketching these false teachers he is also sketching what a counterfeit Christian looks like. He describes a hypocrite, a person who claims to be one thing but whose actions and life demonstrate they are anything but what they claim to be.
As we loo ...
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