Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

I’m going to be talking about the false prophets and false teachers in 2 Peter chapter 2.  Who were these people and what was their agenda?  These people were liars and were basically trading the truth for a lie.  They were leading people away from the truth that they knew but had rejected.  They were secretly bringing in destructive heresies, and even denied the Master who bought them.  When this took place, many people followed their immoral ways and as a result the way of the truth was being maligned.

These people were like wolves in sheep’s clothing, not caring anything about the sheep, so instead of feeding the sheep they were devouring the sheep.  Instead of being like the good Shepherd, who was Jesus, they were like the ones who came to steal, kill and destroy.

Please read John chapter 10:14-19, “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one Shepherd. For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, so that I may take it up again. No one takes it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father. Again a division arose among the Judeans because of these words.”   

Now think about this, Jesus was the good Shepherd who fed and protected and cared for the sheep, not like the wolves in sheep’s clothing in 2 Peter 2.  These people were brazen and arrogant people who did not tremble while slandering glorious beings.  These people were like irrational animals- creatures of instinct, born to be captured and killed.  They maligned what they didn’t understand, and in their destruction, they would be utterly destroyed.  They would be paid back for what they had done, evil for evil.

Now please read 2 Peter 2:13-22, “They will be paid back for what they have done—evil for evil. They consider carousing in broad daylight a pleasure. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while feasting together with you. They have eyes full of adultery that never stop sinning, enticing unstable souls. They have hearts trained in greed—a cursed brood! They have abandoned the straight way. They have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. But he received a rebuke for his own wrongdoing. A dumb donkey spoke with a man’s voice and put a stop to the prophet’s madness. These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. The gloom of utter darkness has been reserved for them. For by mouthing grandiosities that amount to nothing, they entice in sensual fleshly passions those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption—for a person is a slave to whatever has overcome him. For if—after escaping the world’s pollutions through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah—they again become entangled in these things and are overcome, the end for them has become worse than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after learning about it, to turn back from the holy commandment passed on to them. What has happened to them confirms the truth of the proverb, ‘A dog returns to its vomit,’ and ‘A scrubbed pig heads right back into the mud.’”

There may be some of these people around today, that are angry with God for something or other and are in positions where they can destroy the sheep instead of feeding them the truth and caring for them.  Some that knew the truth but abandoned it and are teaching lies because of their anger.  If they are, they need to repent, turning from their wicked ways and plead for God’s mercy, grace and forgiveness and God’s peace to be applied to them.  God seeks the humble and contrite heart, that He will not despise.

Enough said, I pray that this will be a blessing, help and encouragement to you.  May you have a super day today and may the good Lord bless you with His perfect peace, love and joy, and health and happiness.  May the joy of the Lord be your strength!!