![]() These are the secular humanists and the evolutionists – those who reject truth. The heretics are those who openly reject the truth of God’s Word and teach contrary to it. ![]() There are heretics, apostates, and deceivers. As men, they represent those who would destroy believers and make shipwreck and ruin of their faith.Īccording to John MacArthur, the Bible talks about three kinds of false prophets. If the sheep trust you, the sheep follow you! The wolves were ravenous, wild animals that would attempt to eat sheep. How better to steal a flock than to imitate the leader of the flock. Look closely at that – the false prophet was not concealed in order to look like a sheep – he was trying to look like the shepherd. A shepherd would wear clothing made entirely of wool from the flock – “sheep’s clothing.” The Pharisees had special robes and prayer shawls, the scribes dressed in a certain garb, even the priests had specific “uniforms” to wear. Instead we must understand that in Biblical times, often you would recognize a person’s profession by the clothes he wore. I say all of that to let you know that the image of the wolf in sheep’s clothing is not what the cartoon shows. Ultimately, in the cartoon, the biggest sheep is just the sheep dog wearing the same getup! ![]() One of the disguises that the coyote uses is to throw a sheep skin over his body and creep through the flock undetected to get close to the biggest, fattest sheep. At the end of the day, the coyote has lost and they both clock out and wish each other a good night. The dog guards the sheep, the coyote tries to steal the sheep. I want to look at how to identify these false prophets and then examine what they do against the “flock of God.” To say that they come in sheep’s clothing brings to mind a children’s cartoon in which the wolf (actually a hapless coyote) and the sheep dog come to work together and clock in. There are many who will be deceived into entering the wide gate and walking the broad and easy way because they listen to false teachers. It is very interesting that after explaining the narrow and wide gates, and commanding that we enter the narrow gate, Christ then moves on to a warning.
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