Back for a return engagement :-)

 

(Advent, JTB Elijah Malachi companion piece)

2 Peter 2:1-3

False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 But there were also false prophets among the people, 

just as there will be false teachers among you. 

(They are here and they are plentiful)

They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, 

(They dont even do it in secret anymore but openly)

even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—

(I was told from somebody who was there that an "appointed for life" Bishop in the UMC stated some years back, from the floor of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church that

 the resurrection was a hoax, 

he should have been excommunicated immediately.)

bringing swift destruction on themselves. 

2 Many will follow their depraved conduct 

(These people are not Christian, not even in name only.

They already have been "following their depraved conduct" 

As well?

Many are following their examples.

and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 

Coupled with their love of power (over the church) and $? 

Their depraved conduct is doing just that and its happening right now right in front of you.

3 In their greed 

(You can be greedy for power and control just as you can $)

these teachers will exploit you 

(They're doing it right now)

with fabricated stories. 

(Exactly(

Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, 

Absent 180 degree repentance from their acts?

They have signed their souls death warrant.

and their destruction has not been sleeping.

(God dont forget)

2 Peter 2:17

These people are springs without water 

(They have no purpose)

and mists driven by a storm. 

(They have no direction)

Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

(Not just darkness...there are shades of black, darkness etc...

There types?

And I know you know who and whom I am referring to here...

Blackest darkness is reserved for them...not just darkness...these are the worst of the worst.

Jude 3-4

The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People

3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[a] long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

"I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people."

(That is a message straight to us right now.)

"For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago

(Why are you so surprised its happening? It was foretold it was going to happen long ago, why are people in such a state of shock right now with what is going on in their churches? be they Methodist, Baptist, Catholic etc.?)

"have secretly slipped in among you."

(It's not a secret anymore its done openly these days.)

2 Timothy 3:1-9

The dangers of the last days

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.

6 They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7 always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9 But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

"There will be terrible times in the last days."

(It hasn't even technically started and yet it seems like were here)

People will be:

 lovers of themselves, 

lovers of money, 

boastful, 

proud, 

abusive, 

disobedient to their parents, 

ungrateful, 

unholy, 

3 without love, 

unforgiving, 

slanderous, 

without self-control, 

brutal, 

not lovers of the good, 

4 treacherous, 

rash, 

conceited, 

lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.

(Sound like now to you? I was sitting with some friends a while back and they were just sharing their stories of whats going on in their lives and I just shook my head and I looked at oine of the individuals that I had spoken with previously and I said:

"We've talked before, 

people and things didn't used to be so screwed up 

as they are currently."

And everybody just sat there in silence for a second.

You might wanna ask yourself why is it that, that all that in that list?

just happens to be so applicable to right now?

And it wasn't even the case 40 years ago?

Somebody's (Big Man Upstairs) tryin to tell ya what time it is.

"There will be terrible times in the last days"

Kinda gives it away.

"having a form of godliness but denying its power."

I'm spiritual but I'm not a Christian

(Exactly where did that rational mind you use to come to such a conclusion come from again?

Just curious.)

"They are the kind who worm their way into homes 

(Yes they do) 

and gain control over gullible women, 

(Yes they have. That verse may not ever mean anything to you but I have lived it and seen it first hand in my life and it resonates with me like the worlds biggest tuning fork. It's satanic infiltrators (They are the kind) and the home they are worming their way into to gain control is the church (gain control over gullible women). If you knew your bible? You'd know what to avoid.

who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires

(Pride, Greed, Lust after material things, Power, Prestige etc. etc. etc.  just on and on and on...)

'always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth"

(They just can not accept the fact that they are not the ones in charge of things.

They are just  incapable of submitting themselves to a higher authority.)

"Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.

I mean what else do you really need to know?

Rejected.

Christianity by its nature 

is not an all inclusive thing. 

(Thank you brother Joe:-)

Some? 

Are just not gonna make the cut ever period,

 least of all false teachers.

I want some new "progressive" 

freakin suit wearin 

perfect hair havin 

photogenic as all get out, 

with Alphabet soup after his name,

and framed pieces of paper all over his walls,

to come give me his commentary on those verses 

and explain how I got it all wrong 

and none of what I've said is correct.

Forget that, I'll welcome anybody 

who wants to come and explain whats wrong with that commentary.

I bet they will be lined up at the door when I get home just like they have been since I started inviting people to stop by..

(Thats sarcasm BTW)

Satan doesn't like difficult targets 

(see the verse where it mentions "gullible").

If your not gullible?

Satan will go on down the road to find someone else who is.

Matthew 3:7-12

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees

(The religious establishment of the day)

 coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: 

(Lets just go with watching what being said currently)

“You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?  

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 

And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

“I baptize you with[a] water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

You ready for round 2?

Cause it's here right now.

Thats underlined part is purging the church before his arrival.

The entire plant is the church.

The wheat going to the barn is the righteous entering heaven.

The chaff has to be separated.

The chaff burnt up with unquenchable fire?

Thats the ungodly pretenders in hell.

If you were thinking that was the righteous and the wicked?

Thats the parable of the weeds and the wheat.

Matthew 13:24-30

Thats two different things from the get go, not two parts of the same thing

At the end of the parable?

Mathew 13:30?

What happens?

"First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; 

then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

What happens in between the wheat being gathered together and it being brought into the barn?

It gets thrashed on the threshing floor and the chaff separated.

That sounds like two different judgements for the wicked 

1, depending on weather you were just ungodly or 2, weather you were a false teacher.

How about just accept Jesus Christ as risen lord and savior?