CHARACTERISTICS OF FALSE TEACHERS FROM 2 PETER
by
Jim Bomkamp
1.
VS
2:2: Sensuality
2.
VS
2:3: Greed (profit motive)
3.
VS
2:10: Indulge the flesh
4.
VS
2:10: Despise authority (no
accountability for them)
5.
VS
2:10: Daring (speak out boldly their fallacious
and heretical teachings)
6.
VS
2:10: Self-willed
7.
VS
2:10: Revile angelic majesties
8.
VS
2:14: Eyes full of adultery (probably
spiritual adultery toward God)
9.
VS
2:14: Never cease from sin
10. VS 2:14: Entice unstable souls (those new or weak in
the faith)
11. VS 2:14: A heart trained in greed (a profit
motive: you can always follow a money
trail)
12. VS 2:14: Accursed children (destined for hell)
13. VS 2:15: Follow the way of Balaam, the son of Beor,
who loved the ‘wages of unrighteousness’ (financial gain for doing wrong)
14. VS 2:17: Springs without water (unable to bring
refreshing)
15. VS 2:17: Mists driven by a storm (clouds during
drought that are blown away before any rain falls)
16. VS 2:18: Speak out arrogant words of vanity (‘useless
stuff’ in their loud and boisterous teaching and preaching)
17. VS 2:18: Entice by fleshly desires and sensuality
those who barely escape from the ones who live in error (tell people what they
want to hear: prosperity gospel, how to
get rich serving God, that you yourself are a “little god,” etc.)
18. VS 2:19: Promise freedom to their followers but are
enslaved by sin themselves
19. VS 2:22: They are like dogs that return to eat their
own vomit (after being confronted about their error, they continue in it)
20. VS 2:22: They are like pigs who because of their
nature, after being washed up, they eventually end up back wallowing in the mud