Beware of False Prophets (Matthew 7 15-20)

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Beware of false Prophets (Matthew 7: 15-20)

 Introduction – If it Looks Like a Duck

15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. (Matthew 7: 15-20)

There’s an old saying that says if it looks like a duck, and waddles like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, then it’s probably a duck. But suppose I were to tell you that Jesus that’s not always true. Suppose I also told you that when he said that what he had in mind was religious people, people who held positions whereby they were seen to spoke out about God said or thought, what we would today call preachers. Not all preachers that look like preachers, they may look like preachers, and they may talk like preachers, but are they really messengers of God. This is why he tells us to beware of false prophets.

Beware False Prophets

You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit, every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (Matthew 7: 16)

A Problematic Verse.

False Prophet Equals False Words.

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