False Prophets and False Teachers Making Merchandise Out of People by Damnable Heresies
2 Peter 2:1-3 says, "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the LORD that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not." It is indeed true that false prophets are a reality among people in the last days. Jesus Himself warned in Matthew 24:24 that there will be false christs and false prophets that will even perform wonders even so the elect will be deceived. And in fact, throughout the Bible, the warning against false teachers was strictly emphasized. Matthew 23 was indeed a scathing condemnation against the hellish hypocrisies of the works salvationist Pharisees. In the b