Character of a false teacher | Rapp Report Daily 0185 | Striving for Eternity

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The Character of False Teachers in Jude 16

Now, as we look at false teachers, identifying them, spotting them, the warnings that Scripture gives for them, Jude makes it pretty nice in verse 16. He provides for us a way of really, in one verse, describing what many false teachers can be described and how to spot them.

He says in verse 16,. That right there is a description of a false teacher. When you see people that act this way, they're going to be loud. They're going to be sitting there and boasting about what they've done.

They're going to put down other people. They're going to give favoritism, where it gives them advantage. You're going to see them show preference for people, because it's all about them gaining an advantage over everything.

You see that really what it comes down to, it is their selfishness. Many of them are seeking their own selfish desires. Now, sometimes those selfish desires are sexual. That is true. But it also, a lot of times, has more to do with a selfish desire for money.

They want to gain from other people's labor. They want to serve themselves, and they want everyone else to serve them, too. We can spot false teachers, but we must be warned about them, because they are under a judgment.

Even if that judgment doesn't come today, there is a judgment coming. We must warn them, not placate them, and definitely not let others listen to them.

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