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2 Peter 2:1-9

     In 2 Peter 2, Peter gets to the heart of what he wants to talk and warn about: false prophets.  Jesus warned that there would be those who would sneak into the church and claim to be true believers and teachers but who were not (see Matthew 24:11 for example).  Peter goes on to tell here what is the result of they're teaching and how to identify them.      The first thing that Peter says is that the false teachers will "deny the Master who bought them." verse 1  The word bought is the word "purchase" (in the greek is the word agorazo) and it is talking about how through the blood of Christ we were purchased and redeemed for heaven.  It isn't always a popular doctrine today to say that some people will be condemned because they don't believe in Jesus.  It is easier to believe in heaven than hell.  I think false teacher are ones who do this.  They create a gospel where there is no hell and everyone is a good person.      One of the other evidences o
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    If you've never read one of Warren Wiersbe's commentaries on the Bible, I would highly recommend them to you if you are a serious bible student.  Currently, I am reading through the one for 2 Peter called "Be Alert" (picture to the left)  It also includes 2 and 3 John.    As I am studying through 2 Peter, I noticed how many times the word "knowledge" is used.  Peter thought that it was important that knowledge grow in the believer.  I think that is a big problem today that many believers simply settle for what the pastor tells them to believe and doesn't take the time to study or read the Bible for themselves.  It is one of the reasons that many believers end up falling for so many false religions like Jehovah's Witnesses and groups like that today.      Wiersbe points out that Peter did not say that spiritual growth was automatic with the believer.  Rather, in 2 Peter 1:10 he tells us "be all the more diligent to make certain about His