Satan has false teachers in the church who are turning people away from the truth of salvation and a godly life. These teachers want people to believe sin is not so bad. They even speak bad things about the policemen and the president. God has reserved a day of judgment at the end of time to punish these false teachers. God knows how to punish the ungodly and to deliver the godly out of temptations. God has cast some rebellious angels down to hell, bound in chains of darkness until the day of judgment. God destroyed the ungodly in the flood but saved Noah. God destroyed everyone in the city of Sodom with fire as an example to anyone who thinks they can live an ungodly life of pride, lust and homosexuality. But God delivered righteous Lot from punishment with the wicked.
Balaam preached with the hope of getting rich. Balaam is like many false preachers who preach what the people want to hear. These pastors are like wells without water and clouds without rain. They look good but have no useful message for spiritual growth or worship, and they are getting rich in the name of Jesus.
When some people hear about Jesus, they may decide to change their behavior and stop doing a certain sin. This makes them feel good about themselves. However, when they see the church leaders (these false teachers) doing bad things, these people go back to a sinful life that is worse than they were before. This is because they were not saved by faith. They had just decided to clean up their life with their own goodness.
1. What do the false teachers speak evil of? __________ 2 Peter 2:___
2. Who was saved from the flood that came upon the world of the ungodly? __________ 2 Peter 2:___
3. What just man was delivered from the destruction of Sodom? __________ 2 Peter 2:___
4. Who knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation? __________ 2 Peter 2:___
5. What is reserved for the false preachers whose preaching is like clouds without rain? __________ 2 Peter 2:___