防备假教师（2Pet. 2）
Be Aware of False Teachers

一.假教师的特征
The characteristics of false teachers

1. 藐视权柄—不接受主和圣经的权柄，连买他们的主也不承认
   Despise authority—disregarded the authority of the Lord and the Scripture; even denying the Lord who bought them



2. 放纵肉体的情欲
   Walk after the flesh in unbridled lust



3. 胆大--自以为是，狂傲，公开与真里对抗
   Bold—defiant, openly resisting



4. 任性—随心所欲，只顾自己
   Self-centered—cares only for himself and not God or man

二. 神能拯救受试探的基督徒
The Lord is able to deliver the righteous from the temptations put before them by false teachers

1. 神保护挪亞一家八口经过洪水
   God preserved Noah and seven others during the time God completely judged the world



2. 神搭救义人罗得离开将要毁灭的所多玛
   The Lord rescued (dragged out) the righteous Lot from Sodom before the city was burned

三. 警告跟从假教师的人
A warning to the followers of false teachers

1. 假教师最终必落在神的审判下
   False teachers will ultimately come under the punitive judgment of the almighty God



2. 假教师的跟随者末后的景况必比先前更不好
   The circumstances of the followers of false teachers deteriorate (they end up worse than they begun)

四. 分辨异端的五个要点
A Five distinguishing points of heresies

1. 异端拥有圣经以外的权威来源（左手中的“圣经”）
   They proclaim there are other revelations beside the Bible (bible in left-hand)



2. 异端拒绝惟独藉恩典称义的真理
   They do not accept the truth of justification by grace alone



3. 异端贬低基督的身位
   They diminish the person and the nature of Christ, and deny His deity



4. 异端认为他们是唯一得救的团体
   They proclaim that only their organization is saved



5. 异端认为他们将来在国度里居显赫的地位
   They declare they have the prominent place in the future kingdom