Four More Characteristics of False Teachers

There will be false teachers among you.

2 Peter 2:1

What is the difference between a genuine believer and a counterfeit believer? Here are four more characteristics that Peter gives us.

4. Different Character. (What kind of people are being produced?) The true believer pursues virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love (1:5-6). The counterfeit Christian is marked by arrogance and slander (2:10), greed and adultery (2:14), and they “despise authority” (2:10).

5. Different Appeal. (Why should you listen to the message?) God has spoken, and the true teacher appeals to this...