THE FOX (OOPS! THE WOLF)…Bill Thoughts For Today…

Understanding important truths from the Bible….

Acts 20:29 KJV

²⁹ For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

I read recently an article in which the author with some chagrin stated that allowing a particular teacher to practice in a Christian school was “putting the fox in the hen-house to care for the chicks.”  He made at least two mistakes.  First it should come as no surprise that something like this happens.  And secondly, it is not fox that we should expect, but by Paul’s description “ravenous wolves”.

The Savior in Matthew 7:15 gives the warning.  The vicious destructive nature these have in their opposition is described as “ravenous”.  This same word is used in other places to represent “pillage, plundering, robbery, extortion.”  You really can never go wrong following the money trail.

In the New Testament every writer at some point points out this inevitable presence and danger in the church.

Peter, in II Peter 2:1 guarantees the certainty of these destroyers.  The question is, “were there false prophets before?”  Yes, there were.  Read  Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, and Nehemiah.  These are replete with the fact of false prophets in the Old Testament church.  Then we must say there are false teachers now.  It is critical that we recognize this and act accordingly.

The facts are that there are churches who by their long standing confession, some a hundred years or more, state their opposition to cardinal Bible truth.  I mean to state plainly, they who deny the Trinity, the Being of Christ, the fact of His atoning sacrifice, sin, the ruin of sin, the bondage of sin, the necessity of the New Birth, and bodily resurrection of Christ are certainly not Christians.  This is to say if that person’s confession is a denial of the fundamentals of Christianity he is not a Christian.  And to bring them in as teachers is to admit “ravenous wolves”.

In our city this last week there was a prayer meeting for all Christian ministers to be held at a confessional Non-Trinitarian church.  This prayer meeting was for orthodox Christian ministers.  The implications of this are indicative of the present condition of the church and the danger it faces.

Please read Titus 1:9 NKJV.