Women of Grace 2007/2008

The Sermon on the Mount: Being Women of the Kingdom
Homework for Lesson Twenty-One
False Prophets

Memory Work: Matthew 7:15-20

1. (a) How does Jesus describe false prophets in Matthew 7:15-20?

(b) Why do you think Jesus would warn us about them at this point in His sermon?

2. (a) How does Jesus describe false teachers in Matthew 23:27-28 and Luke 11:44?

(b) From these descriptions (in questions 1 and 2), what is Jesus warning us to watch for so that we are not deceived?

3. (a) What was the message of the false prophets in the following verses?
Jeremiah 8:11

Ezekiel 13:10-12

(b) What is an example of false teaching that you have heard from a modern-day teacher?

4. (a) How are false teachers described in 2 Peter 2:1-3, 12-17?

(b) How do they deceive us? (2 Peter 2:18-19)

5. (a) According to 2 Timothy 3:1-9, what are the fruits that will be evident in a false teacher's life?

(b) Why do people believe their message? (2 Timothy 4:3-4)

6. (a) How can we protect ourselves from the deceptions of false teachers?
2 Timothy 2:15-16

I John 4:1-3

(b) What fruits should be evident in the life of a person who professes Christ in his/her message? (Galatians 5:22-24)

7. What are the fundamental, essential Christian doctrines that we should hear from one who claims to teach the Word of God?

8. Have you ever been lured by deceptive teaching into a false security? Pray with your prayer partner that you will have the knowledge of God's Word to protect you from counterfeit teaching.