Thanks to the internet, false teachers are able to gain a wider influence than ever before. They don't even have to enter your church to negatively impact your congregation - they can spread their errant theology on YouTube, Twitter, TikTok and elsewhere.
Given the proliferation of false teachers and the ease at which people can encounter their teaching, it is vital that we know how to recognize them.
While there are many passages of Scripture that speak to the danger of false teaching and how to guard against it, perhaps no book of the Bible focuses its attention on the issue more pointedly than 2 Peter.
In this video, we'll cover three ways you can recognize a false teacher.
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