How to Recognize a False Teacher | 2 Peter 2
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Release Date: 10/03/2026
How Do I Make Wise Decisions When I’m Angry? | Esther 1:13–15
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Welcome to The Daily. I want to give a shout today to Sean Durkin from Morgan Hill, CA. Thanks for being a donor as we teach through every book of the Bible over 23 years. We cannot do this without you. Read more about . Our text today is Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment, the men next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom): “According to the law,...
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Why Do I Get Angry When I Don’t Get My Way? | Esther 1:9–12
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Welcome to The Daily. I want to give a shout today to Gordo Christianson from Verton, VT. Thanks for being a donor as we teach through every book of the Bible over 23 years. We cannot do this without you. Read more about . Our text today is Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus. On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her...
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Why Am I Never Satisfied? | Esther 1:5–8
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Welcome to The Daily. I want to give a shout today to Andrew Bright from Highland Ranch, CO. Thanks for being a donor as we teach through every book of the Bible over 23 years. We cannot do this without you. Read more about . Our text today is And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace. There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods and marble pillars, and also couches...
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Why Am I Always Trying to Impress People? | Esther 1:1–4
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Welcome to The Daily. I want to give a shout today to Robert Beauchemin from Alexis, NC. Thanks for being a donor as we teach through every book of the Bible over 23 years. We cannot do this without you. Read more about . Our text today is Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,...
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How to Stay Faithful When Others Fall Away | Jude 20–25
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Welcome to The Daily. ESTHER: We will begin tomorrow. I have titled this one, FOR SUCH A TIME: Courage When God Seems Silent. Grab the now. If you are a donor giving $35/month or more, don't purchase one; we have already mailed it to you. Our text today is But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out...
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How Should Christians Respond to False Teaching? | A Bible Study of Jude
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How do you stand against false teaching without becoming cruel—and show mercy without compromising the truth? Summary: The Letter of Jude calls Christians to contend for the faith while refusing both compromise and cruelty. Jude warns that false teaching often enters quietly, twisting grace, rejecting Christ’s authority, and producing spiritual fruit that eventually exposes the deception. Believers are called to strengthen their own faith while moving toward those who doubt or drift with truth, wisdom, and mercy. Ultimately, our confidence is not in how tightly we hold onto God, but in the...
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How to Recognize Divisive People in the Church | Jude 14–19
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Welcome to The Daily. ESTHER: We will begin next Monday. I have titled this one, FOR SUCH A TIME: Courage When God Seems Silent. Grab the now. If you are a donor giving $35/month or more, do not purchase one; we have already sent this to you in the mail. Our text today is “It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, ‘Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed...
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How to Recognize Self-Serving Spiritual Leaders | Jude 11–13
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Our text today is Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion. These are hidden reefs at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. — Not every spiritual voice wants to help you. Some want to use...
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When Spiritual Confidence Becomes Arrogance | Jude 8-10
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Welcome to The Daily. ESTHER: We will begin next Monday. I have titled this one, FOR SUCH A TIME: Courage When God Seems Silent. Grab the now. If you are a donor giving $35/month or more, do not purchase one; we have already sent this to you in the mail. Our text today is Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones. But when the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce...
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Grace Doesn’t Cancel Judgment | Jude 5-7
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Welcome to The Daily. ESTHER: We will begin next Monday. I have titled this one, FOR SUCH A TIME: Courage When God Seems Silent. Grab the now. If you are a donor giving $35/month or more, do not purchase one; we have already sent this to you in the mail. Our text today is Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper...
info_outlineHow can you recognize a false teacher before their message damages your faith?
False teachers rarely identify themselves as false. They may use an open Bible, familiar Christian language, and confident spiritual claims. But in 2 Peter 2, Peter teaches us to look beyond the platform and examine the message, the motive, the character, and the fruit.
In this Weekly Bible study, Vince Miller explains:
How false teaching enters the church quietly
Why an open Bible does not guarantee an accurate message
How greed and uncontrolled desire distort spiritual leadership
Why doctrine and character cannot remain separated
What Peter means when he says God knows how to rescue and judge
Why false freedom always produces slavery
How to audit the voices currently shaping your faith
False teachers promise freedom while remaining enslaved to corruption. Jesus offers something entirely different. He tells us the truth, lays down his life for us, forgives our sin, and gives us the power to walk in genuine freedom.
Reflection and Small Group Discussion Questions
1. Why does Peter warn that false teachers will arise “among you,” and how should that shape the way Christians practice discernment?
2. What does it mean for someone to secretly introduce destructive teaching rather than openly reject Christianity?
3. How can Christian words such as grace, freedom, blessing, and love be used while their biblical meanings are being distorted?
4. What is the difference between evaluating a teacher by charisma and evaluating a teacher by character?
5. Why does Peter connect false teaching so frequently with greed, sexual immorality, and uncontrolled desire?
6. What encouragement should believers receive from Peter’s statement that God knows both how to rescue the godly and judge the unrighteous?
7. Why is delayed judgment easy to mistake for absent judgment?
8. Which of the voices shaping your faith need to be tested more carefully against Scripture?
9. Why does Peter describe false freedom as a form of slavery? Where have you seen sin promise freedom but produce bondage?
10. What desire within you might make a particular false message especially appealing, and how can you submit that desire to Christ?