“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them in error” (2 Peter 2:14, 18).
We see in today’s verses those who are easy prey for false teachers. William Barclay shares these comments: “They have eyes full of adultery, eyes which can never gaze their fill on sin. They entrap souls which are not firmly founded in the faith. They have a heart which is trained in unbridled ambition for the things they have no right to have.” The Living Bible states this about verse 18: They proudly boast about their sins and conquests, and using lust as bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.” I see in these verses the need for us to disciple new converts. I am eternally grateful for those who helped disciple and mentor me in my early years as a Christian. They kept me from becoming a target for false teachers. If you have been growing in knowledge and truth, ask God to lead you to someone you can disciple and mentor.
Sue Winchester
Missouri
PRAY TOGETHER: Pray for David Crowe as he prepares to assume leadership as the new General Director of Free Will Baptist Home Missions.
