Brute Beasts - 2 Peter 2:10-22

2 Peter 2:10b-22 – Brute Beasts

 

Introduction

“For baptism to be of any value to the baptised person, they must love, serve and trust Jesus Christ for the rest of their life.”  

 

 

Acting Like Animals (2:10b-16)

 

            Arrogance against authority (10b-12)

 

 

 

            Wicked Wanderings (v13-16)

 

 

 

Waterless Wells (2:17-19)

 

            Vacant Voices (v17-18)

 

 

 

            False Freedom (v19)

 

 

 

Dog’s Dinner

 

            “the last state is worse for them than the first” (v20)

 

 

            “A dog returns to its vomit” and “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud” (v22)

 

 

 

Questions:

1) In what ways do false teachers embody the opposite of a life that’s being sanctified?

2) In a culture that generally despises authority, how do Christians sometimes find themselves influenced by this attitude? What is the Christian’s proper understanding of God-ordained authority?

3) How does Peter demonstrate the difference between genuine faith versus phony faith? How do we deal with others when it’s unclear? What is our biblical responsibility to others?

4) Peter says that false teachers’ hearts are “trained in greed.” How can we, as true believers and even teachers of the Word, protect our hearts from greed? Further, how can we detect when we are making decisions based on our own greed, even when we may not realise it?

5) How can we avoid being enslaved by false teaching that promises freedom?