Jeremiah Against False Teachers

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Gods Law Constitutes a Yoke of Restraint That
  Prevents People From Behaving As They Would
• Jeremiah 55 - I will go to the great and will
  speak to them, for they know the way of the Lord,
  and the ordinance of their God. But they too,
  with one accord, have broken the yoke and burst
  the bonds.

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah Lists 4 Classes of Leaders Kings,
  Officials, Priests and Prophets (Jer. 226)
• The Priests and Prophets Were the Classes That
  Were Entrusted With Providing Spiritual
  Instruction
• THEY FAILED (Jer 28) - The priests did not say,
  Where is the Lord? And those who handle the law
  did

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• not know me The rulers also transgressed against
  me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal and
  walked after things that did not profit.
• (Jer. 88) How can you say, We are wise, and
  the law of the Lord is with us? But behold, the
  lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah 530, 31 - A horrible and shocking
  thing has happened in the land The prophets
  prophesy lies, and the priests rule by their own
  authority, and my people love to have it this
  way. But what will you do in the end? (Passhur
  prophesied lies 206)
• These Words Immediately Precede The Graphic
  Warning of Destruction (Chap. 61-8)

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Tell People What They Want to
  Hear
• Jeremiah 530, 31 - The prophets prophesy lies,
  and the priests rule by their own authority, and
  my people love to have it this way
• 2 Tim. 43 - For the time will come when they
  will not endure sound doctrine but wanting to
  have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for
  themselves teachers in accordance to their own
  desires.

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Minimize The Consequences of Sin
  Error, Often Redefining Sin
• Jeremiah 614 811 1413 2317 288, 9 Ezk.
  1310 - Peace, Peace
• Jer. 1413 - But, Ah, Lord God! I said, Look,
  the prophets are telling them, You will not see
  the sword nor will you have famine, but I will
  give you lasting peace in this place.

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• Illustration
• Jeremiah Prophesied Babylonian Invasion and 70
  Years of Captivity (Jer. 2511 2910)
• False Prophets Denied Jeremiahs Prophecy -
  Proclaimed Peace (Jer. 512 1413)
• Babylonians Invaded and Carried Off People and
  Treasure
• False Prophet Hananiah, Claiming

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• Illustration
• To Speak On Behalf Of the Lord of Hosts, the God
  of Israel, Proclaimed That Within TWO Years
  God Would Break the Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar and
  Return the Temple Vessels (Jer. 282, 3)
• Hananiah Physically Removed the Wooden Yoke From
  Jeremiahs Neck and Broke It To Signify His
  Prophecy (Jer. 2810, 11)

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• Illustration
• Jer. 5231-34 Describes Evil-merodachs Release
  of Jehoiachin To House Arrest Status In His 37th
  Year of Captivity
• 2 Chronicles 3621, 22 Describes the Cyrus Decree
  to Release Jews From Captivity After 70 Years!
• Hananiah Died in 2 Months, Per Gods Decree (Jer.
  2816,17)

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Prophets Make Things Up
• Jer. 2316 - Thus says the Lord of hosts, Do
  not listen to the words of the prophets who are
  prophesying to you. They are leading you into
  futility They speak a vision of their own
  imagination, not from the mouth of the Lord.
• Jer. 2336 The Oracle of the Lord Forgotten
  Because Every Mans Own Word Became an Oracle

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Make Things Up
• Cant Just Say, The Oracle of the Lord(2334) -
  Must Speak Faithfully The WORD That God Has
  Commanded (Jer. 2328, 32)
• Gods Inspired, All-Sufficient Word (Jer. 19,
  10 2 Tim. 316, 17)
• 1 Peter 411
• Isaiah 820

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Strengthen The Hands of Evil
  Doers (Jer. 2314)
• By Perverting the Words of the Lord (2336), They
  Break The Yoke of Restraint (Jer. 55) -
  Encourages Sin - Discourages Repentance (2314)
• Error Breaks Down Inhibitions Salves
  Consciences
• Leads to More Digression (Matt. 166,12 2 Tim.
  217,18 313)

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Fill You With False Hopes (Jer.
  2316) See 78-11
• Notion of Religious Pluralism (God and Idols) -
  Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to
  no avail. Will you steal, murder, and commit
  adultery, and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices
  to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have
  not known, then come and stand before me in this
  house, which is called by my

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Fill You With False Hopes (Jer.
  2316)
• name, and say, We are delivered! - that you may
  do all these abominations? Has this house, which
  is called by my name, become a den of robbers in
  your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,
  declares the Lord.
• Spirit of Ecumenism!

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Characteristics of False Teachers

• False Teachers Fill You With False Hopes (Jer.
  2316)
• Faith Only
• Once Saved, Always Saved
• Premillennialism
• Grace-Unity
• Romans 14 Covers Sinful Conduct
• No Hell

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah NAMED False Prophets
• PASHHUR, the Priest (Jer. 201-6) Prophesied Lies
  (v.6)
• Had Jeremiah Beaten and Placed In Stocks
• Jeremiah Told Him That The Lords New Name For
  Him Was Magor-Missabib (Terror on Every Side)
• To Be Carried to Babylon and Die

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah NAMED False Prophets
• HANANIAH (Jer. 28)
• Proclaimed That The Yoke of Captivity Would be
  Broken With Two Years And All Temple Articles
  Returned (2-4)
• Broke the Wooden Yoke From Jeremiahs Neck,
  Claiming That God Would So Break the Yoke of
  Babylonian Control

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah NAMED False Prophets
• HANANIAH (Jer. 28)
• God Promised That The Wooden Yoke Would Be
  Replaced With a Yoke of IRON (14)
• Jeremiah Prophesied Hananiahs Because He Had
  Caused the Nation to Trust in LIES (15)
• Hananiah Died In Just TWO Months (17)

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah NAMED False Prophets
• SHEMAIAH (Jer. 2924-32)
• Responded to the Letter That Jeremiah Sent to the
  Exiles Via Zedekiahs Envoys
• Told Zephaniah to Tell the People Not to Listen
  to Madmen Like Jeremiah (v.26,27)
• Zephaniah Read the Letter to Jeremiah

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• Jeremiah NAMED False Prophets
• SHEMAIAH (Jer. 2924-32)
• Jeremiah Sent Word to Shemaiah That Because He
  Had Preached Rebellion Against God (32) He
  Would Be Punished and All of His Descendants
  Would Be Cut Off!
• AHAB and ZEDEKIAH (prophets) Also Mentioned For
  Prophesying Lies in Gods Name (2921)

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Jeremiah Against False Teachers

• NEW TESTAMENT
• Hymenaeus Philetus (2 Tim. 217)
• Demas (2 Tim. 410)
• Alexander (2 Tim. 414)
• Diotrephes (3 Jn. 9)
• Sadducees Pharisees (Matt. 166,12)
• Romans 1617