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Verse Matthew 7:15. _BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS_] By false prophets we
are to understand _teachers_ of erroneous doctrines, who come
professing a commission from God, but whose aim is not to bring the...
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FALSE PROPHETS - The word prophet originally means one who foretells
future events. As prophets, however, were commonly regarded as public
instructors on the subject of religion, the word came to deno...
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CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The Judgment of Righteousness.(Matthew 7:1 .) 2. Warning against
False Prophets.(Matthew 7:15 .) 3. Warning against False Professors.
(Matthew 7:21 .)_
The chapter which follows contai...
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EPILOGUE. Warnings and exhortations close the new Law, like the old
(Exodus 23:20 ff.).
MATTHEW 7:13 F. THE TWO GATES AND THE TWO WAYS (Luke 13:24). The
picture is based on...
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BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS.
The word prophet, as used in the Scriptures, means far more than.
foreteller. John the Baptist, Elijah, Elisha, Nathan, and Samuel were
prophets, though their mission was not...
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THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
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Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but who
within are rapacious wolves. You will recognize them from their
fruits. Surely men do not gather grapes from thorns, and figs fro...
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BEWARE. Take heed, as in Matthew 6:1.
OF. from, or away from. Greek. _apo_: i.e. Beware [and keep] away
from....
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(_d_) The false guides to the narrow entrance, and the test of the
true, 15 23
15. _false prophets_ who will not help you to find the narrow way.
_in sheep's clothing_ Not in a literal sense, but fi...
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C. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KINGDOM, 1–27
After contrasting the New Law with the Mosaic Law and with Pharisaic
rules and conduct, Jesus proceeds to lay down rules for the guidance
of His disciples in th...
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ΠΡΟΣΈΧΕΤΕ�. The classical constructions of
προσέχειν (νοῦν) are τινί, πρός τι, πρός
τινι: from the idea of attention to a thing comes that of caution
about a thing, and ἀπὸ denotes the source of expec...
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(_d_)
The false guides to the narrow entrance, and the test of the true,
Matthew 7:15-23...
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Ver 15. "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16. Ye shall know
them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
this...
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_JESUS SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY ABOUT BEARING FRUIT MATTHEW 7:13-20:_
There are two ways and two gates. Only one way has eternal appeal.
Walking the straight and narrow way requires a new heart and a new...
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DISCOURSE: 1332
MEN KNOWN BY THEIR FRUITS
Matthew 7:15. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s
clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by
their fruits. Do m...
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BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS— The connection here is remarkable, says
Dr. Heylin. One characteristic of _false prophets,_ that is, _false
preachers,_ is, that they widen the narrow way. It is their
_proph...
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F. THE DANGERS FACING THE WISE AND GODLY MAN
(Matthew 7:1-27; Luke 6:37-49)
6. THE DANGER OF BEING LED ASTRAY BY FALSE PROPHETS.
(Parallel: Luke 6:43-45)
TEXT: 7:15-20
15. Beware of false prophets...
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Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
BEWARE, [ Prosechete (G4337 ) de (G1161 ),`BUT BEWARE'] OF FALSE
PROPHETS - that is, of teach...
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12 Compare Luk_6:31.
12 To do as we would be done by is an ethical standard far above the
world's attainment, yet far beneath the monitions of grace. The law
and the prophets demand compliance with t...
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FALSE PROPHETS] Not the Pharisees, but Christian false prophets and
teachers, as is clear from Matthew 7:22 : cp. also Matthew 24:11;
Matthew 24:24; 1 Jo
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HOW TO DETECT FALSE PROPHETS AND HYPOCRITES IN GENERAL (Luke 6:43).
The gift of prophecy was widely diffused in the Apostolic Church, so
that the warning against false prophets was needed, but the wor...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONCLUDED)
The connexion of thought in this chapter is less close than in the
earlier part of the sermon, and the whole chapter bears the appearance
of an appendix of miscell...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 7
DO NOT BE JUDGES OF OTHER PEOPLE 7:1-6
V1 ‘Do not be judges of other people. If you do, God will be your
judge. V2 In the same way...
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BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. — The sequence again is below the surface.
How was the narrow way to be found? Who would act as guide? Many would
offer their help who would simply lead men to the destructio...
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CHAPTER 7
The Gospel of the Kingdom
("Sermon on the Mount") - Matthew 5:1; Matthew 6:1; Matthew 7:1
IT may seem almost heresy to object to the time-honoured title "Sermon
on the Mount"; yet, so smal...
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_Warning against pseudo-prophets_. Again, without connecting particle
and possibly not a part of the Sermon on the Mount. But the more
important question here is: Does this section belong to Christ's...
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SEEKING LIFE; TESTING LEADERS
Matthew 7:13-23
The world is full of shams. Counterfeit coins circulate; paste jewels
are worn. Let us take heed against a counterfeit religion. It betrays
itself thus:...
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After thus enunciating the laws of the Kingdom, and bringing men into
the realm of direct dealing with God, the King authoritatively set up
the standard of judgment. No man is to be his brother's judg...
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(6) Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
(6) False teachers must be taken heed of: and they are known by false
doctrine and evil liv...
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In the clothing of sheep. Beware of hypocrites, with their outward
appearance of sanctity, and sound doctrine --- by their fruits you
shall know them. Such hypocrites can scarcely ever continue consta...
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CHAPTER 16
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to
spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over
it, and visiting the places of...
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Nothing can be more interesting than what the Lord JESUS hath here
said. And no form of words can be more decisive to mark the godly man
from the hypocrite. I only detain the Reader to observe, how ve...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_BEWARE!_
‘Beware of false prophets.… Not every one that saith unto Me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of My Father which is in heaven.’
Matthew 7:15...
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Matthew 7:15._But beware of false prophets _These words were intended
to teach, that the Church would be exposed to various impositions, and
that consequently many would be in danger of falling from t...
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There are two things connected with the presence of the multitude,
Matthew 5:1. First, the time required that the Lord should give a true
idea of the character of His kingdom, since already He drew th...
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BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS,.... Or false teachers; for not such who
pretended to foretell things to come, but such who set up themselves
to be teachers of others, are here meant; see 2 Peter 2:1. It may...
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Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ver. 15. _Beware of false prophets, which come to you, &c._] This is
another dangerous rock, th...
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_Beware of false prophets_ Who in their preaching describe a broad way
to heaven: it is their _prophesying_, their _teaching_ the broad way,
rather than _walking_ in it themselves, that is _here_ chie...
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BEWARE; avoid false teachers.
SHEEP'S CLOTHING; appearing in the character of true teachers.
WOLVES; selfish, greedy of gain, and disposed to plunder. False
teachers may, at first, appear very inter...
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Warning against false prophets: BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, WHICH COME
TO YOU IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING', BUT INWARDLY THEY ARE RAVENING WOLVES.
This shows one of the ways in which the disciples of Christ may...
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Simple honesty will understand these first five verses without
difficulty. The word "judge" is used in various different ways in
Scripture. Believers are told to "judge" what Paul says (1 Corinthians...
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15-20 Nothing so much prevents men from entering the strait gate, and
becoming true followers of Christ, as the carnal, soothing, flattering
doctrines of those who oppose the truth. They may be known...
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The term PROPHETS in holy writ is of larger extent than to signify
only such as foretold things to come; others also who taught the
people, pretending authority from God so to do, were called prophets...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
are offered, and with "the Church of the first-born whose names are
written in heaven," is a wolf in sheep's clothing,[40]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphi...
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Matthew 7:15 Beware G1161 G4337 (G5720) of G575 prophets G5578 who
G3748 come G2064 (G5736) to...
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EXHORTATION TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT WAY AND PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT BY FULL
OBEDIENCE TO HIS WORDS SO AS TO ENTER INTO LIFE AND AVOID DESTRUCTION
(7:13-27).
We now move on to the application part of the Sermon...
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THE WARNING AGAINST FALSE PROPHETS (7:15).
In Matthew 5:10 the disciples were seen as prophetic men, and on that
basis Jesus expected them to be persecuted for His Name's sake. But
wherever there are...
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a Beware of false prophets,
b Who come to you in sheep's clothing,
b But inwardly they are ravening wolves.
a By their fruits you will know them.
‘Beware of false prophets.' The false prophets come...
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CONNECTION AND CONTENTS. The exposition of the requirements of ‘the
law and the prophets' just given, was far beyond the low morality of
the scribes and Pharisees, and men might easily be tempted by t...
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GENERAL CHARACTER. The magna charta of Christ's Kingdom: the unfolding
of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on
earth; the counterpart of the legislation on Mount Sinai; C...
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Matthew 7:15. BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS, _i.e._., teachers. Not only is
the way straitened, but those who might leave the ‘many' to find it
are in danger from false teachers, such as would prevent them...
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FALSE PROPHETS
(των ψευδοπροφητων). There were false prophets in the
time of the Old Testament prophets. Jesus will predict "false Messiahs
and false prophets" (Matthew 24:24) who will lead many ast...
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Matthew 7:15
I. Christ warns us here to beware of false prophets, which come to you
in sheep's clothing. There is allusion here, no doubt, to the
symbolical garments of the prophets, with which His he...
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Matthew 7:15
I. The object of our Lord in this Sermon on the Mount was to convey an
accurate idea of the righteousness required in His kingdom. He did so
mainly by contrasting it with the spurious for...
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While we are reading, let us also be adoring at the same time, for
the. words of Christ have a gracious divinity about them; they are
infinite; they are omnipotent. There is a kind of life in them; a...
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Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._
You are not called to judge; you are not qualified to judge: «God is
the Judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.» There is
much better wor...
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Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate._
It is very unpopular. The great ones will recommend to you great
liberality and breadth; but enter yet in at the strait gate.
Matthew 7:13. For wide i...
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Matthew 7:13. _Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate,
and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be
which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is...
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Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment
ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete it shall
be measured to you again._
Some people are of a censorious...
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Matthew 7:7. _Ask, and it shall be given you;_
He that will not ask for it deserves to go without it. Have you ever
asked for it? If not, whose fault is it that you have it not?
Matthew 7:7. _Seek,...
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CONTENTS: Sermon on the Mount, continued. Encouragement to prayer. The
two ways. Warnings against false teachers. Danger of profession
without faith. The two foundations.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus.
CONC...
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Matthew 7:1. _Judge not, that ye be not judged._ This refers to
private and censorious reproaches of others. We must judge nothing
before the time. It is better that ten bad men pass for innocent, tha...
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WATCH OUT FOR FALSE PROPHETS. In the scriptures, a prophet is one who
proclaims God's message to men. A false prophet is one who does not
teach the truth. Jesus speaks here about the teachers of the L...
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_Beware of false prophets._
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE
I. The tests by which the false and the true may be known.
II. The ultimate destiny of the false and the true.
1. In respect to the paths they tr...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 7:15 BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. The
prophet’s life and the results of his influence on others are the
FRUITS that show whether his message is consistent with the teachings
of Je...
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JESUS TEACHES ABOUT FRUIT IN PEOPLE'S LIVES MATTHEW 7:15-20; LUKE
6:43-45; MATTHEW 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves....
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CHAPTER 7
_Judge not_, rashly and malignantly, _that ye_, &c. Christ does not
here prohibit the public judgments of magistrates, by which they
condemn the guilty and absolve the innocent, for this is...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 7:13. DESTRUCTION.—The word implies, not annihilation, but
waste (Matthew 26:8; Mark 14:4), perdition, _i.e_. the loss of all
that makes existence precious. I question whether...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 7:1
(2) As anxiety about the things of this life hinders us Godwards
(Matthew 6:19), so does censoriousness manwards (Matthew 7:1), our
Lord thus tacitly op
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MATTHEW 7:1-29
I believe that it goes without saying that Jesus Christ was certainly
the greatest teacher who ever lived and it is interesting to study his
teaching habits. And He used the method of d...
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1 John 4:1; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Peter 2:1;...
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THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT (CONTINUED)
Matthew 7:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A command. God not only requests but definitely commands us, that
we should not judge one another. There is probably no sin qui...
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Beware of false prophets — Who in their preaching describe a broad
way to heaven: it is their prophesying, their teaching the broad way,
rather than their walking in it themselves, that is here chiefl...
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Observe here, 1. caution given, BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. There were
two sorts of deceivers which our Saviour gave his disciples. special
warning of; namely false CHRISTS and false PROPHETS: false Chr...