Matthew 7:15
What meaning of the matthew 7:15 in the Bible?
What does Matthew 7:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
What does Matthew 7:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
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 h...
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...
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...
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 Jeremiah 21:8, and is fre...
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 no...
THE ERROR OF JUDGMENT (Matthew 7:1-5)...
BEWARE. Take heed, as in Matthew 6:1. OF. from, or away from. Greek. _apo_: i.e. Beware [and keep] away from....
(_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...
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...
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...
_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...
ΠΡΟΣΈΧΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΈΧΩ (G4337) обратить свои мысли к чему-л., обратить внимание, следить за чем-л. ΠΡΌΣ использовано с глагольным значением "быть настороже" "обратить внимание на...
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...
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...
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 prophet...
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 teac...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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:...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. CON...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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. Luke 6:4...
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...
_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 whethe...
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 opposing two typically Je...
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...
1 John 4:1; 1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:13; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:18; 2 Peter 2:19; 2 Peter 3:17; 2 Timothy 3:13; 2 Timothy 3:5;...
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...
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...
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...