Outside the church, the world is in the hands of the devil, but there are also people of the devil in the church. The epistles continue to address this issue. It is a story within the church, not outside the church.
There are people in the church who are on the road to perdition. The characteristic of these people is that they slander. They slander God, slander the church, and slander the pastors and members of the church.
When you are arrogant, you slander. These people slender for the sake of slander. It’s because they are arrogant. Arrogance is to exalt oneself by slandering others, no matter what. It is to slander others in order to elevate oneself.
These people tend to form a gang in the church. They band together to build up their strength, and they try to have their voice heard in the church. They approach people with all sorts of cowardice in order to somehow get people with weak faith into the gang.
As such, be careful of these people - false teachers. In fact, be careful of all people except Jesus by bowing down to Jesus and become His servant.
Excerpt from Pastor Lee’s sermon on Nov 3, 2022.
Peter 2:19-22