Title : 6 Types of Liars Identified in 1 John
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6 Types of Liars Identified in 1 John
As an introduction to this Bible study, please read the 1-minute devotion 1 John Identifies 6 Types of Liars.
After you've read that brief introduction, this Bible study will give you further insights:
Matthew 13:24-30: Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. 25 But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. 26 When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.
27 “The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?’
28 “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed.
“‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.
29 “‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”
I find it interesting that Jesus says uprooting the weeds might uproot some of the wheat. Think of the ways that weeds damage a healthy garden. How might that apply to people in the church who are compromised, unrepentant, and self-serving?
To gain some additional insights into these weeds, see Don't Get Entangled with the Weeds, Weeds in the Church, and Beware of the Weeds in our Churches.
2 Timothy 3:1-5: But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
For more insights on this see Outward Forms of Godliness.
3. Some weeds are deceived, thinking that if they do church work they can act wickedly in their private lives:
Matthew 7:21-23: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
See Narrow Road Scenery and What we can Learn from Gnat-Strainers.
copyright 2017, Gail Burton Purath, BiteSizeBibleStudy.com, edited and updated 2022.
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