THEME: THE CHRISTIAN RACE 
SUB-THEME: Be Watchful!
TOPIC: Be careful of false Teachers
TEXT: 2Pet 2:1-19
AIMS:
i. to expose some of the characters and dangers of false Teachers according to Biblical records and 
ii. to discuss how we should react to false teachings as Christians.
INTRODUCTION
The early Apostles experienced the onslaught of false teachers against their doctrines, but they 
warned the Churches in their generation. Apostle Peter gave the characteristics of these false teachers in our text today and Apostle Paul corroborated this when he wrote to Timothy (2Tim 3:1-8). Like in the apostolic age, we have teachers of false doctrines in the Christendom today. Our study shall open our eyes to some of their characteristics.
STUDY GUIDES
1. Critically study 2Pet 2:2-3, 15, 17-19 and analyse some of the characteristics of false teachers.
2. Mention some false teachings that had crept into the Christendom in our generation. How 
dangerous can these doctrines be to believers?
3. What are the warnings to Christians concerning the trend of false teachers? 2Tim 1:13; 2:1-2; 
2Tim 3:13-14.
4. How should we react to teachers of fabricated doctrines? 1Tim 6:11-12, 14; 2Tim 2:14-16, 22-23.
CONCLUSION: Until Christ shall come to judge the living and the dead, false teachers will always 
be found amidst the Church of Christ. However, holding unto Biblical teachings rather than 
denominational or individual man-made doctrines will empower us to escape their snares. 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Be properly groomed in the Bible and false teachers shall flee from you
MEMORY VERSE: 2Pet 2:1 
“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among 
you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and 
bring on themselves swift destruction”