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Dr. Jim Dixon delivers a sermon on "False Prophets in Sheep's Clothing," emphasizing the significance of discerning false doctrine and false morality in toda

https://jimdixonsermonlibrary.com/sermon/false-prophets-in-sheeps-clothing/
Dr. Jim Dixon delivers a sermon on "False Prophets in Sheep's Clothing," emphasizing the significance of discerning false doctrine and false morality in today's world. Dr. Dixon highlights the importance of seeking theological truth and morality grounded in God's word, urging us to be discerning and faithful in our beliefs and actions

https://archive.renew.org/sermon-on-the-mount-false-prophets/
A "false prophet" won't do that. At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns, "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves" (Matt. 7:15). God calls a true prophet when there's a message people need to hear. A false prophet tells people what they want to hear.

https://aclayjar.net/2021/08/false-prophets/
Claiming to be one of the sheep. But they are not. Wolves have only one purpose in hanging out with the sheep. And it is not for the benefit of the sheep. A wolf among the sheep is looking to satisfy their own appetite, caring nothing for the sheep themselves. The false prophets Jesus warned us about will not be looking to literally eat us.

https://www.sermononthemount.org.uk/Matthew/Matthew_7_15_wolf-in-sheeps-clothing.html
Prophets in sheep's clothing. Jesus brings together two very traditional biblical images in this verse. The first is that of the Israeli prophet, as a spiritual guide wearing a cloak of fur. The second is the metaphor of Israel as a flock of sheep, whose shepherd-like leaders' role was to preserve them from predators such as wolves.

https://biblebyday.com/blog/wolves-in-sheeps-clothing-identity
Once we recognise this, the whole of 7:15-23 locks into focus as an extended warning concerning false people, impostors, counterfeits. Jesus is saying, "Beware of phoney prophets.". What is false about them in the first instance is their identity —they are not whom they appear to be. It is not that they don't communicate what is false

https://sunsetridgechurchofchrist.com/sermons/beware-of-false-prophets/
BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. Matthew 7:15-20. Some of the things that Jesus teaches in the Sermon on the Mount are so encouraging and uplifting…and some of the things He teaches are difficult. Today's text is just unpleasant. It is unpleasant because it is a warning…a warning about false prophets.

https://churchleaders.com/outreach-missions/outreach-missions-articles/161126-tejado_hanchell_wolves_in_shepherds_clothing.html
In any event, Jesus ends His sermon with a warning. He says in Matthew 7:15, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.". It's from this warning that we derive the colloquialism "wolves in sheep's clothing.". The message is clear: "Watch out for people who pretend to be

https://open.byu.edu/jesus_the_christ/the_sermon_on_the_mount
False prophets were to be shunned, such as were then among the people, comparable in their pretense to sheep, and in their reality to ravening wolves. These were to be recognized by their works and the results thereof, even as a tree to be judged as good or bad according to its fruit. ... Time and Place of the Sermon on the Mount.—Matthew

https://www.uncommonsg.org/post/sermon-on-the-mount-series-true-and-false-prophets-disciples
In this blog, in our Sermon on the Mount series, we break down Jesus' teachings on true and false prophets and true and false disciples. ... "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. ... (James 2:19). A faith that is rooted in the

https://www.mountziongreenfield.org/posts/sermon/beware-of-false-prophets-behold-the-true-prophet
False prophets are also a real threat to us because they look like the real thing. Jesus said, "They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly, they are ravenous wolves." Many false prophets will be all about doing good works and being a good person and helping your fellow man. You'll look at them and say, "They must be from God.

https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/readings/The-Sermon-On-The-Mount:-Recognizing-False-Prophets
Matthew 7:7-12 - The Sermon On The Mount: Ask, Seek, Knock. Matthew 7:15-20 - The Sermon On The Mount: Recognizing False Prophets. Matthew 7:21-23 - The Sermon On The Mount: False Followers. Matthew 7:24-27 - The Sermon On The Mount: Two Houses And Two Foundations. Matthew 7:28-29 - The Sermon On The Mount: Response. Matthew 8:1-4 - A Leper

https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1089&context=second_person
B. The condemnation involved: concerning false prophets 1. Their dress wolves wearing sheep's clothing 2. Their description: can be known by their fruit 3. Their destruction • The stability of the kingdom—a tale of two builders: A. First builder: constructed his house upon a rock, which could withstand both wind and water B.

https://renew.org/sermon-on-the-mount-false-prophets/
A "false prophet" won't do that. At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns, "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves" (Matt. 7:15). God calls a true prophet when there's a message people need to hear.

https://media-cloud.sermonaudio.com/text/112091641129.pdf
Today we look at the false prophets and Jesus' illustration of the trees and the fruit beginning at verse 15. If you'll join me there, Matthew 7:15 through 20 and he says, 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits.

https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/beware-of-false-prophets-bruce-allen-sermon-on-growth-in-christ-117825
Summary: This is a study on the Sermon on the Mount. This is the 14th sermon in the series. Sermon on the Mount. Pt 14. Beware of False Prophets. Matthew 7:15-20. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits.

https://www.preachtheword.com/sermon/sotm25.shtml
Zechariah, referring to false prophets, says a very interesting thing about them: they wear a rough garment to deceive. In other words, the false prophet wears a rough garment that ordinary prophets would wear to show that they are a prophet, and they deceive by wearing sheep's clothing, or literally shepherd's clothing.

https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/sermon-on-the-mount-false-prophets-edward-hardee-sermon-on-false-teaching-161542
Sermon On The Mount: False Prophets Series Contributed by Edward ... 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. ... Then we see today's false prophets. Such as Jim Jones who led 900 people to a mass suicide in Guyana. Or David Koresh, over 80

https://poemanalysis.com/idiom/wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/
Origins of Wolf in sheep's clothing. The phrase "wolf in sheep's clothing" originated from the Sermon on the Mount, recorded in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The quote reads: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. The line suggests that if one waits and takes

https://jimdixonsermonlibrary.com/sermon/fasting/
False Prophets in Sheep's Clothing January 27, 2002. Sermon Transcript. SERMON ON THE MOUNT FASTING DR. JIM DIXON MATTHEW 6:16-18 OCTOBER 21, 2001. In the year 390, in the Syrian border of Seleucia, which is in what now is Eastern Turkey, a man was born whose name was Simeon. He grew up to be the greatest Christian monastic of his generation.

https://sundayschoolsources.com/lessons/wolves.htm
False Prophet - Someone who claims to teach God's Word, but who teaches something wrong or less than the whole truth. Lesson - Matt 7:15-23. 15 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs

https://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/sermons-about-false-prophets
At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus warns his hearers against false prophets, giving them criteria by which they may recognize them when they come. Beware False Prophets Deuteronomy 11:18 - 32, Psalm 31:1-5,19-24, Romans 3:21-25a,28, Matthew 7:21-27 I do not know many words spoken by Jesus which are more OBVIOUSLY compelling for

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Free Access to Sermons on The False Prophet, Church Sermons, Illustrations on The False Prophet, and Preaching Slides on The False Prophet. ... Sermon on the Mount - False Prophets Pastor Bruce A. Shields House of Faith ... FALSE PROPHETS Matthew 7:15-20 15 "Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are