Message Notes

INTERMEDIATE SUNDAY SCHOOL
STUDIES IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Text: Matthew 24

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:4-5

A GRAVE WORD OF WARNING

1. Of that which is false

a) Fale prophets

b) False teachers

c) False brethren

d) False teachings

2. Many texts confirm this word of warning

a) Deuteronomy 13

b) Jeremiah 23

c) 1 Timothy 4

d) 2 Timothy 3

e) 2 Peter 2

f) Jude

c) 1 John

THE DANGER OF DECEPTION

1. Many false teachers will arise

2. They will declare that that have come in the name of the Lord Jesus

3. Some will even declare that they are the Christ

a) The Messiah

b) The Anointed one

4. Sadly, many will be deceived

THE FIRST WORD OF WARNING

15 “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. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?
17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

Matthew 7:15-20

1. False prophets

a) Described as wolves

b) They are dressed as sheep

2. They must be carefully checked and validated

a) By their lives

b) By the fruit of their life

ANOTHER WORD OF WARNING

1. Review Matthew 23

2. Review what the Lord warned:

a) Concerning hypocrisy

b) Concerning discerning the deeds of life

HOW WE MAY GUARD OURSELVES

1. To take heed

2. To become more discerning

3. To grow in knowledge

4. To add to our faith

5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,
6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,
7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

2 Peter 1:5-9