FDRL 212: Week 6 Unit 1--2 Peter 2 "Teaching"

In 2 Peter chapter 2, Peter is discussing the characteristics of teachers. More specifically, Peter is discussing characteristics of false teachers so that the saints can be aware and warned of them. Some of the characteristics he lists are:

• Denying the Lord
• Full of covetousness 
• Lust of uncleanness
• Despise governments 
• Presumptuous and self-willed
• Not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries
• Speak evil of things they don't understand
• Find pleasure in rioting in the daytime
• Eyes full of adultery
• Cannot cease in sin and they beguile innocent souls
• Fallen astray
• Speak great stories of vanity
• Promise them liberty, but provide only bondage

Having this list, it helps me out in identifying the false teachers that might appear in my life. It's very easy for false teachers to appear like they're actually helping their students, but it's important to look out for those people who might want to lead people astray.

It's important to not 'return to the pollutions of the world' because, ignorance really is bliss. Once we understand and accept the gospel into our lives, we are held to a higher standard by Heavenly Father. Those who know and have a testimony are expected to live a higher law than those who don't. Ignorance is bliss. It's dangerous for us to 'return to the pollutions of the world' because we're really just damning ourselves.