We've all encountered people who've tried to sell us something that wasn't true.

Perhaps it was a car salesman attempting to convince you that his outlandish price

was a good deal, or maybe it was blatant heresy from someone representing a false religion.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall continues to present what he calls an expose

of counterfeit communicators.

From time to time, we're bound to encounter false teachers that twist the truth.

So how do we spot a phony, and how do we respond to one?

Chuck is teaching from 2 Peter, chapter 2.

People who lead others astray are characterized by one or more of these four characteristics

that Peter presents in the first three verses of his second chapter.

First, they deceitfully present heresy.

They secretly introduce destructive heresies.

I'll remind you, the counterfeit doesn't look counterfeit.

It looks real. It sounds great.

But the fact is it is destructive.

They shape their words in cunning fashion, and they are great at redefining, rethinking the truth.

Second, they openly deny the truth, last part of verse 1.

Even denying the master who bought them, and bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

False teachers are better known for what they deny than for what they embrace.

You will hear a great deal of negatives from false teachers.

It will be said with a slant, or maybe with a slur, or maybe out and out,

sneering at the time-honored truths of Scripture.

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