1. Isaiah 53:1-10
He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, there is no
beauty that we should desire Him.3 He is despised and rejected by
men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it
were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem
Him.4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
3. Common Characteristics
of Werewolves
Werewolves in movies and old stories
have something in common. They are
dangerous, cunning and even evil, and
they inspire fear and dread.
They infect others with a bite or
scratch
Until they transform they look and act
human
4. Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
They are a threat to the Body of Christ
They are dangerous, cunning and evil
They infect others with false doctrines and
false teachings
Until they reveal themselves they will look, act
and talk like Christians
Once revealed their only desire will be to
destroy God’s church
5. Beware of Wolves
in Sheep clothing
Protecting the Body of Christ
Acts 20:29-31
New Living Translation (NLT)
29 I know that false teachers, like vicious wolves,
will come in among you after I leave, not
sparing the flock. 30 Even some men from your
own group will rise up and distort the truth in
order to draw a following. 31 Watch out!
Remember the three years I was with you—
my constant watch and care over you night
and day, and my many tears for you.
6. Warning
Paul is calling the Ephesians leaders to watch
over and protect God’s flock – His church
purchased with his blood…Why?
He understood that the greatest threat to the
church is not from without but from within.
The real danger is from those who look and
act like Christians but in reality they are wolves
in sheep’s clothing whose intent is to destroy
the body of Christ.
7. Beware of False Teachers
Matthew 7:15-21
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as
harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves. 16 You
can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they
act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from
thistles? 17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad
tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can’t produce
bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit. 19 So
every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped
down and thrown into the fire. 20 Yes, just as you can
identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people
by their actions.
8. Beware of Ungodly People
Jude 1:3-19
New Living Translation (NLT)
The Danger of False Teachers
3 Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you
about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I
must write about something else, urging you to
defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all
time to his holy people. 4 I say this because some
ungodly people have wormed their way into your
churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows
us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such
people was recorded long ago, for they have denied
our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
9. 8 In the same way, these people—who claim
authority from their dreams—live immoral
lives, defy authority, and scoff at
supernatural beings.9 But even Michael, one
of the mightiest of the angels, did not dare
accuse the devil of blasphemy, but simply said,
“The Lord rebuke you!” (This took place when
Michael was arguing with the devil about
Moses’ body.) 10 But these people scoff at
things they do not understand. Like
unthinking animals, they do whatever their
instincts tell them, and so they bring about
their own destruction.
10. 12When these people eat with you in your
fellowship meals commemorating the Lord’s
love, they are like dangerous reefs that can
shipwreck you. They are like shameless
shepherds who care only for themselves.
16 These people are grumblers and complainers,
living only to satisfy their desires. They brag
loudly about themselves, and they flatter
others to get what they want.
11. 17 But you, my dear friends, must remember
what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
said. 18 They told you that in the last times
there would be scoffers whose purpose in life
is to satisfy their ungodly desires. 19 These
people are the ones who are creating
divisions among you. They follow their
natural instincts because they do not have
God’s Spirit in them.
12. Beware of Divisions
1 Corinthians 1:10
New King James Version (NKJ)
10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the
same thing, and that there be no divisions
among you, but that you be perfectly joined
together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
13. Protecting the Flock
Identify wolves by their actions (they will not go
against their natural instinct)
Identify wolves by their teachings (they will
oppose the truth of God)
Identify wolves by their behavior (They will use
grace to justify their immoral lifestyles)
Identify wolves by their disrespect for authority
(They exude pride rather than humility)
Identify wolves by their attitude of discontent
(They are grumbles and complainers who are
never satisfied)
Identify wolves by their divisiveness (They
create factions within the church by pitting
Christians against one another)
14. As Christians we are called to:
Feed the Sheep
Convert the Goats
Expose the wolves
Defend the faith
John 13:34,35
Matthew
28:18-20
Acts 20:28,29
Jude 1:3
