Does 2 Peter 2's warning of false teachers describe Witness Lee?

[bearbear]

Originally Posted by awareness

Why don't we just learn to be independent critical self thinkers and then false teachers and prophets will have no power over our hearts and minds.

It's because as I wrote in another thread that if we rely on our own human wisdom we can become easily deceived by Satan. Satan is the Father of lies, the ancient dragon who's been deceiving people for ages. He's been living for a lot longer than we have and he knows which lies work and which don't. I also have a huge tendency to rely on my own wisdom. It hurts to be deceived. All of us want to stand of some solid foundation to have assurance that we won't be hurt in the future. Unfortunately many of us can fall into the trap of relying on ourselves, when the only firm foundation in this world is Christ.

The only hope we have is to rely on the wisdom which comes from God's word and his spirit. And the word of God teaches us to beware of false teachers in many places. It also provides guidelines for us to discern whether or not someone comes from God or the devil. Many of these are in 1 John and in Jesus' teachings.