“And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed”
will follow
“Follow” means to follow out to the end. These people imitate the teaching and behavior of these false teachers very closely. They will follow the false teachers to the end (2 Peter 1:16; 2:15; Job 31:9; Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 2:2; Amos 2:4). They follow in a detailed and dependent manner. These people conform to false teaching and life-style. These are all out followers. In war, some soldiers will follow their squad leader into death. Converts of false teachers will follow their teaches into hell.
their destructive ways
The Greek word for “destructive” occurs four times in the first three verses. “Destructive” means debauchery, filthy. This is unbridled lust and also acting upon that lust. Often, this word refers to debased sexual routine. People who enter debauchery pass the stage of concealing their sin. These people place no value on their reputation. They do not care what other people think of their sin.
Principle:
People who reach the stage of debauchery no longer care about their reputation.
Application:
People in debauchery do not bridle their behavior. They enter orgies. They are reckless. They live as they please. They do not care what other people think about them.
An example of “debauchery”" today would be the homosexual and lesbian community. With pride, they “come out of the closet.” They love to flaunt their depravity.
We live in a day of latitude and permissiveness. Everyone is broad-minded now. No one believes anything for sure. We would not want surgeons to operate on us who had that attitude. They might say, “Well, we’ve never been trained in this operation but we will do as best as we can.” I don’t know about you, but I would not want those surgeons operating on me. Yet, millions of people buy into fuzzy pluralism and relativism without understanding that those doctrines themselves are presuppositions about truth.
We have lost our sense of the outrage today. We no longer have a sense of the temperate. Satellite, cable television and the Internet bring limitless choices of pornography right into the home. People who would never go to places of pornography now imbibe this destruction daily into their lives. Our society in general and Christians in particular have lost their sense of shame. We take what we want when we want it.
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