Have you ever heard the phrase – “A wolf in sheep’s clothing?” It’s a statement that is often used to refer to people who are sly, tricky or deceitful. At first you may perceive a person like this to be harmless, but the closer you get to them, you find that they are out to devour whatever they can get a hold of.
In 2 Corinthians 11:1-15, Paul is warning “hey, the enemy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing – he is going to trick you into something that will ruin you in the end.” The Corinthian people were struggling with their faith in God because they believed false apostles – men who claimed to be speaking for God, but were actually speaking a lie.
Paul wrote to tell them to hold firm to the truth he had told them. He wanted them to know that even though these false teachers may look all right on the outside, they are corrupt on the inside. At the end of this passages he warned, ‘Even Satan can dress as an angel of light…but he’s still Satan on the inside.’
This is a good lesson for us to understand too. We must remember that the our enemy is crafty and will even use something that looks like the truth to trick us into living a lie. Be on guard. Don’t have a misplaced theology because it will lead to a misplaced hope.
