Matthew 24:49
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And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
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I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.