Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, we live in a day of apostasy. There are many who claim the name of Christ but deny the tenets of the faith, walk in a worldly way or have the appearance of godliness, but deny it’s power.

3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: ² For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³ unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, ⁴ traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! ⁶ For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, ⁷ always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. ⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, disapproved concerning the faith; ⁹ but they will progress no further, for their folly will be manifest to all, as theirs also was. 2Tim 3:1-9

For those who are in Christ we must beware. For the enemy comes in stealthily. Pretending to be something they are not seeking to destroy that which Christ is building. Namely the Body of Christ. That Bride promised to be given to the Bridegroom at the end of this age.

¹⁰ But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, ¹¹ persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. ¹² Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. ¹³ But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.¹⁴ But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured , knowing from whom you have learned them,¹⁵ and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2Tim 3:10-15

Also the following.

2 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. ³  By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber. 2 Peter 2:1-3

And Continuing.

then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment,  ¹⁰ and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries, ¹¹ whereas angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling accusation against them before the Lord. 2Peter 2:9-11

Disciples of Christ, please look at these Scriptures in context. We know the true from the false when we know who our God is. Otherwise we cannot follow the True Christ.

10 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. ² But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴ And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. ⁵ Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶ Jesus used this illustration, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them. John 10:1-6

Flee my family from the voice of the stranger! Do not be overtaken by the wolves and imposters. For the wolf dresses in sheep’s clothing. But speaks as a wolf. Even Scripture forbears this truth in regard to the end-time beast and false prophet.

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. Rev. 13:11

Brethren beware and flee from unrighteousness. Draw away from that which the Lord has rejected. Scripture bears witness again that to touch or accept that which is unclean before the Lord draws a punishment or a rejection from the Lord. Look to Revelation 18 and 2 Corinthians 6.