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Be careful with the wolves in sheep clothing

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"Watch out for false prophets.

They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”

(Matthew 7:15)

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One day, with the shining sunlight and cool breeze, a group of sheep were gazing on the grass.

The sheep were having a good time with each other.

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The shepherd gathered the sheep and guided them.

And the sheep went where ever they wanted.

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While the shepherd looked around for the sheep, he saw a bigger than usual sheep getting closer to his flock. However he didn`t mind it because he thought it was one of his sheep.

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Then suddenly the sheep started to cry aloud spontaneously.

When he looked to that place there was a wolf, he hadn’t noticed coming,

which was taking one of his sheep with it.

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That time the shepherd recognized that the thing that had come from the forest was not a sheep but rather it was a wolf pretending to be a sheep.

The wolf looked like a sheep but instead it really was a wolf.

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When Jesus Christ was still on the earth, there were many people who taught wrong things about the word of God.

And Jesus told the disciples that those people who interpreted the word of God wrongly are like wolves in sheep’s clothing.

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Even now, there are many false prophets who are like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

And especially they try to tempt those who are like a sheep in the story.

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They approach as if they are good people. They use a word like sugar and honey to convince other people to make them their slaves.

When you listen to their words it sounds like they’re all correct and righteous words.

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But deep inside of those people who are using good words to convince others are like Satan on the earth and they want to make other people stay away from Jesus Christ. We call these people “heretics.”

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Jesus Christ warned about those people to his children and taught us this example to follow.

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“If you want to determine whether they are real prophets or not you should look carefully with what fruit they bear.”

Jesus Christ used a metaphor about a tree to explain this:

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Jesus Christ continued to speak.

“Do you think a thorn bush can bear grapes?

Or do you think a thistle can bear a fig?

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“Good fruit can only come from a good tree.”

“Grapes can only come from a grape tree.

And a fig tree can only bear figs and give their fruit to the people.”

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A bad plant such as a thistle or a weed has no good use for us, so at the end they will be chopped and burned with fire.

And this means that those who dare to speak lies about the word of God will be put in hell.

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So you, children of God should be aware of what you are doing and listen carefully even though you may be still young. Sometimes you will meet false religious people like wolves who pretend to be a sheep, if you follow them without thinking; you will go the wrong way to be destroyed with those wolves also. So, you should be careful to follow God’s Word!