There are Wolves in the Church Body

YES, there are, so BEWARE!

Wolves like to search among church Bodies for "recruits" into their own way of thinking. 

They "prowl" among the congregation and even its children, possibly even your children. So be aware of the people in your Body.

Once the Wolf finds a person (or people) willing to listen to their cleverly woven falsehoods, the Wolf then uses control and manipulation to keep this new recruit "in their fold".

Unwittingly the followers (the recruits) soon learn not to get on the Wolf's wrong side because they will soon see the "Wolf's teeth" (anger, wrath, irritation, shunning, temper tantrums...)

Wolves can turn on you quickly and "cut you down to size", making a scene with you at the center.

Wolves tend to puff themselves up - always thinking they are better than you. Wolves can be simpering sweet, but they are always waiting to pounce on anyone for anything. The reason: Wolves believe they are better than you.

Wolves show their true selves in their inner group who KNOW not to cross them for fear of reprisals.

*Other Christians "fear" them; don't want to get on the angry side of them; don't desire to engage with them; it's not their business...

With Wolves their facial expressions tell you to "watch out!" You don't ever want to get on their wrong side. Instead, when a person is caught in their web they continue trying to please the Wolf at all costs.

Wolves tend to have "their favorites" among their followers as well as having their "whipping boys". Fear runs high in the followers as they are enslaved to the Wolf's whim.

A weapon of Wolves is cruelly shunning their followers.

Wolves use the same dynamics as Abusers use to control their victims. 

Many, many times a Wolf acts like the Sheep in the congregation. Always there, always polite, always with an answer...but "something" doesn't seem right: 

?Are these issues really important? 

?So what if this "person" believes things like that;

?they are so nice, they seem to have the Christian life all in order....

?they seemingly know the scriptures better. 

?They must be right in their thinking. 

?It is just me who doesn't do things right.

?Why can't I ever make "the Wolf" happy? 

God's Word, the Bible speaks of Ravenous Wolves: 

John 10:11-15

Jesus says: ...“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep."...

Acts 20:28-31a

..."Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be on the alert,"...

Matthew 7:13-20

...“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.  For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. 

Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits.

Matthew 10:16

... “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves."...

Luke 10:1-3

"Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. And He was saying to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves."...

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You can be set free! 

Cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ! 

You will find freedom in Jesus!

John 8:36

..."So if the Son sets you free, 

you will be free indeed."...

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