False Prophets

False Prophets
2 Peter 2.1-10a

‘I told you it was easy to get lost.’

Our host stood on the doorstep with a wry smile on his face. We had assumed we more or less knew the way. We have a good sense of direction. We had even been there before; surely we would remember the route once we saw the landmarks? But no: we had taken at least one wrong turning, and there wasn’t an obvious way to cut across country and get back on track. So we had driven round back streets in small towns, trying to find a road that would put things right, and all the time worrying they would think we weren’t coming (this was in the days before mobile phones)...

Taken from Early Christian Letters For Everyone by Tom Wright