But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. (2Pe 2:1; emphasis added)
What does it mean to deny Christ? What some commonly hold to be the act of denying Christ is a refutation in words, or a declaration clearly against Him, as the criterion for assessing denial of the Savior. This misunderstanding often comes from this section of verse: “and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost, ” from 1Corrinthians 12:3. To say people can’t lie, however, or that people don’t lie about God, is obviously not true; and anyone capable of reading scripture will not long be under this misconception. This scripture, then, does not mean a person can’t physically say the words; it means that for a person to acknowledge Jesus as their Lord is only made possible by the Holy Spirit. How, then, does one deny Christ? The epistle of Paul to Titus adds this detail:
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. (Tit 1:16; emphasis added)
We have false teachers among us today who deny Christ by their abominable works which they cleaverly disguise as good deeds. Be not fooled.
