"ravening wolves, serpents, vipers, whited walls...."-guess who?
Paul placed a curse on anyone that perverted the gospel of Christ-even an "angel from heaven"-survey Galatians 1 KJV.
Sound doctrine is sometimes communicated in non-compromising, sharp speech(2 Cor. 13:5-10 KJV), rebuke(Luke 24:25 KJV, 1 and 2 Timothy KJV, Titus KJV), and in sarcasm(Amos 4:4 KJV; Isaiah 17:3 KJV; Malachi 3:15 KJV; I Cor. 4:8-10 KJV; Job 12:2-6 KJV; Nahum 2:8 KJV.).
"And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months,disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God." Acts 19:8 KJV
Survey:
Elijah's taunts:
" And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." I Kings 18:27 KJV
Job's sarcasm:
"And Job answered and said, No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you." Job 12:1-2
The Lord Jesus Christ:
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." Matthew 7:15 KJV
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?...." Matthew 23:13-33 KJV
John the Baptist:
"...O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?" Luke 3:7 KJV
Peter:
"...The dog is turned to his own vomit again...."(2 Peter 2:22 KJV, Proverbs 26:11 KJV)
And, of course, Paul:
"For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock." Acts 20:19 KJV
"Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?" Acts 23:3 KJV
"For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ..." 2 Cor. 11:13 KJV
"One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies." Titus 1:12 KJV
"reprobate(s)" Romans 1:28 KJV; 2 Tim. 3:8 KJV; Titus 1:12 KJV; 2 Cor. 13:5-7 KJV
"Beware of dogs..." Philippians 3:2 KJV
The mocking of the LORD God:
" I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh..." Proverbs 1:26 KJV
"He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision." Psalms 2:4 KJV
"The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming." Psalms 37:13 KJV
"The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:..." Psalms 52:6 KJV
No compromise on the purity of the gospel of Christ. If you saw someone feed poisonous mushrooms to your children/grandchildren, what would you do? Eternal destinies are at stake, and you, me, every member of the body of Christ, every soldier, is commanded, by the Commander In Chief, to expose, mark, and rebuke false doctrine. You have no option, unless you have gone AWOL-Away Without The Lord.
This is is spiritual war, a war for men's and women's souls, not a kindergarten sand box. Accept it.
Call me a sheep in wolves clothing-we all have our function in the body of Christ. The LORD has gotten good use out of this mean spirited, intolerant.....("ya know" the rest).