False Prophets

The false prophet is a man who has no “strait gate” or “narrow way” in his gospel.  He has nothing which is offensive to the natural man; he pleases all.  He is in “sheep’s clothing,” so attractive, so pleasant, so nice to look at.  He has such a nice and comfortable and comforting message.  He pleases everybody and everybody speaks well of him.  He is never persecuted for his preaching, he is never criticized severely.  He is praised by the Liberals and Modernists, he is praised by the Evangelicals, he is praised by everybody.  He is all things to all men in that sense; there is no “strait gate” about him, there is no “narrow way” in his message, there is none of “the offence of the cross.”

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, “Studies in the Sermon on the Mount,” volume 2, p.244