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False prophets - giving you alternative ways to “the good life”

Defining “the good life” in a YOU centered way instead of as a collective under the rule of God

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Ideologists

ideologists were probably closer to what Jesus was addressing - in his cultural moment an expression of religion.

Essenes: The way we will be saved is by retreating

Zealots: The way we will be saved is by attacking & overcoming

Sadducees: The way we will be saved is by partnership

Not to mention Greco-Roman ideologies that have different versions of “The good life” that we will see Paul and other epistle writers address as the gospel spreads from Jerusalem to different regions where “the good life” is defined through other lenses.