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在过去的十五年里，我一直生活在美国东北部，那里的道路蜿蜒曲折；如果拐错了弯，你往往要花很长时间才能找到正确的路。我很感谢手机里的地图应用程式！

彼得将当时的假教士形容为走错方向的人。是什么让人们偏离了方向？彼得提到了享乐、贪婪、骄傲、情欲和虚假自由的诱惑。所有这些以及其他更多的东西都会引导我们走上蜿蜒曲折的道路，很快就会把我们带离神希望我们去的地方。

“不义的工价”可能很吸引人。巴兰就是一个例子，他认为恶行可以提供一条捷径，通往美好的生活。（参民 22）但这是不可能的，巴兰被他的驴子斥责，才看清了真相！同样，我们可能会认为财务上的伎俩会让我们如愿以偿。但当我们意识到自己错了的时候，我们很可能已经给很多人带来了伤害和损失。

神邀请我们接受基督作为我们的主和救世主——祂指引我们，搭救我们走出迷途。跟随祂吧，让祂引领你前行！

For the past fifteen years I have lived in the northeastern United States, where roads often meander all over the landscape. Make a wrong turn, and you often discover that it can take a long time to find your way back to the right path. I'm thankful for the map program in my cell phone!

Peter describes the false teachers of his day as people who have gone off in the wrong direction. What leads people off course? Peter mentions the attractions of pleasure, greed, pride, lust, and the promise of false freedoms. All of these things and more lead us on meandering paths that can quickly bring us away from where God would have us go.

The "wages of wickedness" can also be appealing. Balaam was an example of someone who thought sin could offer a shortcut to a good life。 (see Numbers 22) But that wouldn't work, and Balaam had to be rebuked by his donkey before he could see the truth! In a similar way, we might think a financial scheme will get us what we want. And when we realize we have gone wrong, we may well have caused many people lots of harm and damage.

God invites us to embrace Christ as our Lord and Savior— the one who directs us and saves us from our wrong turns. Follow him, and let him keep you on the way!