Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death…And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. –Revelation 12:10-11, 17 (NKJV)

PREACH THE WORD; be instant in season, out of season; REPROVE, REBUKE, EXHORT with all long suffering and doctrine! –2 Timothy 4:2 (KJV)

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! –Matthew 23:13

“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” –Job 1:9-11

—

Sandy Simpson, “Rick Warren ‘Explains’ Himself,” deceptioninthechurch.com.

Commentary on Revelation 12:10 in The NIV Study Bible. cf. Job 1:1, 9-11.

Gilbert Tennent, “The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry.” Explains Pharisees.

Gary Gilley, This Little Church Went to Market (Evangelical Press, 2005).

John W. Kennedy, The Torch of the Testimony. A book that’s known among missionaries. It charts the history of reformers and their persecution by Pharisee preachers.