BEWARE OF DECEIVERS I
Memorise: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
righteousness. 2nd Timothy 3:16
Read: 2nd Timothy 3:1-8, 3 This know also, that in the last
days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:
from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and
lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of
the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these
also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Bible in one year: Luke 9:21-10:42, Job 24:9-20
A deceiver is someone who practices deceit as means of
seducing, misleading, or giving false impressions to people. A deceiver would
try to impose a false idea that causes bewilderment, helplessness, or confusion
in people’s mind. Every act of deception is a direct attack against the truth
for the purpose of distorting the original creative order and position of
things by the Almighty God. Deception is therefore the devil’s invention which
has been carefully designed to create doubts and questions about the
credibility of God in the hearts of men. This is the reason why deceit is
condemned by God as an attempt to deny His sovereignty and the revelation of
Himself. After the devil’s successful attack on Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:1-7,
God repeatedly warned humanity about the subtlety of Satan and his false prophets.
Matthew 24:11 says;
“And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive
many.”
The whole of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation is full of
similar warnings about the deliberate plot of
devil to send his evil agents of deception in form of false
prophets and heretic teachers into the world, in order to deceive and mislead
many. These deadly agents of deception have perfected the means of attacking
unsuspecting individuals from two seemingly harmless fronts. One of their
tactics is to preach the gospel of the alternative. They claim to be serving
the same God through another saviour, and therefore present their religion as a
better alternative to Christianity that only has the appearance of the
Christian religion on the surface, but is full of heresy, ungodliness, and
immorality in actual practice. To this end 1st Timothy 4:1-2
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter time
some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared
with a hot iron;”
In the above passage, the Word of God is making it very
clear to us that the activities of these agents of darkness will become very
concentrated and effective in the latter days, such that it will cause some
believers to depart from the faith. This will happen because those affected
would commit the error of giving heed to seducing spirits. They would be
seduced through the preaching of other gospels, the gospel of relativism,
modernism and post-modernism, and through attractive motivational messages. To
counter the evil, we must turn to 2nd Timothy 3:16. God has given us all
scripture by His inspiration, to be profitable for doctrine, reproof,
correction, and instruction in righteousness, dangerous heretic teachings are
in the air, but anyone that abides in the Word of God, can never be deceived.
Be warned.
Prayer Point
Father, please don’t let me ever give heed to seducing
spirits in Jesus’ name.
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