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Too many of us will listen to and follow anyone but the Lord. We humans are involved in deception in three different ways. I. We are sometimes the victim of deception. The Scriptures frequently warn, “Do not be deceived.”. Jesus warned, At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another.
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Jan 4, 2022 · Why does God allow deception? God’s desire is that all people repent and be saved ( 2 Peter 3:9 ). At the same time, Satan, the “father of lies” ( John 8:44 ), deceives the very people who need to accept the truth. “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of ...
Jun 3, 2013 · To avoid spiritual deception, develop discernment by abiding in the Word and in the Spirit. 1. To avoid spiritual deception, develop discernment by abiding in the Word, especially with regard to the gospel (2:24-26). If you are paying attention to the text, you may be thinking, “I don’t see any mention of the Word or the gospel in these verses.
- Introduction
- The Coming of The Lawless One and Satan’s Deception
- The Judgment of God and The Deluding Influence
- Conclusion
Though the Day of the Lord will eventually usher in a glorious day of millennial blessing for those left after the Tribulation and the return of Christ to earth, it will begin with a time of judgment, a day of wrath, as described in Revelation 6-19. While millions will come to Christ beginning with the sealing and salvation of 144,000 Jews (12,000 ...
2:9 The coming of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, 2:10and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
2:11 Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence that they may believe what is false. 2:12And so they will all be judged who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil. “Consequently” (Greek, dia touto, “for this reason”) looks back to the previous verse and the refusal to love the truth by those who are perishing. As such, it a...
Certainly one of the key points of these verses is the very sobering truth that people can so resist the truth that God finally gives them over to greater and greater delusion where they literally wander further and further away so that they believe one lie after another. Plainly, there is no walking the fence, no neutral ground that men may take—e...
Jan 28, 2014 · A Biblical teaching on the problem of (self) deception. One of the more troublesome and damaging human traits is the tendency for us to be deceived. Scripture speaks often of this problem, and we do well to look to some of the texts and see what they have to teach us. Perhaps, it is good it first to look to the Latin and Greek roots of the word ...
Sep 1, 2014 · Satan’s ministers lead people into sin, and many follow them in their apostasy. When this happens, the problem will only get worse. “ But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived ” (2 Timothy 3:13). Sin by its very nature is deceptive. Even as Christians we can be “ hardened by the ...
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Jul 31, 2008 · The Consequences of Self-Deception. Coty Pinckney July 31, 2008. (For a version of this devotion that is easier to print, follow this link .) Consider this phrase from Isaiah 44:20: “A deluded heart has led him astray.”. Note that it does not say, “He was deluded about the truth.”. Unquestionably that is the case.
