OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-19/02/2016-BEWARE
OF DECEIVERS I -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
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
1This 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, high-minded, 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 diver’s
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.
KJV
MESSAGE
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.
Bible in one year
Luke 9:21-10:42, Job 24:9-20
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