Be Ever Watchful of the Deceptions of Our World!

It is interesting to me how quickly people jump from one thing to another. I know there was a time in my life where I had trouble maintaining one train of thought and had a tendancy to jump from one idea to another. This was especially so when it came to dealing with Biblical and doctrinal issues. But, I found the more grounded I became in the Word, the easier it became for me to differentiate between Scriptural and tradition. It is really sad to see the number of people in the local church who have little or no Biblical foundation, trusting simply in what they are told and taught. Of course the enemy loves to keep GOD’s people blinded to GOD’s truth because he recognizes their ineffectiveness as such.

As I think about this, I begin to see how easy it is for believers to fall into the trap of worshipping false gods and false ideas. The lure of sugar-coated teaching and preaching draws the unknowing into the trap of deception and before long the idea of the object of worship becomes entangled in a web of deceit.

Consider for a moment, the Israelites. If you read the Old Testament, it is easy to see how readily they accepted the deception of the gods of the foreigners. It almost seems like they would find GOD, begin to follow after Him and worship Him and then it wasn’t anytime at all, they were back to worshipping the god’s of the nations surrounding them. Consider for a moment what GOD said to His people through His prophet, Hosea:“The LORD said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.’ So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. Then I told her, ‘You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will live with you.'” (Hosea 3:1-3).

Its easy to see from GOD’s viewpoint that any doctrine, any belief, any train of thought, any deceptive practice that is un-Scriptural or in any way outside of Biblical teaching is considered the same as prostituting ourselves to other gods. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? But, GOD takes following completely after Him as very serious. Because He knows how easily entrapped we can become. Before long, we fall prey to the deception of prosperity teaching. We soon accept and begin to live the idea that GOD is a genie in a bottle that wants me to be nothing but happy no matter how I get to that point. Before long we are chasing after the doctrines of demons, the lies of the enemy, and before too long, we have lost sight of what being a true believer in JEASUS CHRIST is even about any longer.

If you have fallen prey to these lies, turn back to GOD while you still can. Reach out, repent and confess your faults and failures to GOD and return to a right relationship with Him.