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My
friend told last time that he bought a mobile phone at the local shop in the
city at a very expensive price only to get home to find out that the phone was
not working.
I
was not entirely surprise as they were so many confident tricksters who do so
many crazy things just for survival. This is one of the many stories on the
current state of the world.
The
only successful people are the best ones that go free deceiving the poor.
Indeed, as the Bible says in Hosea 4: 6 that ‘my people are destroyed
from lack of knowledge. "Because
you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you’ emphasizing that the people
will surely perish for their lack of knowledge.
Deceptions are
acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the
whole truth. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment to attain a
particular purpose. Deception was the means Satan made Eve to eat the fruit of
good and evil in the Garden of Eden. By his means of deception, he made Eve
commits a mistake that would turn God against man (his image) forever.
Below is a list of the current
state of the world;
The
End of the World
Over the past few years so
many people from all sort of life’s have announce the date for the second
coming of Christ thus the End of the World. Interestingly none of the date
seems right and yet there are more dates been set. In the world of deception,
dates like 11/11/11, 10/10/10, June 30th, May 21st, May
27th, 2020-2037, 2060 etc makes sense but these dates are part of a
means to deceive the world. That is not to say that Jesus will not come anytime
soon, indeed, Jesus is coming sooner and earlier than we might think.
Definition
of success
The world defines success as
having a house, car, well-paid job, and number of girlfriends. But must success
be defined with materialistic things? This deceptive definition of success has
led to rise of criminal activities just to attain worldly success status. With these criteria, politicians, gamblers,
celebrities, and personalities are successful people. Meanwhile, the means of
their worth has not been questioned. The Bible explains better that following
God and obeying His instructions is the meaning of success. When Solomon became
king, he didn’t ask the Lord for wealth and power, but for wisdom and
discernment in order to lead God’s people. God was pleased by this request and
granted it, giving Solomon a wise and understanding heart, more than any man
had ever had before.
The
glory of sin
The world has welcome and graciously received
sin as the new fashion trend. Now, sex
before marriage is adored, cohabitation is perfect, cheating is okay, insults
are friendly, unhealthy relationship is fun. Deception has turn off the moral
foundation of the youth to an awkward phenomenon in accepting that doing the
wrong things is right. For example, in 1 Timothy
4:1-2, Paul wrote to Timothy,
"Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
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."
Hypocritical liars! People who
teach one thing but practice another, or perhaps, people who preach something
that they know to be false, and do so because of some agenda that they might
have, somehow convincing themselves that God will wink at such behaviour
because of their good intention. Whichever, the evidence is that both types are
prevalent in Christendom today.
The youth are now engaging in fornication, drugs and other immoral activities because of the devil has deceived them in believing that the trend is the right module in life but Galatians 6:7-8 says ‘Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life’.
The way OUT!
There is no other way of pleasing the Lord than obeying his instructions and doing his will. When we please the Lord he delivers us from all forms of deceptions and distractions.
We have to renew our mentality and focus our attention to Christ Romans 12:2 says ‘Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect’.
Another way the Bible teaches us to escape the spirit of deception is Put to death therefore what is earthly in us: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters escape from the world of deception. What might look good to your eyes might be evil in the eyes of God. Watch and Pray-By: Samuel Mantey
Email: Sammyoo3@yahoo.com
Twitter: SamuelMantey
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