Let me throw y'all something to
ponder.
I'm tired of scratching my head
alone. Consider this:
Satan is described as a deceiver. We
are warned that he will,
if possible, deceive us. I think that
all of us will agree that this
is true. The Bible not only says so;
we ourselves have all seen
deceived people. Sometimes, they are
real easy to spot.
We are not surprised at this. Satan
has been around longer
than the human race. He is the father
of lies. He has experience.
He is good at what he does.
My question is, since this is a common
occurance, how do you
know that you are not the one being
deceived? Satan doesn't
just work on the stupid and the uneducated,
and he doesn't say,
"Now I am going to deceive you". In
fact, the way he operates,
the one being deceived never realizes that
he or she is deceived.
It is always someone else. If you
knew you were deceived, you
would not be deceived. So how do you
know that you aren't?
Terry
Judy:
Very good question Terry; I've been
wondering how to approach
the subject of demon oppressed/led
believers and you are making it
easier.
As we see in the life of Abraham (the
father of faith) the fruit of faith
is obedience to the will of God. We
should recognize the voice of the
Chief Shepherd and obey Him.
Eve was deceived because she listened to the wrong voice and acted
upon the wrong message. At one point
during his ministry to the
Church at Corinth the apostle Paul tells them he is afraid for
them
"lest somehow as the serpent
deceived Eve by his craftiness, so
their minds might be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in
Christ" (2 Corinthians 11:3)
Paul goes on to speak of one who
comes with another Jesus,
a different spirit, and a
different gospel - a scenario which
we are all
familiar with on TT. Over the 2,000+
years since Calvary the adversary
has produced more than 400 different Protestant gospels and this
is not including the quasi-Christian
cults and the RCC.
I know from personal experience that it is
possible for a born again
believer to be deceived because I've been
there and today I guard
against the spirit of error by
continuing to study to show myself
approved to God and to the best of my
ability walking in all the light
He has given me.
We must know God and His ways so that when the other voice
speaks to us or any idea that exalts itself above the clear
teaching of
God's Word presents itself we are quick to take it
captive and cast it
down to the
obedience of Christ. (2 Cor 10:5).
Grace and Peace,
Judy