{"id":3781,"date":"2024-11-09T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2024-11-09T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T22:32:09","slug":"be-not-deceived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/09\/be-not-deceived\/","title":{"rendered":"BE NOT DECEIVED"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>\u201cBut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.\u201d (James 1:22)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Intro:<\/strong><br>o Deception is one of Satan\u2019s devices that he uses to trip up Christians in their walk with the Lord.<br>o We know from the Word of God that Satan is an imitator.<br>o He tries to trick the Christian and the rest of the world by imitating the things of God.<br>o The Apostle Paul warns us in 2 Corinthians 2:11 not be ignorant of Satan\u2019s devices lest he should get advantage of us.<br>o Definition of deceive: 1 archaic : ENSNARE 2 a obsolete : to be false to b archaic : to fail to fulfill 3 obsolete :<br>CHEAT 4 : to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid 5 archaic : to while away intransitive verb : to practice deceit; also : to give a false impression<br>o synonyms DECEIVE, MISLEAD, DELUDE, BEGUILE mean to lead astray or frustrate usually by underhandedness. DECEIVE implies imposing a false idea or belief that causes ignorance, bewilderment, or helplessness .<br>MISLEAD implies a leading astray that may or may not be intentional <em>.<br>DELUDE implies deceiving so thoroughly as to obscure the truth .<br>BEGUILE stresses the use of charm and persuasion in deceiving .<br>o This morning from the Word of God we want to see how a man can be deceived.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A man is deceived if he says that he has no sin \u2013 1 John 1:8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A man is deceived when he thinks himself to be something when he is nothing. \u2013 Galatians 6:3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A man is deceived when he thinks himself to be wise with worldly wisdom \u2013 1 Corinthians 3:18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A man is deceived when he seems to be religious and does not bridle his tongue \u2013 James 1 :26<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A man is deceived when he thinks that he will not reap what he sows \u2013 Galatians 6:7.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A man is deceived when he thinks that evil company will not corrupt good morals \u2013 1 Corinthians 15:33<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A man is deceived when he thinks that the unrighteous will inherit the kingdom of God \u2013 1 Corinthians 6:9<br><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><br>o Now Satan will try to deceive you to not pay attention to the Word of God.<br>o The question is \u2013 Will you let him?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBut be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.\u201d (James 1:22) Intro:o Deception is one of Satan\u2019s devices that he uses to trip up Christians in their walk with the Lord.o We know from the Word of God that Satan is an imitator.o He tries to trick the Christian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/09\/be-not-deceived\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BE NOT DECEIVED<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa5oei-YZ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3782,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/3782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}