{"id":4212,"date":"2026-02-07T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/?p=4212"},"modified":"2026-02-07T19:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T19:34:41","slug":"deception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/deception\/","title":{"rendered":"Deception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Intro:
- We\u2019re going to study the topic of deception.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
  - There are five things that can deceive you and you must defend yourself from each of these.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  - Riches will deceive you<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mk 4:19<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0
    Our country\u2019s problem is not an economic problem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Rather, it\u2019s a righteousness problem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Righteousness exalteth a nation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Your problem is not an economic problem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    It\u2019s a righteousness problem.<\/li><\/ul>
    \u201cSeek ye first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto thee\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    In Laodicea, riches have deceived the church and the word is well nigh choked out.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Defense<\/strong>:<\/strong>
    Labor not to be rich.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    The love of money is the root of all evil.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Trust not in uncertain riches.\u00a0\u00a0Live by godliness with contentment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    Sin will deceive you\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Heb 3:13<\/a>, Rom 7:11<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c
    Be not deceived God is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    You cannot sin without paying the cost.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    You can\u2019t just try it like one Lay\u2019s potato chip.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    And you can\u2019t even sit around and just think about it without a bad consequence.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Your defense<\/strong>.<\/strong>
    Acknowledge what God calls sin and avoid it, refuse it, and run from it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Be quick to confess it and forsake it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    The devil will deceive you<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Rev 12:9<\/a>, 2 Cor 11:13-14<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0
    He is the master deceiver.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    In Revelation he deceives the whole world and he deceives nations, Rev 20:3<\/a>, 8<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    He is the author of religions, of evolution, of many scientific theories, of mythology, and even of modern translations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    He\u2019s involved in commerce, in governments [the authority has come from the Lord but the devil has usurped the kingdoms], in many churches, in most communication, and in the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    He is the god of this world.<\/li><\/ul>
    He is a liar.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Defense<\/strong>.\n
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    The best way to protect yourself from his deceit is to know the truth and believe it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    Men will deceive you<\/strong>\u2013 Matt 24:4<\/a>, Eph 5:6<\/a>, 2 Thess 2:3<\/a>.\n
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    If you want to find out the truth about any man, go to the Bible and check him out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    I checked out my old religion and I found out two things.\u00a0\u00a0
    One, it was man-made deception.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    My old religion used the Bible to reinforce its doctrines but it was not Biblical.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    The truth had been twisted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Two, it had a supernatural \u201chold\u201d on people, though it was being propagated by men.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    Religious men are deceiving and being deceived.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    That\u2019s true of all the religions of the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    The devil is behind them and men are out front pushing them.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    Your defense<\/strong><\/em>.<\/em><\/strong>\n
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    Read and believe what the Bible has to say about your religion and its doctrines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    You will deceive yourself<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 1 John 1:8<\/a>, Jas 1:22<\/a>, Gal 6:3<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0
    Jeremiah 17:9<\/a> \u2013 The heart is deceitful above all things.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    You can easily be deceived about your motives, your judgment, and your will versus God\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    To avoid deception<\/strong>,<\/strong>
    You have to step back and see what you\u2019re doing the way that God sees it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
    The thing you may be deceived about has to fit the Bible not just one or two verses in the Bible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n
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    You must be willing to receive reproof and rebuke, be willing to admit that you are wrong, and be willing to humble yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","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-4212","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-15W","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212","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=4212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4213,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4212\/revisions\/4213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allthecounselofgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}