The Great Deception
The great deception is ignoring EVIL, and our own wickedness. It is also ignoring that the Evil One uses the word of God to deceive us.
Airton Humber · 02/01/25 · 3 min de leitura
The great deception is ignoring EVIL, and our own wickedness. It is also ignoring that the Evil One uses the word of God to deceive us.
Faced with a difficult situation, it is very common to say, or to hear: God is in control! Is that true? The Bible teaches us the opposite: that the whole world is under the power of the Evil One 1 John 5:19
The great deception of free will
Jesus said: You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God! Matt 22:29
We have been deceived by traditional theology, because we disregard the power of God, through the Holy Spirit. And we have also been deceived by the common understanding of free will, as if we could choose between GOOD and EVIL or stay as we are; where are we? We are in a world under the dominion of the Evil One and our only option is to choose GOOD, to choose God, or to remain in EVIL.
The great deception of the Evil One with the Word of God
First of all, how did the serpent tempt Eve? Was it not with the word of God?
And he asked the woman: Did God really say: You must not eat from any tree in the garden? Gen 3:1
In the same way, how were the religious people of Jesus' time deceived? Was it not with the Law, the word of God?
And likewise, how did the devil tempt Jesus? Was it not by using the word of God? Luke 4:3-12
So we notice that he has always brought the fight to the field of the natural man, deceiving people with the word of God.
Taking care of the integrity of the Word of God
The Bible is a single whole, complete and finished, with hundreds of links between its various books. And, at the very end, in Rev 22:18-19 it warns us that the slightest alteration is enough for us to be deceived.
And when we honestly observe our religious behavior we are surprised at so many additions made by the churches.
Because when we analyze our attitudes in the light of the Word of God, what do we find?
Our common answer is: God knows my heart… and that is so true that he himself warned, on the other hand: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can know it? Jer 17:9
Jesus said: … Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. Hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, saying: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely rules taught by men. Matt 15:6-9
We are so adapted to the patterns of this world, and so conformed to it, that we no longer find it strange, a great deception, to celebrate Easter with a little bunny that lays chocolate eggs, and Christmas with Santa Claus.
What do you think? Could we also be being deceived? How can we get out of this? How did Jesus manage to escape temptation in the desert?
Conclusion of the great deception
Contrary to common thinking, the Bible teaches that the whole world is under the power of the Evil One. On the other hand, it also teaches that:
The heavens are the Lord's, but the earth he has given to man Ps 115:16
So, there is an eager expectation, creation waits for the revealing of the children of God Rom 8:19
Because the Lord has already done his part, when he said: It is finished, everything is done! Now it is our turn, as mature children of God.
Jesus made this possibility real when he concluded his work by sending us the Holy Spirit, the only one with enough power to set us free from the Evil One.
So, do you have enough courage to leave the great deception?
Let there be light! Peace!
