Deception A seemingly benign or alluring scenario presented to obscure the truth.
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DeceptionDeception• A seemingly benign or alluring
scenario presented to obscure the truth.
Sources of Deceit
• The devil– Genesis 3:13– John 8:44– 1 Timothy 4:1– Revelation 12:9– Revelation 20:1-3; 7-10
Sources of Deceit
• The heart– Jeremiah 17:9– Mark 7:20-23– Jeremiah 14:14; 23:26-27
Incoming Expressions of Deceit
• False Teaching– Matthew 24:4-28
• Vs 4, 11, 23-24
– Jeremiah 29:8-9
Incoming Expressions of Deceit
• Pride– Jeremiah 49:15-16– Obadiah 1:2-4
Incoming Expressions of Deceit
• Sin– Romans 7:11 – Hebrews 3:13
Expressions of Deceit
• Hypocrisy– Malachi 1:14
Expressions of Deceit
• Lying– Psalm 109:2; 120:2– Isaiah 32:7– Proverbs 12:17
Expressions of Deceit
• Offering false hope– Jeremiah 6:13-14– Zechariah 10:2
Expressions of Deceit
• Religiosity– Colossians 2:18-23
Expressions of Deceit
• Mishandling the Word of God– Luke 4:9-11 – 2 Corinthians 4:2
Victory Over Deceit
• Truth– Psalm 33:4; 119:160– John 1:14; 17:17– 2 Corinthians 4:2– 2 Timothy 2:15
Victory Over Deceit
• Ongoing discipleship in the context of a body of believers.– Ephesians 4:11-16
Jeremiah 17:5-10
5Thus says the Lord:“Cursed is the man who trusts in manAnd makes flesh his strength,Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,And shall not see when good comes,But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,In a salt land which is not inhabited.
Jeremiah 17:5-10
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,Which spreads out its roots by the river,And will not fear when heat comes;But its leaf will be green,And will not be anxious in the year of drought,Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:5-10
9 “The heart is deceitful above all things,And desperately wicked;Who can know it?
10 I, the Lord, search the heart,I test the mind,Even to give every man according to his ways,According to the fruit of his doings.