WHAT IS
THE GREATEST THREAT, IN THE LAST DAYS?
- · Nuclear War – WWIII?
- · Economic Doom – the loss of financial
security/job?
- · Persecution / Martyrdom?
Perspective:
· Yahweh says, “don’t fear him that
killeth the body… rather fear Him that kills both body and soul…” – the fear of
Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. The
single most important reason we breathe is to LIVE… Our life here isn’t living… this is probation… living is what comes next.
Deception
is the single biggest threat!
· Death doesn’t take Eternal Life from
someone… deception does! The enemy
cannot remove a person from the Hand of Yahweh…
We have to, by choice, remove ourselves…
If we are deceived, we increasingly walk in spiritual
darkness… until we can no longer discern
our true condition, nor find the way out. Like fish trapped in cave, we lose
our sight – even our eyes. Future generations of fish are born without
eyes… This happens physically and also
spiritually. Spiritual darkness causes us to lose our spiritual eyes.
• Matthew
24:4-5 “And Yahshua answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you. For many shall come in My Name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.”
• Matthew
24:11 “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”
• Matthew 24:24 “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
• Mark
13:5-6 “And Yahshua answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man
deceive you: For many shall come in My Name, saying, I am Christ; and
shall deceive many.”
•
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that Day (Judgment,
the Second Coming) shall not come, except there come a falling away
first, and that Man of Sin (the Beast, aka King of the North, Prince of Tyrus…)
be revealed, the Son of Perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above
all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.”
Magnitude of Deception:
·
Deception will be so great, that it will even
threaten the most sincere of believers.
o
Eve, in the Garden of Eden had perfect senses
before the Fall… yet her senses were
insufficient to protect her from the deception of the Serpent. We are fallen
with imperfect senses… if she couldn’t,
we can’t!
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We can’t just “know” if something’s wrong or is
a lie… We can’t outsmart the devil by
our own intellect, intuition, senses, or anything that we possess…
o
Sincerity is not Salvation – How do we know?
There will be a group in the End who say, “Master, Master, did we not prophesy
in Thy Name? And in Thy Name cast out devils…?” He says to them – a group who
are shocked to be lost – “Depart from Me, I never knew you (you aren’t in
the Marriage Covenant relationship with Him)” Self-deception (not seeing
the Truth about ourselves and own condition) is one of the most dangerous!
·
The “Falling Away” is an End-time Prophetic
Event! (2 Thess. 2:3)
o
Falling away is from G646 apostasia –
“defection from Truth… to forsake… apostasy”. So great is this defection (so
many people will leave the Truth that they once had) that it is an actual
End-time event in Bible Prophecy.
o
Ephesians 5:6 – “Let no one deceive
you with empty words, for because of such things God’s Wrath comes upon
those who are disobedient…”
·
The Deceptions are made to appear “righteous”
and “good”
o
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 - “...Satan himself
is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing (it
should be no big surprise) if his ministers also be transformed as (appear
as) the ministers of righteousness...”
o
So just because something looks good to us, we
can’t know that it is… And we definitely
shouldn’t follow our hearts or use our own ideas to determine what is true.
·
Every lost person is lost because
of having fallen a prey to deception
o
Revelation 13:3-4 “…And all
the world wondered after (admired) the beast. And
they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast…”
o
2 Timothy 3:13 – “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving, and being deceived.”
o
Ephesians 4:14 “That we henceforth
be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind
of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby
they lie in wait to deceive.”
Forms of Deception:
·
Deception about who is Christ…
·
Deception from false prophets (false teachings /
doctrines / every wind of doctrine)…
·
Deceptions from senses / emotions /
manifestations… (miracles, signs and wonders)…
·
Deceptions about worship and the identity of
Yahweh’s true Temple…
·
Deceptions about Who is God…
·
Deception from having “itching ears”…
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