“Be Not Deceived!” - Part 1 (Urgency’s Call to Truth)

Beloved, in chapter 24 of the book of Matthew, we read the account of the disciples of Lord Jesus questioning him about the sign of his coming and the end of the age.

In answer to their inquiry, he offered an urgent warning that has resonated down through time to our very day.

Do not be deceived.

This cautionary alert was the first directive on the list of the other signs that he would give them, such as wars and rumors of wars, earthquakes, nation rising against nation, famines, and so on.

The first and foremost indicator of his soon return would be the rise in deception, a demonic strategy that would be so masterful that even the elect would be in danger of falling prey to its devices.

The obvious deceptions are usually fairly easy to discern.

However, the not-so-obvious hold within them the most danger.

because they are hidden behind a veil of Luciferian false light that very closely mimics the true things of God, whereby many are taking the bait and being led into the enemy's web of deadly deception, especially now in this very critical time in the earth.

Satan knows that his time is short, and therefore his deceptions are more strategic and deadly than they have ever been.

It is important to remember that Lucifer and Satan are the same entity.

Lucifer comes as an angel of light, but it is his identity as Satan, God's adversary, that depicts his true nature.

He is a murderer and a liar and has been so from the beginning.

Everything that he does is devoid of truth because there is no truth in him, and yet he is a masterful counterfeiter.

so masterful that without the Holy Spirit's discernment to lead us, no one is immune from his death-filled beguilements.

And therefore, as we look to the Holy Spirit for wisdom and discernment, we will be equipped to stand strong and to be strengthened to contend even more earnestly for the true faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

as we are exhorted in Jude 1-3.