25/02/2025
BEWARE OF SATANIC DECEPTION
One of the major activities of Satan in this end time is DECEPTION. To deceive means to deliberately cause someone to believe something that is not true, usually for personal gain or to take advantage of. Deception or falsehood is a statement or action that is intended to mislead, hide the truth or promote a false belief or idea. Satan has mastered the art of causing people to believe what is a lie and by so doing, he takes advantage of them. This is why apostle Paul wrote in 2Corinthians 11:3: "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ".
The devil is not as powerful as we tend to make him. He is only deceptive. Satan is not ignorant of the truth; he simply chooses not to abide by it. The power of Satan is in your falling for his deceptions and participating in his lies. For as long as you do not cooperate with him; he remains powerless. At the end of age, the devil will be thrown into the bottomless pit, and shut up, that he should deceive the nations no more, See Revelations 20:1-3.
The devil’s major activity in this end time is deception and he carries out his deception in four vital areas:
(1) He capitalizes on your ignorance of WHO GOD IS,
(2) He capitalizes on your ignorance of WHO YOU ARE,
(3) He tries to make you trivialize the CERTAINTY OF CONSEQUENCES (Consequences/Punishment for violating kingdom principles and specific instruction from God),
(4) He capitalizes on your ignorance of THE REALITY OF GOD'S PRESENCE.
Make up your mind daily to make fresh discoveries in these areas. As you study and meditate on these revelations, you will receive grace to overcome the devil. Meditation takes away limit. The purpose of meditation is to manifest. In 1Timothy 4:15, the bible says: Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. As you meditate on God’s word this week, you will experience profit and progress that no one can oppose.