Freedom from Deception

Thursday 8 September
READ: John 8: 42-45
MORE LESSON: Rev. 12: 9

One major tool that satan uses in getting people into the lake of fire is deception. The devil is a born liar thus we are warned in 2 Cor. 2:11, Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. When he is lying, he is just being himself (John 8: 44). He has deceived so many people and he is still deceiving many. The first mention of the devil in the Bible is in Genesis 3 and he appeared as a deceiver. He deceived Eve and led her to sin against God and Adam followed suit. It is still the deception of the devil that makes men sin against God today and the result is destruction and damnation. One of the highest deceptions that the devil can sell to any man is to make him believe that he (satan) doesn't exist, or that there is no Heaven and there is no hell. What a deception! Imagine a man spends all his life believing that there is no hell but finds himself there, too late to come back and make amends. It is a man who is a victim of deception that blows himself up with a bomb, expecting to open his eyes in a paradise with seventy virgins but he opens his eyes and sees eternal gulf of fire. May you never fall victim of deceit, in Jesus’ name.
The deception of the devil has made men refuse the free offer of salvation through the blood of Jesus. Deception has made even believers to live in disobedience to the principles of God. A deceived child of God doesn't pay tithes because he thinks he will have more money that way. Deception makes a Christian to commit secret sins and do other things that the world thinks smart but are actually detrimental. Satan is in the business of deceiving men, colouring and beautifying things that are poisonous and dangerous. The deception is so pitiful that some people proudly say they are satanists and publicly declare that they serve satan, thinking he is their friend and benefactor. Satan is nobody's friend because even those that serve him, he punishes, destroys and afflicts eternally in hell. Accept Jesus today and be free from deception, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me: Jn. 14:6.
As a believer that is privileged to be rescued from the deception of satan, you should make getting other people out of the hand of the deceiver your priority. Preach the truth, make people who have been deceived to know that Jesus is the Son of God and that he is the only One that can save. Every child of God has a responsibility to free others from deception, by exposing lies and declaring the truth where ever we are found. The believer must not join agents of satan to spread lie, and deceive others. We must teach and live a truthful life always. Be an agent of the truth today.

PRAYER/ACTION
* Holy Spirit of God, help me to discern every satanic deception that has become a doctrine.
* Today, false and deceptive ministers of satan will be exposed and disgraced.
* Every agent of deception in my life shall be exposed, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I prophesy, the way of the Lord shall prosper and advance me, I shall not turn away from it, in the name of Jesus.