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The
truth about Satan's impersonation of Christ
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The fourth vital truth to avoid being or becoming a victim of deception is to be able to make a clear distinction between what is genuine and what is counterfeited, because Satan has a counterfeit to everything that the Lord has established especially with regards to worship. The apostle Paul expressed deep concern with regards to this situation by stating; “But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted --- you may well put up with it!”
He
further said; “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself
transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of
righteousness, whose end will be according to their works” (2
Corinthians 11: 3-4, 13-15).
We
therefore have been forewarned saying; “For false
christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to
deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand.”
The stark reality is, both Satan and his ministers transform
themselves as ministers of righteousness, and therefore, “the coming of the
lawless one to whom Satan the dragon gave his power, his throne, and great
authority will be according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and
lying wonders, and
with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not
receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them
strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may
be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness”
(2
Thessalonians 2:9-12).
To avoid
being or becoming a victim of deception one has to begin with the root cause of
the problem which began with the first Adam whom the Lord God took and placed
in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it, and the Lord commanded him saying,
"Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it
you shall surely die."
Therefore
to avoid being or becoming victims of deception, we must know, understand,
believe and practice the truth and take no pleasure in unrighteousness, because
God from the beginning chose us for salvation through sanctification by the
Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called us by His glorious gospel, for
the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now
there is only one truth, and that is Jesus Christ Who is the Word of God.
Therefore, whatever the Lord has spoken or written, whether it is in the Old or
the New Testament, they remain in force forever, unless an amendment,
alteration, or a reformation has been made or instructed by the Lord Himself.
Any other teachings regardless how sensible one might think they may be, are
all blatant lies.
If
you know these things, blessed are you if you do them, for truly, these times
of ignorance God has overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
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