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Deception. A seemingly benign or alluring scenario presented to obscure the truth. Sources of Deceit. The devil Genesis 3:13 John 8:44 1 Timothy 4:1 Revelation 12:9 Revelation 20:1-3; 7-10. Sources of Deceit. The heart Jeremiah 17:9 Mark 7:20-23 Jeremiah 14:14; 23:26-27.
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Deception • A seemingly benign or alluring scenario presented to obscure the truth.
Sources of Deceit • The devil • Genesis 3:13 • John 8:44 • 1 Timothy 4:1 • Revelation 12:9 • Revelation 20:1-3; 7-10
Sources of Deceit • The heart • Jeremiah 17:9 • Mark 7:20-23 • Jeremiah 14:14; 23:26-27
Incoming Expressions of Deceit • False Teaching • Matthew 24:4-28 • Vs 4, 11, 23-24 • Jeremiah 29:8-9
Incoming Expressions of Deceit • Pride • Jeremiah 49:15-16 • Obadiah 1:2-4
Incoming Expressions of Deceit • Sin • Romans 7:11 • Hebrews 3:13
Expressions of Deceit • Hypocrisy • Malachi 1:14
Expressions of Deceit • Lying • Psalm 109:2; 120:2 • Isaiah 32:7 • Proverbs 12:17
Expressions of Deceit • Offering false hope • Jeremiah 6:13-14 • Zechariah 10:2
Expressions of Deceit • Religiosity • Colossians 2:18-23
Expressions of Deceit • Mishandling the Word of God • Luke 4:9-11 • 2 Corinthians 4:2
Victory Over Deceit • Truth • Psalm 33:4; 119:160 • John 1:14; 17:17 • 2 Corinthians 4:2 • 2 Timothy 2:15
Victory Over Deceit • Ongoing discipleship in the context of a body of believers. • Ephesians 4:11-16
Jeremiah 17:5-10 5Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.
Jeremiah 17:5-10 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah 17:5-10 9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.