The Greatest Deception that God Warns Men about in the New Testament
“Let no man deceive you...” – Eph. 5:3-7
“Little children, let no man deceive you…” – 1 Jn. 3:7-10
“Be not deceived…” – 1 Cor. 6:9-10
“Be not deceived…” – Gal. 6:7-8
Someone is trying to deceive you. Are you a Christian? Chances are that you have already been deceived! Most modern Churches ignore these warnings from God in the New Testament. What about you? The God of the Bible is lovingly trying to get your attention! A dangerous deception is causing men to think that they are saved, and that they are going to heaven when they die, when in fact they are condemned before God according to Holy Scripture.
“Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” – 1 Cor. 6:9-10
“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them.” – Eph. 5:3-7
“Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.” – 1 John 3:7-10
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” – Gal. 5:19-21
“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” – Gal. 6:7-8
Did you find yourself in any one of these passages? God is talking to you. There are no exaggerations in Scripture. God will not apologize to anyone on Judgment Day! If even one verse of the Bible condemns you, then you are infinitely condemned. Think about that! Not one word of Scripture can ever be broken. Therefore, if one or more of the aforementioned sins does characterize you, and you still think that you are a Christian, then you have been deceived.
Now you have a choice to make. Are you going to religiously do what you have always done as a professing Christian, while surrounding yourself with people that do the same, or will you now humble yourself to the truth of the word of God?
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” - James 1:22
Willingness to attend Church and hear preaching is all a part of the deception these days (Matt. 23:3). Sadly, many deceivers occupy the pulpits of modern Churches (Jer. 50:6, Isa. 56:11). They say that you can’t certainly know who is or isn’t a true Christian in the Church. However, according to the Bible, we are called to know the difference between who is righteous and unrighteous, and in doing so, we are discerning who is or isn’t a true Christian (Mt. 7:13-27, 12:33-37, 1 Jn. 4:5-6, 1 Cor. 5:9-13, Rom. 16:17-18).
"Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not." - Mal. 3:18
These deceivers say that you can’t know who is going to heaven and hell among professing Christians. However, Jesus Christ said, “Ye shall know them by their fruits.” (Matt. 7:16, 20). To live in denial of these plainly stated truths of Scripture is to put your trust in a titanic deception. Be sure of this! The coming storm of divine wrath will make all things manifest.
“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” – Matt. 7:24-27
