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JimfromOhio

I am happlily married with 5 kids. I am an accoutant and worked in an accounting field for over 25 years. I like to make a habit of writing down whenever I have deep thoughts about God (so I won't forget). I really into Reformed Theology that is connected to Presbyterian Church in America.

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I enjoy having deep thoughts about God and put down what I actually think about (so I won't forget).

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Deceptions around the World... can we discern?

For me as a believer to reach out to those who are lost is a privilege and a responsibility. I have to be careful to do it for God's glory and not mine. This is an area in which people are highly vulnerable to self-deception, where likenesses and differences are so difficult to distinguish in the "religion" world. People often do not escape deceptions around the world. Doctrines are being taught that are imitating truth and that doctrines are constantly being mistaken for each other. Even the disciples failed to spot the traitor among them (of course Jesus knew); the traitor was Judas himself. Clearly there are deadly deceitful practices exist within the very Christian circles that make pretense of the most advanced type of Christianity. They are professing great compassion for the sick, conducting giant meetings for the purpose of bringing healing to them, but separating the hopeless cases from those less serious and more "visual" impressions. During the deceptions, so called preachers are growing rich on the miseries and pains of people who are searching for truth. Some of the so called "preachers" own large estates, drive huge cars and boast of wealth. The bible tells me that many shall come in Jesus' name, and shall deceive many. Teachings of wealth is a form idoltary when men and women created in the image of God. Only the blindness of heart by sin would permit people lead to deceptions.