Just a little deception?
A little bit is okay, right? Wrong.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Galatians 5:9
It’s similar to: One bad apple spoils the bunch.
A little deception can dull your senses,
Deception can make it harder for you to know what is right and wrong and truth and error.
A little deception can be like a canker worm that destroys
or like a cancer cell that grows and multiplies and takes over.
Some teachers of the word of God are not in the truth.
Remember, Deception is Truth mixed with Error.
In every false religion, there are elements of truth mixed in.
Even teachers who teach the Bible can lead people away from the truth.
There are very few teachers whose teachings are purely from God and reflect His word perfectly.
This is why it is vitally important to remain in His word, with the Holy Spirit teaching you.
And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes,
and ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. Ezekiel 36:27
If your heart is dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ, He will keep you and lead you into truth.
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32
Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth:
for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak:
and He will shew you things to come. John 16:13
Paul reminds us to remain pure and unspotted from the world.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27
Thank you, sweet Jesus for teaching us through Your Holy Spirit,
whose ability to keep us from deception or rescue us, as the case may be,
is fervent and clean, keeping us pure in Your word. In Your name, Jesus, Amen.