Monday, October 6, 2014

We shouldn't let ourselves be deceived

We can't deceive ourselves into believing that if we are only *good enough* everything will be okay, that's not the truth. Christ our Lord alone is GOOD enough!

Two deceptions-

  1. We believe we can WORK to be saved, that we can be GOOD enough to be saved. We are believing a lie.
  2. We don't believe we can WORK to be saved, that we can be GOOD enough to be save, so we give up.

Usually you'd know that if one thing wasn't true the opposite must be.  You know- truth and lies, there is a truth and there is a lie, in this case the deception is so incredibly powerful that it is true that ONLY the very elect will NOT be deceived.

Mat_24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Great signs and wonders from false Christs and false prophets. How many amazing preachers are out there, amazing because of their charisma, their charm, their ability to speak so wonderfully you can't help but be wowed by them? A lot. And these amazing seemingly God-fearing people are deceiving thousands, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people with their wondrous ability to lie so convincingly people don't WANT the truth, they'd rather believe their lies. They despise the truth in favor of believing their feel-good religion.

The elect KNOW this truth-

Rev_14:12  Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus

God's elect, God's saints those who are HIS, those who will be waiting for Him when He returns, those who will rise to meet the Lord in the air, it is they who comprehend the full truth, without guile.

The truth that it is solely by the power of Jesus, through His Sacrifice that we are saved. It is living with that knowledge, believing that truth that enable the Holy Spirit to live within us. It's the Holy Spirit living within us that enables us to live to the Spirit and not to the flesh.  It's us striving to do good while knowing that any good we do is because of the grace of our Savior. It is denying ourselves, it is picking up our cross, it is having faith with works so our faith is not dead, all of this through the Holy Spirit! This is TRUTH. It is believing our Savior when He said that He did NOT come to do away with the moral law, but to reveal it to us. It is knowing that the saints KEEP the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus!  It is all this without shunning any of the HARD facts that we have to resist the devil, that we have to do our part daily. That we have to put on the WHOLE armor of God so we can stand against the evil surrounding us DAILY! It is surrendering to our Savior all of ourselves, not just a tiny bit. It's living for Christ, living in Christ always!

All by HIS amazing GRACE and LOVE, His MERCY forever and ever!


Amen!

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