This past week I was asked if I would be writing about the latest ruling by the United States Supreme Court on the Affordable Health Care Act (Tax). As I gave this some thought, the outstanding issue of this whole debate is not, is it a tax or is it good for the country or even if it follows the Constitution but the fact the American public was deceived by all three levels of government. The President deceived the American public into accepting a lie by adamantly stating it would not be a tax. The Congress deceived the American public into believing the poor would be helped and the middle class would not lose their medical freedoms of choice. And this past week the Supreme Court ruled it was lawful for the government to force you to buy a product that you may not want or need. Where will this lead down the road? I don’t know, but it will not be good for the American citizens.
How did we get our country into this mess? Why is it that the American public has such a difficult time in learning our elected official do not have our best interest at heart? Every time you hear a political promise and you are feeling secure in the promise, take heed there are many deceivers among us.
Americans have allowed themselves to be distracted by the “pretty people” in politics. Americans have been deceived by nice people with attractive personalities. Americans are attracted to the rich, famous and powerful. These individuals are often good orators and have people flocking to hear them speak. After all, if deceivers were repulsive they wouldn’t have a following or be able to deceive anyone. This comes from the ultimate deceiver behind all false prophets and false teachers and corrupt leaders-- Satan. He deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden and he uses people to deceive us today.
As Americans we have learned to lie at an early age. The first lie is to ourselves. Why? Because we fear that we do not have the courage to face the truth of a situation. We have learned to lie as a way of avoiding the reality of life. Not only have we learned to lie about the reality of life we have learned to accept the lie of others, if we feel our way of life is threatened. In public life we lie about everything, we have become experts in hiding the real truth of our actions. We have become so accustom to lies and the temporary delusion from our political leaders that we expect them to be dishonest.
Paul told Timothy that “ . . . evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.” These deceivers are deceived themselves. Political deception has long been an accepted part of the American process of government. Political lies and deception has become so trivialized that we expect it. However, the lies we have been told concerning the latest Supreme Court ruling has affected the lives of so many people. It is as though our leaders feel they have the right to lie to the people from whom they take their power. These deceivers will not give up their power voluntarily but will continue to lie and deceive the people they have vowed to serve and protect.
As much as I detest the political deceit that goes on in our country there is a greater deceit in our country and that is the false-prophets, teachers and leaders within the church. Jesus said, “Take heed that no man deceives you.” He went on to say, “. . .that many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”
Satan has tried to destroy the church since the beginning. His attempt to persecute the early church and murder Christians backfired miserably. He devised a more effective way to destroy the church that seems to be working quite well and many evangelicals have accepted his lies. Just sow weeds (tares) among the wheat. Throw in a few hypocrites and counterfeit the real thing. Post an artificial Christian here and one there. Infiltrate the Church with a lot of shallow, weak, empty hearted false-Christians and Satan will have deceived many. Satan is the master deceiver. He is an expert at persuading people to believe in something that is not true
Beware of counterfeit Christians; beware of false prophets and false doctrines that Satan has brought into the Church. When men who are in positions of responsibility permit themselves to be led astray, as many do, by the lies of Satan, the enemy gains a great victory. He creates dissension by using men who pretend to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. They make an effort to deceive many, by leading them to accept false teachings by giving the people the lies they want to hear. Men and women who have a message other than Jesus Christ are false-teachers. When self-interest such as healing, prosperity, entertainment, and feel-good religion are the main message-- beware of these deceitful people.
Our government may lie to us about health insurance, the wars being fought, the corruption they hide, the manipulation of the media but this is not an evil as great as the deceit and lies found in the leaders within the Church. If we as a nation are to survive we must seek the TRUTH and walk in the LIGHT of Jesus Christ. We must expose those who are the false prophets and teachers and teaching deceit and lies. Our country will never remove the political corruption until we have removed the religious corruption. Judgment must first begin at the House of the LORD.
I expect evil from our government, history has proven this fact. I know from the scriptures that there will be evil found in the Church, the tares have been sown and judgment proclaimed. But are we going to allow ourselves to be distracted by the “pretty people” in the church to be deceived by nice people with attractive personalities, fine clothes, the large houses, boats, jets and jewelry because they seem to be blessed of God? Are we going to allow these individuals to robs us, lie to us and deceive us because they say what we want to hear? It is time to repent and return to the LORD.
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