Satan’s Strategy Of Delusion

Dealing With Deception

Journey Into The Promised Land

John 8:42–51 (CSB)

⁴²Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on my own, but he sent me. ⁴³Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to my word. ⁴⁴You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies. ⁴⁵Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. ⁴⁶Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? ⁴⁷The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

JESUS AND ABRAHAM

⁴⁸The Jews responded to him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you’re a Samaritan and have a demon?”

⁴⁹“I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor my Father and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it and judges. ⁵¹Truly I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

Satan has commissioned legions of spirits to infiltrate and attack the Body of Christ by deception and delusion. Satan has released spirits of deception, delusion, lying, and seducing spirits that are attacking even Spirit-filled, on-fire, sold-out Christians!

One of the biggest lies of Satan is, “It doesn’t really matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere. After all, we are all serving the same God.” Have you ever heard anyone say that? Don’t listen to them. It does matter what you believe!

Satan wants you to be lulled into a false sense of security thinking it is not possible you could ever be deceived. I warn you, this is one of the most dangerous spiritual positions a Christian can be in. If you fail to recognize that there is the possibility of you being deceived, you will become a sitting target for Satan.

You must recognize Satan for who he is — an imposter. An imposter is “one who assumes identity or title not his own for the purpose of deception.” As an imposter, his major strategy is to deceive. Jesus described his true character when he called him “the father of lies” (John 8:44). Just as Jesus manifests truth, Satan manifests all that is false.

Here are five major ways Satan will bring delusion:

Trying to weaken the authority of God’s Word.
Working through men and women who are deceived.
Working through false teachers, adding to the Scriptures theories and heresies.
Keeping Christians bound by a lack of spiritual knowledge.
Doctrines of demons directly attacking the minds of Christians by injecting and transmitting lies into their thoughts so they will be deluded and deceived.

To wage war and defeat Satan and his army of deceiving spirits, we must…

Grow up to full maturity in our minds: You do this by continually filling your mind with the truth of God’s Word.
Recognize and discern the spirits of delusion, deception, and the seducing, lying spirits as they attack your mind: You must learn to try the spirits to see if they are of God (1 John 4:1)
Hold fast to the truth: Once you have saturated your heart and mind with truth and have tested the spirits and proven the teachings which you have received with the Word of God, hold fast to them. Don’t allow yourself to be swayed by every new thing that comes along. Live your life according to the things you have tested and proven to be true.

Make this declaration:

I am filling my mind with God’s Word. I am holding fast to His truth so I will be able to recognize the spirits of delusion, deception, and seducing lying spirits.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

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