Deception

FaithWalkDaily October 16, 2008

John 3:2121 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)

Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." ~ John 8:31-32

Eve was deceived, the serpent her deceiver.
Eve deceived Adam.
Abraham deceived Isaac.
Isaac was also deceived by his son Jacob.
Jacob also deceived Laban.
Laban deceived Jacob.
Moses and the Israelites were deceived by the Mideanites.
Saul deceived the spiritist woman.
And David.
The pride of your heart deceives you.
Many will try to deceive you claiming the name of Jesus.
We are deceived by sin.
Deceived by the wicked.
Deceived by our minds.
The devil will deceive the nations.

The Bible is rife with instances of deceit. One deceives another and so it goes, on and on. God cannot deceive, God alone can show us truth.

Deceit sucks one down into darkness into a tangled net of despair.

Truth draws one out into the light and sets us free.

Father, may we seek Your truth today and always, to be drawn ever closer to the light of Your goodness. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.