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1771 Plan of God kc 1-2
Would
you stake your eternal salvation on your chance of winning the lottery
today?
Prepare
your mind to think and understand
that
Jesus Christ informed you and me that the number one SIGN
of
this final generation is the GREAT probability that you and I have been
deceived
by
Christian ministers and preachers.
So
before we begin with our study of the Plan of God from His Word and His
works,
we
must pause and consider for a moment that we might be deceived.
Ask
the question, "If a person is deceived, would he (or she) know it?"
The
answer is NO HE WOULD NOT!
No
one who is deceived knows or believes he is deceived,
for
that is the very definition of deception.
Here's the word
"deceive" as defined in Webster's Dictionary: deceive;
"to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid".
Have
you ever heard anyone say, "Hi John! Guess
what? I'm deceived."
What
would you say in response, "How do you know?"
And
he or she answers, "Because what I believe
to be true is actually false."
You
say, "Well, if you know it's false then you
can't believe it is true, can you?
So
you are not deceived."
The
point is,
you
cannot KNOW that you are deceived.
The
information and knowledge that you possess may indeed be false,
but
you do not know it to be false, nor believe it to be so.
BUT,
you can (and should) assume that you are or might be deceived.
Here
are the first warning words of Jesus Christ concerning our day:
Matthew
24:3 And as He sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall
be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? [4] And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. [5] For many shall
come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Do
you believe Jesus Christ?
He
said many shall come in "His name"!
His
name is Jesus Christ and they come representing Him, as His ministers,
saying,
"Yep,
Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah",
and
people then believe the rest of what they say as if their authority comes
from God.
Just
how wide spread is this deception?
Well,
when Satan shows up as the false messiah (Rev. 12:7-9)
the
whole world will believe he is Jesus,
which
in reality means they must already be mentally and spiritually prepared
to accept him,
i.e.
they are already deceived.
In
fact, if a person is still trying to figure out what the "Mark of the Beast"
is,
they
already have it and don't know it.
(We will learn
more about that "mark" later on and how it relates to God's Plan.)
Rev.
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil,
and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into
the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
So
in view of these scriptures,
"What
is the probability that you are deceived*?"
You
should consider the chance that you are NOT deceived
in
this final generation to be about the same as your chance of winning the
million dollar lottery today.
The
odds are not good in your favor.
Would
you stake your eternal salvation on your chance of winning the lottery
today?
Then
"take heed" as Jesus warned!
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
1 Corinthians
10:11 Now all these things happened unto them {the
ancient Israelites} for
ensamples, and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends
of the world are come.
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