PREVIEW OF MINISTERS DARIAN BOOK
THE DECEPTION
The word deceive was derived from the word ensnare and means to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid. It is a common practice in our society today and used by many companies and governments to get out of employees, vendors, and customers what they need to survive. Others have used this practice without knowing that it is being practiced in their lives. Our society has become so unaware, or maybe I should say, so accustomed to being deceived that it has become accepted and now part of what it takes to run a successful operation. There are many different ways for one to be deceived. One way is to be false to or to act towards someone or something in a way that is different from the intended purpose. Another way is to fail to fulfill or to make a promise and not keep it. This next way of deception is the way I would like to focus on as it is the most famous and most often used. This is the way that gives a false impression or appearance; to appear to be someone or something that is not true. Now that we understand what deception is let’s look at it as it applies to the lives of those that are called Christians. First, the word Christian means “like Christ,” or to have taken on the very likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ. Gal. 3:27 tell us that as many of us as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Phil. 2:5-10 tells us to let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.