"Then Jesus said…'If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.'" (John 8:31, 32, NKJV).
Deception is rampant today. I have personally caught the world red-handed in lies. Authorities, experts, and so-called scholars are guilty of purposeful suppression of truth. Guesses and theories are promulgated as gospel truth. Wishful thinking is presented as irrefutable fact.
As the Information Age progresses, the ancient prophecies are being fulfilled before our very eyes: “…shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel 12:4, NKJV). And "…the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron," (1 Timothy 4:1, 2, NKJV). And, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools…" (Romans 1:18-22, NKJV).
It is more than a little ironic that as we become more technologically capable of disseminating information and more scientifically sophisticated, we are becoming increasingly inundated with falsehood. There is only one antidote to this plague, and it is the verse above. Only through being immersed in God's Word can we be inoculated from deceit.
I was once a child of the world, holding in contempt the things of God and the people of God, and believing the lies, and now as a child of God the world holds me in contempt. It is often not an easy place to be, but I would rather be counted as a fool for Christ than be held in esteem by men.
Today it is commonplace for good to be called evil and evil good; for truth to be shouted down in a cacophony of derision and intolerance. "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables." (2 Timothy 4:3, 4, NKJV).
We are in that time for sure. God help us.
Deception is rampant today. I have personally caught the world red-handed in lies. Authorities, experts, and so-called scholars are guilty of purposeful suppression of truth. Guesses and theories are promulgated as gospel truth. Wishful thinking is presented as irrefutable fact.
As the Information Age progresses, the ancient prophecies are being fulfilled before our very eyes: “…shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel 12:4, NKJV). And "…the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron," (1 Timothy 4:1, 2, NKJV). And, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools…" (Romans 1:18-22, NKJV).
It is more than a little ironic that as we become more technologically capable of disseminating information and more scientifically sophisticated, we are becoming increasingly inundated with falsehood. There is only one antidote to this plague, and it is the verse above. Only through being immersed in God's Word can we be inoculated from deceit.
I was once a child of the world, holding in contempt the things of God and the people of God, and believing the lies, and now as a child of God the world holds me in contempt. It is often not an easy place to be, but I would rather be counted as a fool for Christ than be held in esteem by men.
Today it is commonplace for good to be called evil and evil good; for truth to be shouted down in a cacophony of derision and intolerance. "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables." (2 Timothy 4:3, 4, NKJV).
We are in that time for sure. God help us.
