THE DEVILS HAS IT FAKES

Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel. –Burton

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Colossians 2:8

            Just as we have truth the Devil has his lies. As we have Jesus, He has his Antichrist. As he has his “church” we have the true and living Church, our Sanctuary. As we have God’s Word, the devil has a word of deception and hopelessness. It brings me to a very important question, “What and/or who are you listening to? The devil has his fakes. I am reminded of this verse this morning, Matthew 7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU HEAR OR SEE!

Seeing isn’t believing anymore, but then neither is hearing.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1

The digital, computer generated age we live in propels images to us that are so far from the truth the FBI, CIA, Homeland Security, and NSA have trouble determining what’s real. So how do they determine what’s real? They study the real things! How do we know if a twenty dollar bill is real? I don’t! A cashier at the market runs a mark over them to check them out. But I don’t have one. The guys keeping check don’t study the fake ones, they study the real ones!

You and I are going to determine truth versus error by studying the Truth. It will not be by looking at the dead religions of the world. We will see Truth when we read His Word, study His Word, and apply His Word. Let’s be like the Bereans in Acts 17, “…they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”