An MBA graduate's thoughts from a place of prayer, study and waiting on God…
It’s quite surprising how the siblings, Laban and Rebekah, were so innately deceptive. In fact, Rebekah’s deceptive spirit was so deeply engrained in her heart that when Jacob worried that his father could find out about their trick, she said “Let your curse be upon me, my son...” 😮 I therefore wondered where she could have picked up this terrible heart of deception from. 🤔
2 Corinthians 11:14-15; Isaiah 14:12-15 You know satan isn’t some monster with red skin holding a pitch fork right? 👿 He works as an angel of light! If you saw him you would probably think he’s of God. Indeed even through the church, satan permeates with his deception, mixing truth with lies just like he’s … Continue reading Satan the great deceiver!
Wow! What could happen when we know God’s express instructions yet disobey them because of what another supposed man of God said? This is quite a story because the man of God who got deceived by the old prophet, had clear instructions from God but this other old prophet lied that he too was instructed by God and thus led the former to break God’s express instruction to him and suffer such a useless fate. 😢💔
Counterfeit worship of God among God’s people is an old trick of the devil still in play today. He wants to make us think we’re truly worshiping God but actually aren’t. Satan’s ways in trying to attain his ultimate goal of securing worship away from Christ, just as was Jeroboam’s intention for example, are very vivid all through the Bible. Also look at the height of Satan's temptation of Jesus - it centered around worship. ☠️