DO NOT BE DECEIVED

​Truth is Under Attack
“Justice is turned back and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street and equity cannot enter. So truth fails and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey…” Isaiah 59:14-15
 
Deception and Theft Go Together
“You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.” Leviticus 19:11
 
Truth is Being Killed
“…This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the Lord their God nor receive correction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.” Jeremiah 7:28
 
Deception is Pervasive
“Everyone will deceive his neighbour and will not speak the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.” Jeremiah 9:5

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So That Satan may Deceive the Nations No More
“Then I saw an angel coming down from Heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the devil and satan and bound him for a thousand years and he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more…” Revelation 20:1-3
 
The Whole World is Being Deceived
“And war broke out in Heaven… that serpent of old, called the devil and satan who deceives the whole world…” Revelation 12:7
 
Beware of Your Mind Being Corrupted
"But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:3

The Spirit of This Age Has Blinded Many Minds
"Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them." 2 Corinthians 4:4
 
Many Will Turn Away from the Truth and Prefer False Teachers
“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
 
We are Involved in a World War of Worldviews
“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”  James 4:4
 
People Pleasers Make Traitors – Strive to Rather Please God
“For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10
 
The Deceitfulness of the Human Heart
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9
 
A Fountain of Evil
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” Matthew 15:19
 
God Hates Lies
“Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.” Proverbs 12:22

God Will Punish False Witnesses
“A false witness will not go unpunished and he who speaks lies shall perish.” Proverbs 19:9
 
Deal with Deception
“Let the lying lips be put to silence…” Psalm 31:18
 
God Will Destroy Those Who Promote Falsehood
“You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.” Psalm 5:6
 
Remove Deceptive Books, Films and other Media Promoting Lies from Your Home
“He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.” Psalm 101:7
 
Beware of the Influence of Deception on Your Own Life and Conversation
“Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue.” Psalm 120:2
 
Communities Built on Lies Exhibit the Fruit of Robbery and Violence
“Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. Its victim never departs.” Nahum 3:1
 
Toxic Tongues Poison Lives
“Their throat is an open tomb; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips” Romans 3:13
 
Evolutionists Reject the Truth of God to Embrace the Lie of Satan
“Who exchanged the truth of God for the lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever.” Romans 1:25
 
Those Who Refuse to Obey the Truth are Self-Seeking and Self-Destructive
“But to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness - indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish…” Romans 2:8-9
 
Men Who Suppress the Truth Incur the Wrath of God
“For the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.” Romans 1:18
 
Those Who Refuse to Receive and Love the Truth Will be Enslaved by Strong Delusions
“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of satan, with all power, signs and lying wonders and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

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All Liars Will be Condemned to the Lake of Fire
“But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the Second Death.” Revelation 21:8
 
Wisdom and Knowledge Lead to Understanding
“A scoffer seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.” Proverbs 14:6
 
Truth Conquers
“The truthful lip shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.” Proverbs 12:19
 
Refuse to Accept Deception
“Remove falsehood and lies far from me…” Proverbs 30:8
 
Maintain Truth and Justice in your Conversation
“These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbour; give judgment in your gates for truth, justice and peace.” Zechariah 8:16
 
Love Your Neighbour by Speaking Truth
“Therefore, putting away lying, ‘Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbour,’ for we are members of one another.” Ephesians 4:25
 
The First Priority in the Full Armour of God is Truth
“Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth…” Ephesians 6:14

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Test Teachers by the Truth
"You have tested those who say they are apostles and are not and have found them liars."  Revelation 2:2
Have the Courage to Speak the Truth
“…I will speak the truth…” 2 Corinthians 12:6
 
The Truth and Justice of God are the Solid Rock Foundation
“He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.” Deuteronomy 32:4
 
The Word of God is True
“And now, O Lord God, You are God and Your Words are true…” 2 Samuel 7:28
 
Be Diligent in Understanding the Word of God
"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth." 2 Timothy 2:15
 
Truth Glorifies God
“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your Name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.” Psalm 115:1
 
God Preserves Truth
“Who made Heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them; Who keeps truth forever.” Psalm 146:6
 
God is Truth
“…the God of truth…” Isaiah 65:16
 
Jesus is Truth
“Jesus said… ‘I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me’.” John 14:6
 
Jesus Came to Embody and Testify of the Truth
 “…Jesus answered, ‘…For this cause I was born and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice’.” John 18:37
 
Trust God and His Word – Distrust People Who Contradict His Word
“…Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar…” Romans 3:4
 
God Cannot Lie
“…God, who cannot lie…” Titus 1:2
 
God is Light – There is No Darkness in Him
“…it is impossible for God to lie…” Hebrews 6:18
 
Truth Leads to Godly Living
“Paul, a bondservant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the Faith of God’s elect and the acknowledgment of the truth which accords with godliness.” Titus 1:1
 
The Gospel is the Power of God Unto Salvation for All Who Believe
“Of His own will He brought us forth by the Word of truth…” James 1:18
 
Obeying the Truth of God's Word Purifies our Souls
“Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart.” 1 Peter 1:22
 
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth
“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.” John 15:26
 
The Spirit of God Leads us Into All Truth
“However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth...” John 16:13
 
Truth is Precious
“Buy the truth and do not sell it…” Proverbs 23:23
 
God’s Way is a Highway for Truth
“Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth…” Psalm 86:11

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Truth Does Not Fear Investigation
“…I have walked in Your truth.” Psalm 26:3
 
The Truth Will Preserve You
“Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord; let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.” Psalm 40:11
 
Reject the Lies of the World and be Transformed by the Truth of God's Word
“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2
 
The Carnal Mind is Hostile to God and His Word
“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the Law of God, nor indeed can be.” Romans 8:6-7
 
Lies Enslave – The Truth Sets Free
“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8
 
It is Never a Virtue to be Gullible
“The simple believes every word, but the prudent considers well his steps.” Proverbs 14:15
 
The Battle for Truth
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
 
Put Off Deceitful Lusts and Be Renewed in the Spirit of Your Mind
“…put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind.” Ephesians 4:22-23
 
The Truth Shall Set You Free
“Then Jesus… ‘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
 
The Law of God is the Gold Standard for Truth
“…Your Law is truth.” Psalm 119:142
 
The Scripture Provides us with the Light to Discover Truth
“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105
 
Knowledge of the Scriptures is Essential to Know the Truth
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
 
Meditate on Whatever is True, Noble, Just, Pure, Lovely and Virtuous
“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy - meditate on these things.” Philippians 4:8

Dr. Peter Hammond
Frontline Fellowship
P.O. Box 74 Newlands 7725
Cape Town South Africa
Tel: 021 689 4480
[email protected]
www.FrontlineMissionSA.org.za

See also:
Dealing with Deceit
How Propaganda Changes People and Perceptions
How Marxists Subvert Churches and Society
The Battle for the Mind in the News Media
Compromise and Cowardice in an Age of Deceit

Resist the Lie
“The simple truth of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world. You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your Credo be this: let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.” - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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