“But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 11:3
Paul is right to be concerned! Satan is deceptive and determined. He’ll often look pleasant enough and sound both reasonable and fairly similar to the truth. Satan usually works from a position of near-truth. Nonetheless, he is the Father of Lies! The devil loves to draw Christians off course into following not-Jesus while they remain firmly convinced they love and follow Jesus!
As followers of Jesus, we must be constantly on guard against deceptions that divert us from true devotion to our Living Savior. For centuries, we’ve seen people attempt to redefine Jesus to suit their preexisting philosophies, politics, preferences, proclivities, or patriotism. Don’t let that to happen to you!
Jesus must never be redefined to fit human categories and labels. We must redefine every category of our mind to fit Jesus! Our devotion to Him must be total and it must be true. To stay true to Jesus in a world full of lies, we must each know Him and His Word as well as we possibly can. Every Christian should be a student of the Bible. Every Christian should know what the Bible says so they can wisely discern true teachers and preachers from false. The devil is cunning – you must be wise and knowledgeable to resist him!