DO NOT
BE DECEIVED (Gal.
6:7)
The churches of Christ Greet You
(Romans 16:16)
I.
Don’t Be Deceived About Your Life
“I’m sinless” – 1 John 1:8; James 3:2
“I’m too strong to fall” – Gal. 6:3, 1; 1 Cor. 10:12
“I’m perfect” – Phil. 3:15 (true meaning is full grown/mature; cf. 1 Cor. 2:6)
II.
Don’t Be Deceived By Hearing Only
James 1:22; Matthew 7:21, 24-27; James 1:23-24
III.
Don’t Be Deceived By Thinking You Can Mock God
Gal. 6:7; Gen. 3:3, 22-24; 1 Kings 21:19; 22:37-38; Matt. 26:20-25; 27:3-5; Gal. 6:8;
**Psa. 50:21
IV.
Don’t Be Deceived By SIN
Heb. 3:13; 11:24-25 (sin must be enjoyable or there would not be so many sinners).
On the other hand, SIN is the source of: grief, sorrow, warring nations, broken homes,
heartbreak, class and race hatred, lawlessness, plus disregard of man’s and God’s laws.
WHY do people condone and tolerate sin? ANSWER: the deceitfulness of sin…
sin has deceived mankind. Sin does not present itself to us in its true from of treacherous deceit.
It does not come wearing the filthy and tattered rags of disillusionment, disappointment,
despair, and death. But contrariwise, sin comes clothed in the silks and satins of pleasure,
peace, righteousness, and even religion. Sin promises happiness, but gives sorrow;
sin promises peace, but gives misery; sin promises live, but gives death.
Sin is a snake in the grass, and a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
God does not want us
to be deceived by SIN’S false pretense and enticing nature!
V. Don’t Be
Deceived By Riches
Matt. 13:22; Luke 12:13-21
REMEMBER: Luke 12:15; Prov. 27:20; 23:4-5; 1 Tim. 6:6-7, 9-10, 17-19
VI.
Don’t Be Deceived By False Doctrines
2 Cor. 11:13-15; Matt. 7:15-16; Eph. 4:14; Gal. 1:6-7; 2 Peter 2:1-3; Rev. 2:9; Matt. 15:9
DO THESE THINGS INSTEAD: 1 John 4:1; Acts 17:11; Gal. 1:8-9