Brothers and sisters, there is violence, and wars, famine and earthquakes all over the planet today, and most people don't consider whats going on. They hear that we are in the "last days", but most do not consider or no that all this was foretold by the prophets and our Lord and savior Jesus christ. Lets go into Matthew 24: 1And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Before we get into how satan deceive the world lets take a look and see how bold the Devil is and what he controls , since the days of Jesus. Lets go into Luke 4: 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

So we see that satan uses his power with the kingdom of the earth. Now think about what we just read, the Devil says, "all the Kingdom are his", and that he is worshiped by those to whom he gives power to. Now, if he asked the Lord to worship him, while he was in the flesh; what about the rest of us? Lets go into Revelation 12: 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Satan and his demons can only deceive us when we let our guard down. That's how he tricked Adam and Eve; they wanted to flex the "muscle" of their free will and, in so doing, fell into his trap.

SLE

James 4:7
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, (NASB): "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Paul said we should avoid being conformed to this world, "Satan's world." But how? We are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds! This shows, just saying "you believe in Jesus" is NOT all that is needed to be saved. This transformation means becoming a new person, in thoughts, desires and behavior. The Greek word Paul used here, implies a radical, thorough, and universal change, both outward and inward. (Adam Clarke's Commentary) Once you have through personal bible study and meditation proved to yourself what the will of God is, his standards that he expects his faithful servants to live their lives by. Then you are in a far better position to resist Satan's crafty machinations and misleading ways. To just say "I believe in Jesus Christ!" will not equip you with the ability to ward of Satan, as Paul clearly stated in Romans 12:2.

Further, the best way to fight an enemy is to know their tactics. Once you understand how Satan misleads people through false teachers, twisted scriptures and the lies of godless evolution, and the lure of a fast immoral life stile as promoted by Hollywood, etc, you will be able to protect yourself from the deceptions of Satan.

In the old testament i think its Daniel it says that God rules in the kingdoms of men, he sets one up and brings one down. So i would say Satan may have been lying to Christ, in that ill give you kingdoms temptation.

According the book of revelation Satan deceives the whole world by some kind of end time power to do miracles and signs and wonders. Whole world here doesn't mean Gods people or elect. We already know this, or should know it, but the unbeliever doesn't.

God bless

Originally Posted by SpiritLedEd

Satan and his demons can only deceive us when we let our guard down. That's how he tricked Adam and Eve; they wanted to flex the "muscle" of their free will and, in so doing, fell into his trap.

SLE

Thats true, but do you know how to keep your guards up?

Originally Posted by Davy

Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, (NASB): "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

Paul said we should avoid being conformed to this world, "Satan's world." But how? We are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds! This shows, just saying "you believe in Jesus" is NOT all that is needed to be saved. This transformation means becoming a new person, in thoughts, desires and behavior. The Greek word Paul used here, implies a radical, thorough, and universal change, both outward and inward. (Adam Clarke's Commentary) Once you have through personal bible study and meditation proved to yourself what the will of God is, his standards that he expects his faithful servants to live their lives by. Then you are in a far better position to resist Satan's crafty machinations and misleading ways. To just say "I believe in Jesus Christ!" will not equip you with the ability to ward of Satan, as Paul clearly stated in Romans 12:2.

Further, the best way to fight an enemy is to know their tactics. Once you understand how Satan misleads people through false teachers, twisted scriptures and the lies of godless evolution, and the lure of a fast immoral life stile as promoted by Hollywood, etc, you will be able to protect yourself from the deceptions of Satan.

Sounds good

Lets think about it, how does he deceive the whole world? Which means me, you and everyone else has been deceive at some point for the scriptures did not say he deceive some of the world, or part of the world, but the whole world. Lets take a look and see how Satan used his power with these kingdoms. Lets go into Ephesians 6:]11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. This places are the church, brothers and sisters. Lets go into Lule 22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

Did you notice it was the church people who came to arrest Jesus? They did the bidding for there "father" the Devil. I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it (John 8:37-44)

See, spiritual wickness is in the pulpits of the church, which is the highest place on the earth. The church is the true government that govern the earth. The men in the postitons of feeding the flock teaches the lies of the Devil, they deceive the people into worshiping another Jesus. Paul said in 2Corinthians 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. Later, brothers and sisters we will see how satan deceiveth the whole world today with, the church.

Originally Posted by bro.tan

Thats true, but do you know how to keep your guards up?

By surrendering my life to Jesus on an almost daily basis, by sitting at the feet of teachers God has put in my life, by daily Bible study.

SLE

Thank you for this post, the world requires so much just to survive sometimes that it is so important to be reminded of this often and to keep it fresh in the mind. I appreciate getting to read this timely post today, thank you.