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or the act of deceitfulness is an act of or the practice
of deceiving someone. It would be an act of doing
something that is done to trick or mislead another
person. To be deceitful is normally done by someone who
would try to gain something by means of hiding or
covering up something that would cause someone else to
suffer in one way or another. It could be in the area of
knowledge or in the area of cheating the other person in
order that the sinner, the one holding back information,
would cause someone else to suffer financially and they
would gain the advantage. All the deceiver is doing is
digging his or her own grave, and giving up the right to
join our Lord in heaven. Does that sound harsh to you?
If so, then you are not really a person that has
accepted our Lord Jesus Christ into your heart with the
conviction that God demands of us when we commit our
life to God. Would we say that we are just playing a
game with God? Are we not aware that God knows our every
thought? Some of the consequences that will befall us
are the loss of the blessings that God would like to
give us. But the deceitful things we do will cause God
to withhold the gifts that He wants to give us.
Some of us think that if my spouse partakes in some of
these treacherous deeds of misleading someone it will be
them who has to pay. That is not true for when you are
joined in matrimony you both are now one and when one
suffers the other must suffer also. We can take a lesson
from Adam and his partner Eve. She was the first to fall
into sin and she swayed Adam to join her. Anyone who
allows their spouse to lead them into sin will be in
danger of Hell's fire. The man is supposed to be the
spiritual leader, not the woman. If this is not true in
your household you had better go to God's word. (1st
Corinthians 11:3) If this is not followed then this is
out of the order of God's plan. With this said we must
consider that choice is the only thing we have that we
have control of. It is obvious that if we are deceitful,
being void of the truth, God has not called us for His
purpose. If this then were the fact, we had better drop
to our knees and ask for the forgiveness that only God
can give. Do not give up your place in heaven for
worldly gain, but look forward to the rewards that God
has in store for you. In addition, keep in mind that if
we have children we are teaching them to sin and they
may stumble by our example. God does not receive glory
from men but He knows that you do not have the love of
God in yourself when you don't follow His commandments.
(John 14:15). It is even possible that man can be well
read and scholarly regarding the word but not have the
understanding of what God says. John 3:3 tells us that
unless a man is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of
God.
Matt; 22:14. We can see that many are called but few are
chosen. The question is have you been chosen? On the
other hand, do you turn your back on Jesus by not
obeying God's word? Have you been honest about your
dealings? Have you deceived your brother? The command to
Christians is to search the scriptures. If your heart is
deceitful, you will not understand His word for you have
been blinded by God because He has lost patience with
you. You have continued to sin against God and He will
allow you to succumb to the depth of your own hardness
of heart. Your lot then is to spend eternity in the
fiery pit.
Obedience to God is must for if you are trying to take
advantage of your brother in any way then God will not
call you His own. When you go before the judgment seat,
to answer for the life you have lived here on earth, you
may try to claim the blood of Jesus. God tells us that
when you make this claim He will say He knows you not.
Then all these things that you have done to others will
have sent you to hell and you will have only yourself to
blame. Have you treated others the way you want to be
treated? Have you been truthful? Have you held things
back from them because you are afraid that you will be
in trouble with them? Have you paid your debts? Let us
look at ourselves. Have we treated others, as God wants
us to? Remember, Luke 6:31 tells us to treat others as
we would have them treat us. If you treat others with
love then you can expect to be treated the same way, if
you treat others with lies and deceit, then you can
expect that you will be treated the same way from
others. That is not the worst of it for you will lose
anything you may have hoped to gain from your life, and
those that God has given into your trust will suffer
from your selfish actions. God addresses deceit in John
8:44 when he says that you are of your father the devil.
Deceit is the same as a lie. It is to trick or mislead
somebody, to hide the truth.
Deceit also means that it includes not telling the whole
truth. It is the same as holding back part of the trust.
See Acts 5:3-5 where we can see how a liar is rewarded
for lies. Acts 5:5-10 This is an example of two people
who told a lie and paid the ultimate penalty for their
sins. Not only did they forfeit their earthly life by
their lies, also they would spend eternity in the fiery
pit. We may guess that at this point Ananias and his
wife Sapphira had not just tried the patience of God
once but time and time again.
The scripture backs up what I am saying here regarding
the situation. Look up 2nd Peter 3: 8-9. God reveals to
us that with Him a single day is as a thousand years,
and a thousand years are as a day. Otherwise we can see
that time, as we know it does not exist in heaven. We
will live forever, unending days, or could we say that
every day is the first day of the rest of time, which
will never end. Our Lord is not slow with His promise,
as many of us would think, but a patience is shown
toward us. (John 14:6) Jesus is the only way to reach
the Father. Jesus is waiting to free us from all of our
sins.
If only we would follow God in His goodness and pure
love, He would want us all to have the desires of our
hearts. He wants us to earnestly rebuke the unruly,
encouraging the timid, helping the weak and for us to be
patient with all. I also am His bondservant just as the
apostil Paul felt he was for I have been bought and paid
for by the blood of Jesus Christ. We who feel that we
want, with all of our hearts, to follow Him and do the
bidding of our Lord and Savior must obey His commands.
We are not to be quarrelsome, but to be kind to all,
able to teach, have patience when wronged. Only He can
cure our ills, so cast your burdens upon Him. Matthew
11:28.
Acts 16:31-34 And they said: believe in the Lord Jesus
and you and your family willl find salvation.
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