(Ver 1.1) This is now “Part 4” in the Bible study series concerning the subject of modern strategies of the devil to deceive Christians.  If you have not read this series from the beginning you might like to start with “Part 1” first.  But please understand that this lesson is not dependent upon any previous lesson to be understood and applied in your life.  I think millions of Americans are being raised and indoctrinated to look at the government as their personal source for whatever they need.  If someone needs food, the government invented food stamps.  If someone needs housing, they invented Welfare and Section 8 housing.  If someone lost their job and needs money the government invented unemployment income.  Now the government has been looking to solve everyone’s health care issues by giving a people free Medicare that is again going to be paid for by other rich people.  There are a never ending list of deceptive promises designed to trick us into being controlled by the government.  All I ask is “Who is Your God”?   Do you look for God to help you or is that the responsibility of your government?   Do you pray to God or the President or Congress?   Is a human your god?  I do not think so!

Ignorant Christians obviously vote our congress and president into government office.  And I wonder who is their god to them?  My point of this lesson is to get us to see that God is still God and that He is capable of solving whatever problem that we are facing right now.  This of course doesn’t help anyone that does not believe there is a God.  But my Bible says “That a fool says there is no God”, and it is very difficult to help a fool.  But for Christians my Bible also says “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb 12:2)  Christians should be looking to Jesus as their source for whatever we need.  Whatever Jesus did while he walked the face of the earth, He still does today.  The Bible says “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever” (Heb 13:8).   Jesus has not changed in His love, His actions or His deeds.  Whatever He did before, He can do again!  Always remember what Jesus did in the Gospels.  He healed blind eyes, He healed lame men, He healed lepers, He raised the dead, He fed 5000 once and 3000 another time.  Is there anything too hard for our God?

So is the government our source and supply?  Are new government programs the answer for our problems?  Should we expand the government so that they can solve all of our problems?   This might be news to you, but our current government cannot sustain the current level of growth and monetary deficits.  Our government will not survive at this rate very much longer.  Our government is already bankrupt, financially and morally.  If our government was a financial institution they would have needed a bail out a long time ago.   We are living in an extremely fragile time and the least little thing can send everything spiraling out of control.  The world financial markets are perpetuating an illusion of stability.  The governments of the world are uncontrollably spending money they do not have to prop-up the illusion of stability.  The world will soon realize that the stage is set for the anti-Christ to appear.

People have been raised and conditioned to look to the government to solve all of their problems.  So when the anti-Christ appears on the scene offering solutions for every problem that he has created for you to see, people will automatically jump in that pool with all of their clothes on and soon drown in the waters of confusion and deception.

Php 4:19  But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Looking to the government for our answers is exactly what Satan wants us to do.  By Satan offering to solve all of our problems we will be deceived into a false sense of security.  Everything will appear to be great for a short time.  Satan will try to teach us that we can get by without God!  He will then attempt to teach that we can ignore the Bible.  It is a deceiving plan to teach that people won’t need a God as long as the government feeds them!  God doesn’t need to send us manna from heaven as long as we have food stamps.

SO, WHO IS YOUR GOD?  Is your God too small to fix your problem?

What we need to do as a nation is to bring back God as our source and supply.  We then need to help people who do not know God to see the truth.  Then we need to teach these people who are in need to learn how to fish for themselves.  As long as the government continues to give out free fish to everyone, no one will be motivated to do the right thing and learn to help others.

Please join me in praying for God to help us to not be deceived by our governement:

LORD, I come to you as our Jehovah Jireh.  The God of more than enough supply and provision.  As you supplied Abraham with a ram for sacrifice instead of Isaac, you are more than able to supply what is needed to fulfill your plan and your purpose for my life.  Help me O’LORD to not place my faith in the provisions of a temporary human government on the earth.  Help me to not be deceived by the deception of temporary promises from anyone on earth not speaking Your Words and Your Will, especially people who are being used by Satan.  Grant me wisdom to know who to vote for in our elections.  Help me to vote for people that do your will and hear your voice.  I look to you the creator of the heavens and the earth and declare you be LORD over my mind, my thoughts, my will, my emotions and my Spirit.  Thank you for leading me into the paths of truth and life and far from the ways of deception and death.  In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Thank you for reading and studying the Bible about the ways Satan is trying to deceive us in the Church today.  These are things we must learn and avoid to follow after.  Please leave a comment or press “Like” if you agree with this message.  God Bless you until next time.

If you would like to continue to learn in this series on “Deception” please go to “Part 5“.