DeceptionDeception• A seemingly benign or alluring

scenario presented to obscure the truth.

Sources of Deceit

• The devil– Genesis 3:13– John 8:44– 1 Timothy 4:1– Revelation 12:9– Revelation 20:1-3; 7-10

Sources of Deceit

• The heart– Jeremiah 17:9– Mark 7:20-23– Jeremiah 14:14; 23:26-27

Incoming Expressions of Deceit

• False Teaching– Matthew 24:4-28

• Vs 4, 11, 23-24

– Jeremiah 29:8-9

Incoming Expressions of Deceit

• Pride– Jeremiah 49:15-16– Obadiah 1:2-4

Incoming Expressions of Deceit

• Sin– Romans 7:11 – Hebrews 3:13

Expressions of Deceit

• Hypocrisy– Malachi 1:14

Expressions of Deceit

• Lying– Psalm 109:2; 120:2– Isaiah 32:7– Proverbs 12:17

Expressions of Deceit

• Offering false hope– Jeremiah 6:13-14– Zechariah 10:2

Expressions of Deceit

• Religiosity– Colossians 2:18-23

Expressions of Deceit

• Mishandling the Word of God– Luke 4:9-11 – 2 Corinthians 4:2

Victory Over Deceit

• Truth– Psalm 33:4; 119:160– John 1:14; 17:17– 2 Corinthians 4:2– 2 Timothy 2:15

Victory Over Deceit

• Ongoing discipleship in the context of a body of believers.– Ephesians 4:11-16

Jeremiah 17:5-10

5Thus says the Lord:“Cursed is the man who trusts in manAnd makes flesh his strength,Whose heart departs from the Lord.

6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,And shall not see when good comes,But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,In a salt land which is not inhabited.

Jeremiah 17:5-10

7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,And whose hope is the Lord.

8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,Which spreads out its roots by the river,And will not fear when heat comes;But its leaf will be green,And will not be anxious in the year of drought,Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

Jeremiah 17:5-10

9 “The heart is deceitful above all things,And desperately wicked;Who can know it?

10 I, the Lord, search the heart,I test the mind,Even to give every man according to his ways,According to the fruit of his doings.