GOD’S WORD FOR SEPTEMBER 5

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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DISCERNING FALSEHOOD

Isaiah 8:20

“To the teaching and to the testimony!  If they will not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no dawn.”

D.L. MOODY

Any man or woman who comes to us with any doctrine that is not according to the law and the testimony, let us understand that they are from the evil one and are enemies of righteousness.  They have no light in them.  You will find those people who are consulting familiar spirits from the first to the last, attacking the Word of God.  They don’t believe it.

If it was a message from God, do you think you would have to go into a dark room and put out all the lights?  God is not in that movement, and we want, as children of God, to keep ourselves from this evil.

ERWIN LUTZER

The occultism of today is usually more hidden and subtle than I Moody’s time.  The New Age Movement, which exists under many different names and different practices, uses the same basic message:  “You are your own god and have the power to access other powers in the spirit world.  There is no need for repentance of sin or a change of lifestyle.  Your problem is not sin, it’s ignorance.  If you learn how to control ‘the powers,’ you will achieve greatness.”

THE BIBLE CONDEMNS THIS IN ALL OF ITS FORMS!

Today, discernment is more important than ever.  We cannot simply imbibe false teaching, no matter its source.  The Bible alone is the basis for all we need to know about our relationship with God, angels, demons, and eternal matters.  False teachers who claim direct communication from God by saying, “the Lord said to me….”   If what they say doesn’t agree with the Bible, must be shunned.

God takes His revelation seriously.  It is so much better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.

PRAYER

Father, I ask that You’ll make me a discerning Christian in an age with so much confusion.

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Matthew 7:15

    “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”

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Matthew 24:24

    “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.”

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 1 John 4:1

    “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”

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 Jude 1:4

    “For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality.”

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1 Timothy 4:1

    “The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.”

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2 Timothy 4:3-4

    “For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

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2 Corinthians 11:3

   I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.”

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Galatians 1:8

    “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!”

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Colossians 2:8

    “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.”

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